Stay: A Second Chance Badboy Romance by Melinda Minx

Author:Melinda Minx [Minx, Melinda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Darkstar Press
Published: 2017-01-30T18:30:00+00:00

The next morning, I ask Dad how his doctor’s appointment went.

He gets angry and starts eating really fast.

“Dad, tell me you went.”

“I’m fine!” he grunts. “Perfectly healthy! I went on a long walk yesterday!”

I’m livid. This is probably the fourth time he’s cancelled his checkup. “So you went on a walk, the day before the appointment you didn’t go to? That means you don’t need to see a doctor? Did you eat an apple, too?”

“I’ll go next time,” he says.

“I’m going to take off work and drive you there,” I say, glaring at him.

“Fine!” he says. “Just drop it now.”

“Fine.”

I’m still glowing from last night, so I can’t let this sour my day. It will probably be another two months before we can get another appointment—if they even let us re-book.

By the time I get to work I’m pissed off. The glow has faded and I’m more and more worried about Dad. If he really wants me to start my career up again, he could at least prove to me that he’ll take care of himself. With the way he’s behaving, I’m going to have to live here forever, working at the Crab Shack.

I sigh, feeling butterflies in my stomach. If Mason Steel stays here, then at least it won’t be all bad.

When Marv’s crew rolls in for lunch, everyone but Marv and Mason come in. Did the two of them go eat somewhere else?

I catch John outside with a cigarette. “Where are Marv and Mason?”

“Oh,” he says. “Some of the nets are messed up. They’re untangling them and will be in later.”

“Ah, okay,” I say.

“You like Mason,” John says.

I nod and walk away.

I have to admit I was worried. Mason being here is...complicated. We finally had sex again last night, and when I didn’t see him walk in with his crew, I worried he’d left again. I feel guilty for even thinking that, but he left me once when I never thought he would. It’s something I have to worry about if I’m going to be with him.

I go back in and refill Samuel’s and Ashton’s drinks.

“Hold on,” Samuel says as I start to walk away.

He pours something from a flask into his soda. “Want a drink?”

“I’m working,” I say. “And you’re about to be, too. Your job is a lot more dangerous than mine.”

“Well,” Samuel says, “you like dangerous men, huh?”

I roll my eyes. “You talking about Mason?”

“Yeah,” he says. “That old fart.”

“He’s in his mid-thirties,” I say. “Just like me. Are you calling me an old fart, Samuel?”

“There’s this show I like to watch,” Samuel says.

“Dude,” Ashton hisses. “Shut up!”

“It’s called Cougar Town,” Samuel says, grinning. “Now, you’re a fair bit younger than the women in that show, but the principle is sound—” he hiccups.

I should just walk away, but Samuel’s stupidity is so incredible that I’m tempted to stay and watch it, like a really bad car crash.

“So…” I say, “you’re calling me a cougar? Do you always play up a woman’s age when hitting on

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