Wreck You by Jennifer Snyder

Author:Jennifer Snyder [Snyder, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, New Adult & College, Contemporary Fiction
Amazon: B00KPDPWFA
Barnesnoble: B00KPDPWFA
Goodreads: 21840859
Publisher: Jennifer Snyder
Published: 2014-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

IAN

It only took me twenty minutes to put in the new fixture, and figure out there was nothing wrong with the switch. Pressing my lips together tightly as I stepped off the ladder, I put my tools back into my bag. Maybe I should have milked it a little longer, given her more time to remember our sort of date. She had to be severely jet-lagged to have slept for so long.

Lauren stood in the kitchen when I came out. Her hair had been pulled up in a ponytail, and she’d slipped on a pair of thin pajama pants. The citrusy scent of the orange she was peeling floated through the air to my nose.

“Done already?” she asked without looking at me. Her cell chimed, letting her know she had a new text. She wiped her fingers on her pants before picking it up to read it.

“Yeah, it was easier than I let on, I guess.” I scratched the back of my neck. The entire reason I’d been so excited to be here hadn’t even come up yet. There was no way in hell I would bring it up on my own though.

“What are you getting into tonight?” she asked, her thumbs flying across her cell screen.

Maybe she’d remembered after all. “Not much, why?”

“Because my friends and I are going out tonight. I know the last time I saw you I sort of agreed to a date—and I did mean it—I just don’t think I’m up for dating anyone new right now.” She popped an orange slice into her mouth and stared at me.

A wide smile formed on my face, and I fought like never before to dim it down. “That sounds fine. I understand. We can even put it off, if you want?”

I had to toss it out there. Even though as the words slipped through my lips, I prayed like hell she wouldn’t recant what she’d just offered.

“No, it’s fine. I need to get my mind off some stuff. Having a few drinks with my friends and a cute country boy sounds like the perfect remedy for that.” She winked.

“Cute country boy, huh?” The wide smile I’d been dimming down lit up my entire face at her words, and I didn’t give a shit. “That’s the first time anyone’s ever called me that.”

She shrugged. “You know what they say, there’s always a first time for everything.”

“True.” I shifted the tool bag I’d been holding to my other hand without dropping her gaze.

Her face twisted into an unreadable expression.

“You’re not gay, are you?” she asked.

“No,” I scoffed. Had I done something to make her wonder? Reflecting back, there wasn’t a single thing I could find.

“Any chance you have a kid stowed away somewhere?”

I laughed. What was with her questions? “No, why?”

“Just checking, I don’t want any surprises later on down the line with you.”

Regardless of how good her later on down the line statement made me feel, I wondered if her sugar daddy had admitted to either of those things while in Greece with her.

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