Those Heartbreak Scars by Murphy Misti

Author:Murphy, Misti
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-10-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

America

Emmad is manning the counter when I enter, dragging Gray behind me. He beams when he sees me. “Meri, it’s good to see you again.”

His brother, Asaf, glances over his shoulder and gives me a little wave too. “Hungry, beautiful lady?”

“You know it.” I walk up to the counter. “It’s been a long evening.”

“Coming from the club?” Emmad checks out my outfit—that’s mostly Gray’s sweatshirt—and going out heels. “Fun night?”

“So much fun.” I smile up at Gray when he rests his hand on my ass possessively before scanning the boards on the back wall. “I need two mixed kebabs with extra garlic sauce. Oh, and some of your scrummy garlic potatoes. And a couple Fanta.”

“I got it.” Gray pulls his wallet out and pays for our meal.

“Your boyfriend?” Emmad asks as Asaf slices meat from the vertical spit.

Gray, my boyfriend? Wouldn’t that be something? But I can’t think about that without thinking about Indy, and it’s a quick spiral down from there that I’d rather not let ruin my night. “We’ll see.”

“You look good together. This one is much better than that other one.” Emmad scoops servings of potato to go with our kebabs.

“Other one?” Gray asks. “Mann?”

“My professor,” I say awkwardly.

“He was too old for you,” Emmad continues, oblivious to the fact that there’s a six year age difference between me and Gray.

It’s a lot less than I had with Alfie, who was in his forties. It’s not much at all, until you factor in that I’m still formulating who I want to be while Gray knows exactly who he is.

I roll my eyes. “I know.”

“He was too stuffy. Rude.” He turns to Gray. “She’s a queen. You treat her like one. Or you’ll have Türk mafyası to contend with.”

“Çok teşekkürler.” I beam at Emmad as I press on tiptoes to kiss Gray’s cheek. “But you don’t have to worry about this one.”

“I hope that was something nice,” Gray says.

“I just expressed my gratitude at him threatening to send the Turkish mafia after you if you hurt me.” Grinning, I pick up our food and leave him slack-jawed at the counter.

He catches up to me as I place it on one of the small tables set out for customers. “Hang on. Are you serious? Your kebab guys are connected to the mafia?”

“I have no idea.” I shrug as I sit down and tear off the lid on the garlic potatoes. Digging into them, I fork a huge bite into my mouth. “So you better not hurt me. Just in case.”

“You’re a mess.” He leans across the table and wipes away a little of the creamy sauce that stuck to my lip while I mumbled with my mouth full. “But I’ll make you a deal. I’ll be careful with you, and you will be careful with me.”

“Deal.”

He sits back and rips the wrapping from his kebab before taking a bite. The juice from the meat and the tangy sauce dribbles down his chin. “Shit.”

“Who’s the mess now?” I grin from ear to ear.

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