The Opposite of You (Opposites Attract Series Book 1) by Rachel Higginson

Author:Rachel Higginson [Higginson, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Reckless Siren Publishing
Published: 2017-03-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

The next morning, I felt like shit. It might have been because I stress ate my way through a half pan of double fudge brownies. The box kind. I’d sold out for two-dollars-worth of anxiety-induced desperation.

But just so we’re clear, no matter how many good meals I’d had, or how high my standards for food were, boxed brownie mix was the best kind of guilty pleasure.

Or, my exhaustion and icky feeling of disappointment could have stemmed from the lack of sleep. I hadn’t been able to fall asleep until close to three.

I blamed my weekend hours. Thursday through Sunday I stayed up until ungodly hours and by the time I got home, showered and decompressed it was always after four before I finally closed my eyes.

The important thing to note was that this had nothing to do with the lame ass text I’d sent to Killian the night before.

Despite my sleepless night, I still dragged myself from bed early enough to get to the Morning Market by the opening. I’d had to Google it for the exact address and found pictures of what to expect. Killian had definite rights to my first born. This market was everything I was looking for.

The market sat nestled in the corner of an industrial area, neighbored by a tool and die designer on one side and a lighting palace on the other. It spread out in an abandoned parking lot, covered by mix-matched tents and just as diverse vendors.

In one section, fragrant flowers in every color burst from buckets with hand drawn price tags hanging off them. In another, eggs and farm-fresh milk in coolers spread out between artisan cheeses and all manner of jerkies.

But the majority of the market? Fresh produce. Fresh produce everywhere. Fruits, vegetables. More fruits. More vegetables.

It was glorious.

And Killian hadn’t lied about the kolache stand. I stopped there first, picking up an egg and spicy bacon pastry and a cup of hazelnut coffee with the perfect amount of creamer.

My weird mood faded in light of the possibilities in front of me. And the coffee.

The coffee definitely helped.

I’d just stepped up to a pepper stand with bins of every single pepper I could think of. Colored bells, spicy habaneros, shishitos and jalapenos, and my favorite—hatch. Plus so many more. The vendor even had hybrids he’d been breeding himself.

My eyes got a little misty, but I blamed it on the pollen in the air.

“Let me guess…” I nearly dropped my coffee when Killian stepped up next to me. “Anchos. You’re all about the anchos.”

Embarrassment for my awkward text from the night before burst to life inside me, flushing my cheeks a nice, dark, strawberry red. But at the same time, the achy feeling in my chest faded. I stopped feeling mildly queasy. I stopped hating myself for not going out the night before. I stopped missing Killian and hating myself for being such a coward. Most of all, I stopped analyzing every single thing I did, said or thought.

He was here! And I was determined not to be a giant weirdo.

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