Totally Worth It by Maggie Cummings

Author:Maggie Cummings [Cumming, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781626395138
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2015-11-21T16:00:00+00:00

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Lexi swirled the wine in her glass as she desperately tried to concentrate on Julie’s conversation. She kept replaying the call with Jesse over and over in her head. Before walking out of her bedroom to greet Julie, Lexi had made sure to thoroughly collect herself. She had forcibly blocked out the last part of the phone call. It kept creeping back in though. Over the last few months there had been moments with Jesse, times she hadn’t been quite sure if she heard some intent or inflection in Jesse’s tone or if it was all in her head. Tonight she was sure.

“You okay, Lex? You seem distracted.” Julie pushed around the remainder of her entree with her fork.

Lexi placed her hand on top of Julie’s, stilling her fidgeting, something Lexi knew Julie did when she was anxious. “Nope. I’m fine.” She ran her hand up Julie’s forearm, rubbing it gently for emphasis.

“So, what do you think?” Julie was waiting for a response to a question she’d obviously missed. Damn.

“About what?”

Julie flipped her hand and took Lexi’s hand in hers as she spoke sincerely. “Vacation this summer. Just me and you.” Squinting, she looked mildly disappointed as she added, “Were you even listening?”

“Yes. Sorry, I am a little distracted. You want to go away this summer. But I’m taking the bar this summer, so I’m not sure how that’s going to work,” Lexi answered skeptically.

“I know. That’s why I said August. The bar is in July, I thought.” Julie shifted in her seat. “You really weren’t listening.” She dropped Lexi’s hand entirely.

“I just have some stuff on my mind. Work stuff,” Lexi added. Julie could not have looked less interested. “I have a big meeting tomorrow and I guess I’m trying to mentally prepare for it.” It was partially true, she rationalized to herself.

Julie jumped all over her excuse. “Tomorrow? Tomorrow’s Thursday. You don’t even have your internship on Thursdays.”

Lexi could feel the knot forming in her stomach as she realized that her impending explanation was going to cause confrontation. Cringing, she began anyway. “I know, but Jess called me before.” She heard her own voice catch as she abbreviated Jesse’s name, and she knew Julie caught it too. “She asked if I could come in for this meeting.”

“Jess?” The disdain in Julie’s tone was unmistakable. “You call her Jess now? How cute,” she said, pointedly making fun of Lexi.

Lexi just looked down at her plate in front of her and pleaded, “Please don’t, Julie.”

But Julie was already off and running. “Don’t what? Don’t be annoyed?” She let out an angry huff. “Right. I’m supposed to be just fine with the fact that your predator of a boss calls you up on Valentine’s Day with some scam about how she needs you to come in. Please.” She grabbed for her drink, spilling a little on the tablecloth. “You know what, Lex? I think I’m pretty justified in being annoyed at that. I mean, look at you now.” She gestured. “Whatever she said, it worked, because you haven’t paid attention to me all night.

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