Until We Break by Jamie Howard

Author:Jamie Howard [Howard, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781250085511
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2015-11-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 28

Sloane

My hand flails against the nightstand, slapping against the wood as I try to snatch my ringing phone from it. Connecting with it, I yank it back under the covers and press it to my ear.

“Sloane, are you there?” I hear Blaire’s annoyingly chirpy voice on the line.

“Yes.”

“Gran asked me to call. One of the girls called in sick this morning and Gran wants you to come down here.” I can hear water running in the background and the hiss of grease on the fry top. She must be standing in the kitchen.

“Do you know what time it is?”

“Of course I know what time it is,” she snaps.

“Whatever. I’ll be there in thirty.” I hang up before I have to listen to one more word from her.

I roll out of bed and stretch. Three hours. I only slept for three hours. It’s a good thing that I’m used to functioning on no sleep. I turn around and glance at the other body in my bed. Picking up his discarded jeans, I heave them at him.

He jerks up and blinks at me owlishly.

“I’m going to take a shower. You need to be gone by the time I’m done.”

“Are you sure? We could—”

“No.”

“Can I call you?”

“No.”

Scooping up some fresh clothes from my suitcase, I make quick work of the shower, barely waiting for the water to warm. I run my fingers through my hair as I dry it, brushing them from my scalp to the middle of my back where it ends. In jean shorts and a T-shirt, I drive over to the diner and arrive with one minute to spare.

It’s still mostly empty with only a few of the early birds, but I know that will change within the hour. Luckily, my waitressing skills are still up-to-date from picking up the odd waitressing jobs in Italy, France, and Turkey.

Blaire gives me a once-over as I snatch an extra apron from the shelf in the back. “You look surprisingly awake for getting so little sleep last night.”

“And how would you know how much sleep I got?”

“Luke told me how late you left.”

I search through one of the boxes for a notepad. “Oh, do you have him on speed dial? Does Harrison really not mind you having a boyfriend on the side?”

Two red spots appear on Blaire’s cheeks. God, she is so easy. When it comes to her, I can’t help myself. I want her to hurt like she hurt me. “First of all, there is absolutely nothing going on between Luke and me. Second of all, Harrison and Luke are friends. Third, Luke is with Haley now.”

There’s nothing going on between you and Luke now, I’m tempted to add, but don’t. Blaire is still ignorant of the fact that I saw them together, and I’m more than happy to keep it that way. When it first happened, I wanted to confront her about it, to throw all the anger I had crescendoing inside me right in her face. But in order to do that, I would have to admit I slept with Luke.

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