Worst Neighbor Ever: A Sworn to Loathe You Prequel by Rachel John

Author:Rachel John [John, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-12-30T16:00:00+00:00

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Connor

This was not a date, and I knew Melissa felt the same way, because she’d elbowed me out of the way to pay for her sandwich and chips herself. I should have been relieved by that, but all I felt was guilt over her accusation about us not being friends. Yes, I had my reasons for keeping my prickly distance, but she didn’t know that. And worse, I was starting to wonder if my reasoning had ever been valid. I needed to know things.

“Tell me about your witness protection fiancé.”

“No.” Melissa returned her sandwich to her tray and stared me down. “I had a question for you, and you’ll answer it first before you get anything from me.” The staring contest ended when she snuck a glance at her sandwich and couldn’t resist picking it up for another bite. She liked her sandwich a lot more than me at the moment, even though I’d brought her to my favorite deli, which was now clearly her favorite deli. I knew she’d like the checkered table cloths and the baby farm animal décor. I just liked it for the amazing food.

“I didn’t tell Rob you weren’t attractive because I thought you… weren’t attractive.” I cleared my throat as my face heated. Now I had her attention. “I told him that because most women find him a little forward. I was trying to spare you an uncomfortable come-on from him. So, when he asked about you, I threw him off the scent, so to speak.”

Melissa studied me. Several reactions crossed her face, but she didn’t say anything.

“Had I known you would insult his bongo skills in front of all his friends on first meeting him, I wouldn’t have bothered.”

Melissa laughed. “Yeah… He’s still a little ticked off about that. But he did invite me in for a smoothie right before you came to the door.”

“His smoothies are the worst. You definitely dodged a bullet there.”

“By going out with you instead?”

“Yeah, I guess it is sad when I’m your best option.” I stole the last potato chip out of her bag, just to clinch my point.

“You don’t scare me, Connor Harwood.”

“I was afraid of that.”

She crossed her arms and sat back. “Because of Natalya?”

“She’s definitely made me cautious when it comes to women.”

“Are you afraid I’m just like her, or are you afraid you’ll have to hang out with her again if the two of us are friends?”

“Both?” I’d have to tread carefully here. “Tell me about your fiancé.”

“No.” She balled up her now-empty chip bag like it had personally offended her. “Your curiosity is not a good enough reason to open up to you, Connor. I’m not telling you just so you can be amused by it.”

“I’m sorry.” And I was sorry. I’d given her no reason to trust me, and the only reason I wanted to know was so I could either confirm that she’d driven a man to run, or come up with a new conclusion.

But the more I got to know Melissa, the less likely it seemed that anyone would purposely run away from her.

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