Wicked Lies by Renee Harless

Author:Renee Harless
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: bully, family, university, college, secrets, friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, forced proximity
Publisher: Renee Harless

Since the sleepover at Ford’s, my schedule had been thrown for a loop. The nights I laid awake in bed until the sun began to rise only to find myself fighting off the exhaustion while I was at class and work.

My eyelids had just started closing when a knock on my bedroom door sounded.

“Jolee, girl, you’re going to be late to class.”

“Son of a beach!” I shouted as I hopped off the bed. Wildly I pulled clothes from my dresser, opting for a pair of black pants and a red long-sleeved shirt. I ripped off my pajamas and tugged on my pants, hopping around like a rabbit until I lost my footing and fell face-first into my desk chair. It was going to leave a mark, but I didn’t care.

I needed to be in class today. Not just to throw comments at Ford, but because our midterm was next week and today was the first review session.

My hands gripped the cotton of my shirt and I yanked it over my head, then I shoved my arms through the sleeves, all while walking into the bathroom to brush my teeth. There would be no time for makeup today.

I was zipping up my boots and sliding my bag over my shoulder as I met Haley and Willow at the door.

“Thanks for waiting,” I told them.

“Still not sleeping?” Willow asked as we jogged down the steps and I shook my head.

I’d barely slept a total of ten hours in the two weeks since Ford ruined sleep forever. I just needed to get through to next week when we had Thanksgiving break. Flying back to Alaska was out of the question and my parents were going to be off doing more research. I planned to stay at the apartment and do absolutely nothing for four days straight.

The girls and I parted at the fountain in the center of campus, just as we had that first day of classes. The sun was shining brightly on the school grounds, but the forecast was calling for rain the rest of the week. Something I was not looking forward to. I could deal with the cold, but rain and I didn’t mesh well together.

Grabbing my phone from my pocket, I glanced at the time and my breath whooshed from my lungs in relief because I was arriving earlier than normal.

I opened the door to the lecture hall and to my surprise there sat the tortuous man in my chair. A smug smile grew on Ford’s face as I walked over to my row. He probably assumed that I would take the seat he usually occupied, but I wasn’t going to let Ford throw my day off track. I was lucky enough that I hadn’t overslept, I didn’t need him to cast a new halo of gloom over me.

“Good morning.” I smiled brightly at him as I slipped passed, arching my back ever so slightly so that my backside was closer to him than was necessary.

“What are you doing?” he asked, baring his clenched teeth at me as I sat in the chair next to him.

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