South Side Boys: A Complete Bad Boy Collection by Alexis Winter

Author:Alexis Winter [Winter, Alexis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: RR Publishing
Published: 2021-11-22T00:00:00+00:00

5

Scarlett

My dad always told me that, when going into a negotiation, you need to have all your weapons ready to fire.

So I brought all I could think of with me to Maverick’s house: a freshly-baked batch of chocolate chip cookies and my adorable son.

I’m hoping that between the two, he won’t be able to say no to me.

Ever since I found out that I got accepted, I haven’t been able to stop myself from feeling excited about the possibility of going back to school. Just the idea of being able to give Grant a better life, where I’d have a predictable schedule minus the stress of working a second job, is something I can’t turn down.

Yes, the money situation will be hard for a little while. I’ll have to give up my second job. But even if Maverick tells me no, I’ve decided I’ll be able to make it work. It’ll be a bitch, but I can make it happen. Eating Ramen for two or three years will be worth it.

I need to do this. For my son. For myself.

As I pull into the development Kalum gave me directions to, I have to blink a few times. I don’t know what I expected Maverick’s house to look like, but it sure as heck wasn’t this: a huge blue-gray ranch-style home with white shutters, a front porch swing, and a white picket fence.

White. Picket. Fence. That’s the stuff you only see in movies or after Chip and Joanna get done fixing it up. Not in front of a house owned by a former car thief turned successful business owner.

All of the nerves I had driving here are now multiplying as I walk up to his door. I have to concentrate harder than I care to admit to make sure I don’t drop the cookies.

I press the doorbell and wait, gripping Grant’s hand a little harder than probably needed.

If my heart started beating faster just looking at Maverick’s house, then seeing him in his home makes my heart all but stop.

I’ve always found Maverick attractive. Dark hair has always been my weakness. But when he answers the door in a white T-shirt that shows off every single muscle on his tattooed arms and a pair of gray sweatpants that sit perfectly on his hips, I have to control myself.

Another plus of Grant being next to me.

“Scarlett? What are you doing here?”

Yeah, I might not have told him I was coming over. Tori told me that Kalum and Jaxson presented the idea to him, and though he was pretty against it, they had a feeling he could be convinced.

So here I am. Ready to do some convincing. With a cute three-year-old and a container full of cookies.

“Hi, Maverick. Hope I’m not interrupting anything.”

“No. I try to lay pretty low on Sundays. Want to come in?”

I step inside his house, which is a little difficult because Grant is glued to my leg. He’s not a shy kid once you get to know him. But

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