Tamed by the Boss (Tempted Series Book 5) by Kelly Hazel

Author:Kelly, Hazel [Kelly, Hazel]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-01-31T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11: Ella

“This is my favorite one yet!” I said, putting another covetable shirt on a hanger.

“As I said before, you are more than welcome to borrow anything I have anytime.”

I hung the shirt on the bar in Jackie’s new closet. “You’re already the best roommate ever, and you haven’t even been here for twenty four hours.”

“Doesn’t that look good?” She stepped back to admire her bookshelf.

“Yeah,” I said, picking up another hanger. “As far as shrines to books you never read in college goes.”

“Hey.” She turned to glare at me over her shoulder. “That’s not fair.” She pointed at the second shelf from the bottom. “I read those two.”

“I take it all back then.”

“And I’m halfway through this one.” She tapped a bright green book with a spine that was two inches thick.

“Oh yeah?”

“Yeah.”

“How long have you been halfway through it?”

“Shut up.”

I hung another shirt in the closet. “I think we’re making good progress.”

“Agreed. I thought it would take me all weekend to get this stuff unpacked.”

“It’s good to know that if I lose my job, I can always get a position in retail somewhere,” I said, slinging a pair of pants over another hanger.

“Are you sure you don’t want to call him and at least let him know you’re not coming?”

“I think it’s a bit late for that,” I said. “What time is it now?”

She pulled her phone out of her back pocket. “After nine.”

“I’d say he’s figured it out.”

“Still,” she said, grabbing the open bottle of wine from the top of her bookshelf. “Maybe he can explain?”

I dropped my arms to my sides. “What is there to explain? He told me his Dad was dead.”

“I know but-”

“Do you know how many times I’ve wished that my Dad was alive? That my Mom was lying to me about it this whole time? That he was just somewhere- I don’t know- in fucking Jersey, and I could get on the expressway and go see him whenever I wanted?”

“I know,” she said softly. “I’m not saying there’s a good explanation.”

“I need you to support me on this.”

She nodded and took a swig from the bottle.

“This is exactly the kind of unforgivable bullshit that I needed him to pull so I can finally move on and stop letting him use me.”

She held the bottle out to me.

I grabbed it by the neck. “I mean, not only were his feelings for me never real, but even the goddamn stories he told me about himself were lies. He was just playing some character with me. It’s like we were both living out totally different fantasies.” I took a big chug of the cheap cabernet and set the bottle down on the floor. “The whole thing is fucked.”

“You’ve gotten really sweary since we’ve been apart.”

“Sorry,” I said. “I don’t mean to be. I’m just stressed out.”

She stepped forward and gave me a hug. “I know.”

My phone buzzed against the bed.

Jackie took a step back so I could reach for it. “It’s him again, isn’t it?”

“Yeah.

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