Bitter Exes by Addison Moore

Author:Addison Moore [Moore, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B077P5HS6D
Publisher: Hollis Thatcher Press, LTD.
Published: 2018-01-25T00:00:00+00:00

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The weekend tumbles by in a blur. Vi had me take her back to her dorm before midnight, and I went back to the apartment and gave myself a little relief in the shower. I couldn’t help it. Vi and those hot kisses she was doling out practically demanded it. On Sunday night, I head to the Underground for sustenance. A juicy fat burger sounds good right about now, and I head in, cringing at the thumping music, the wall-to-wall bodies, coeds and frat boys all vying for a hookup. But the scent of hot fries nabs my attention and reminds me of why I’m here in the first place. I go to find a seat in the back, but every booth and spare table are taken.

“Over here,” a deep voice barks from the darkest corner, and I squint against the light to make out the face. And then it hits me who that is, and I make a beeline and land myself in the seat across from him. “Dexter Houston.” He holds out a hand, and I’m slow to shake it. As much as I’m suddenly thankful I’ve joined his madhouse experiment, it could have easily gone the other way.

Dexter is built like a linebacker, wearing a power suit most likely for no good reason. I’ve always hated guys like that. He’s got dark wavy hair, slicked back with gel, might be light, might be dark, can’t really tell. His eyes spear me as his grin widens.

“You’re the new kid, Lane Cooper. Loved watching you and your ex hash things out in Finley a few weeks back. How’s her foot? She healing okay?”

“She’ll live.” I lean back to inspect him, this enigma that’s been haunting the campus, rattling the skeletons in everyone’s closet with this edition of his demented dating game. The waitress comes by, and we put in our orders. “So, what’s your story? I know about your ex—the country crooner. I believe she wrote a song about your breakup.”

His eyes grow wide a moment, and for a second I recognize that miserable look on his face. “That she did. Scarlett Stafford drove a stake through my heart, then lit it on fire before dousing the rest of me with gasoline.”

“Ouch. At least she was efficient. That was the past, right? I mean, you’re Dexter Houston, otherwise known as Dr. Love around these parts. You practically whittled together over a dozen new romances with your last crop of lab rats. So, what’s cooking on the front burner for you? You dating again?”

“Between you and me, I’d have to be nuts to entertain it.”

I blink back as if I were just sucker punched. “What’s that supposed to mean?” Our burgers arrive in record time, but neither of us dives right in.

He leans in, his brows furrowed as if he were distressed. “You’ve been through a relationship, the good, the bad, and the ugly. You’ve got to know why I’m not exactly running back into it. Sure, Scar

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