Relentless by Cassia Leo

Author:Cassia Leo [Leo, Cassia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Cassia Leo
Published: 2013-02-20T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Relentless Bickering

“ARE YOU SURE YOU DON’T need any more help packing?” I ask as I slip my feet into some strappy wedge sandals.

“If you ask me that one more time I’m going to hide your keys and lock you out of this apartment,” Senia says, pushing me out of the bedroom. “Get out of here. Go ride some horses on your cowboy’s ranch. And while you’re at it, ride your cowboy.”

“It’s not his ranch.”

“Don’t sass me, Claire, just do as you’re told.”

She pushes me all the way to the front door, still managing to grab my purse off the breakfast bar along the way. She pushes the purse into my chest and I pull her into a bone-crushing hug.

“I’m going to miss having you here,” I blubber into her hair. “Who am I going to watch Toni Collette movies with on my birthday.”

“Girl, I’m taking August 9th off whether my dad likes it or not. We will be dancing and sobbing to Muriel’s Wedding together. Now go.”

I gave her one last squeeze before I release her. I bite my lip as I scurry out of the apartment, trying really hard to convince myself that being separated by a hundred miles is not going to change our friendship. When I moved out of Senia’s house in May, I did it knowing she had promised to spend the summer with me. Now that she’s leaving four weeks early, I have to fight the sinking feeling that our friendship is going to wither like the flowers on my nightstand.

I climb the stairs to Adam’s apartment and knock softly. I’m beyond nervous about meeting his family, but the thought of spending an entire weekend with them is enough to make me want to confess my secret to Adam and go back to school—anything to get out of it. I’ve never done well meeting new people, especially when I feel like they’re scrutinizing me.

I knock again, a little harder this time, and he answers the door quickly. He’s dressed, but his hair is still damp and sticking out in every direction. And he smells heavenly.

“Hey, babydoll,” he says, planting a quick kiss on my lips. “Go ahead and sit down. I’m almost done.”

Babydoll.

I try not to grin too widely as I head for the sofa while he heads back to the bathroom. I can hear a blow-dryer whining as I gaze around the living room, taking in the various objects I’d never really paid too much attention to with Adam providing such a delicious distraction. In the corner, on top of his drafting table, I glimpse blueprints for some kind of building and my curiosity gets the best of me. I want to know what he spends his time looking at all those long hours we’re apart.

I creep across the carpet to the desk and push the stool aside so I can get a better look at the prints. It looks like plans for a house, though I can’t understand why he would have these.

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