Hero Bear: BBW Paranormal Bear Shifter Romance by Zoe Chant

Author:Zoe Chant [Chant, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-10-23T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

“I hate this damned town and I wish I’d never moved here.” As soon as Michaela got off work the next day, she called Brenda, and that was the first thing she said.

“Oh honey. What’s going on?”

“Caleb turned out to be a jerk.” Michaela had been fighting back tears all day at work, and at this point she couldn’t tell if she was mad or sad. Maybe both. “I can’t believe I actually let myself think that someone like that could really be interested in someone like me.”

“What are you talking about? You’re great.” Ever a good friend, Brenda was instantly to her defense. “Start from the beginning. Tell me everything. You said the first date went good, you bad girl.”

Michaela couldn’t bring herself to tell Brenda everything. It was too humiliating. “Let me put it this way: going out with me was just a joke. He tried to give me some outrageous story to rope me in further, but I didn’t fall for it, so he left.”

The worst part was, she didn’t even have to figure out why he slept with her. She knew there were guys like that, who’d sleep with a girl who wasn’t in their league and then deny it or make fun of her. Any day now she was going to start running into friends of his, and they’d all have nasty, knowing grins on their faces. Well, let them. She’d punch the first man who made a snide comment to her.

“No, he sounded so nice!”

“He did. I thought he was.” Cracks started to appear in the dam she’d been keeping in place all day, and tears filled her eyes. “I really thought— I thought there might be something there.” She sniffled.

“Michaela, honey, don’t cry. He’s not worth it.”

“I just feel so st-stu-hu-pid!” Michaela tried to speak around the sobs that poured out of her. The pain in her chest was literal, and she thought she’d break open at the sheer meanness it must have taken to act the way Caleb had.

“Girl, you are not the first woman to get taken for a ride by a good-looking man, and I’m sorry to say you won’t be the last.” Brenda didn’t sound unsympathetic, just brisk.

Michaela gave in to the sniffles for a few minutes, then took a deep breath. “You’re right. I mean, we only went out twice. And it could have been worse. I could have believed the crap he told me.”

“Atta girl,” Brenda said. “Hey, listen. I know it’s last minute, but how would you feel about some company this weekend? You sound like you could use a distraction.”

“I’d love it. You don’t have to work?”

“Not this weekend, thank god. Reuben decided not to start that shit until next month, so I’ve got a reprieve.”

“Come on out then. I can’t promise to introduce you to any of Caleb’s friends, though.”

“Huh, after how he did you, I’d spit on ‘em.”

Michaela got through the rest of the week by hanging on to seeing Brenda again. She’d forgotten how much she missed seeing her every day.

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