The Boyfriend Bid by Jodie Andrefski

Author:Jodie Andrefski
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled;Crush;YA;YA romance;Teen;Teen romance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-03-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Sarah

When you show me the truth

Yeah, I’d rather be with you

Say you want the same thing too ~ Joshua Radin

“He’s going to be here soon, and now I feel like a giant goober about the whole thing and I never should have even suggested it. What in the world was I thinking?”

I’d confided the whole plan to Emma and Megan, since I knew they’d never believe it when they saw the stories printed about some whirlwind romance happening out of the blue between Chance and me. But now I was freaking out, which was what led me to my panicked phone call to Emma from the bookstore minutes before Chance and the newspaper crew were due to arrive. I was ready to throw up.

Probably not good for the bookstore’s business. Definitely not good for Operation Romance. I got even more nervous just thinking of the cute code name Chance had come up with.

“Sarah, just breathe,” Emma said. “You’re at work. It’s not like they’re going to expect you to start making out in the self-help section.”

I took a deep breath. She was right. I was overreacting.

She laughed. “Then again, you may want to stay away from the erotica.”

“Shut up!” Omigod.

“Fifty Shades of Chance. I love it; maybe I’ll make a meme and post it on one of those sites where they’ve been writing about you gu—”

I hung up on her.

So. Not. Helping.

I paced back and forth and quickly looked up to make sure I wasn’t in the erotica aisle or even the romance section. Science fiction. That I could deal with.

I swallowed. I could do this. We could do this.

I hoped.

Claire, a student at the local college, was working the single front register and knew to let me know when they arrived. She didn’t seem all that interested in why they were coming and hadn’t asked me much about the article. She was usually focused on her phone when she didn’t have a customer. All the better.

And thank goodness, tonight wasn’t busy. Two women had just finished purchasing a few paperbacks and left, and only one older gentleman remained in the back, perusing the shelves. He came in each week, and pretty much kept to himself, poking around for hours without buying anything.

Buy the Book was a small, independent bookstore, and we were never super busy, but we had loyal customers who kept the store going. I got the feeling that the owner, a tiny woman in her sixties, didn’t really need the income from the shop, but kept it open more for her love of books and her disdain of large chain bookstores.

A bell tinkled as someone entered the store. My heart beat faster, and I reminded myself to breathe. I peeked around a tall shelf displaying local authors’ works. Josh had arrived, but instead of Hannah, a short girl with purple hair and a Twenty One Pilots sweatshirt stood next to him, carrying a camera bag.

“Sarah! Your people are here,” yelled Claire.

I had to hold back a laugh.

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