Are You There, Karma? It's Me, Jane.: A Laugh Out Loud Romantic Comedy (The Awkward Adventures of Jane Nash Book 1) by Christine Zolendz

Author:Christine Zolendz [Zolendz, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Christine Zolendz
Published: 2019-10-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

It’s Thursday night and I’m standing outside Julia’s apartment door holding a bottle of wine, trying to talk myself into knocking. I just don’t want to go inside. Low conversations and laughter come from the other side of the door, it’s far back and muddled; they must be in her kitchen. Nate’s deep voice mumbles something and Julia answers in a hearty laugh. My pulse throbs in my head. I don’t want to want him anymore—maybe I need more time away.

I start pacing and trying out a throaty cough. I think it’s best if I just pretend I have the flu or mad cow disease or something. Is mad cow disease even a thing anymore? I cough again. Pulling my phone from my pocket, I ask Siri what whooping cough sounds like.

I do a poor rendition of it.

At the other end of the hallway, the elevator bings and Heath, Silvia from marketing, and Dex the ass-stump step out. I’m still practicing my horrible rendition of a whooping cough that I was inoculated from when I was a child.

Jesus, why would Julia invite Dex?

The three of them join me and say their hellos, then the four of us just hang out in front of the door, staring at it. I cough again. They look at me suspiciously.

“Did you knock? Maybe they didn’t hear it?” Silvia asks, pointing to the door.

My face heats and I look down at the wine bottle like an idiot. “Yeah, they probably didn’t hear it.”

Silvia raps her knuckles on the door and Dex takes a small step back and angles his body to face mine. He crosses his arms over his chest and narrows his eyes at me.

I don’t remember him being so tall and broad. Silvia knocks again, this time with a closed hammer fist. Silvia from marketing is no joke.

Dex is still staring at me, then he leans closer, “Oh, for fuck’s sake,” he growls. His warm breath tickles my ear. “You were trying to pretend to be sick so you could get out of this.”

“No! I was not.” I will deny it until the day I die.

Before Dex can accuse me of any other atrocities, Julia’s door swings open and Nate stands in the doorway, smiling happily.

How cozy, he’s answering her door now. I feel sick and not whooping cough pretend sick.

“Hey! You’re all here!” Nate laughs.

Is it me, or do Nate’s eyes linger on me longer than everyone else’s? Dex shoots a curious look at me as we walk in, but I choose to ignore it and focus all my pretending on him not being here.

After us comes two other men, Jared who introduces himself as: “Hi, I’m Jared, which one of you is the other gay man I’m going home with tonight?” and Henry, a handsome quiet man, who I can only suppose is slated for me.

Henry drinks four glasses of wine before he even sits at the table.

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