Love Spells and Other Disasters by Angie Barrett

Author:Angie Barrett [Barrett, Angie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult Fantasy Romance; Teen & Young Adult Romance eBooks; Teen & Young Adult Peer Pressure Fiction; Teen & Young Adult Humorous Fiction; Teen & Young Adult Dating & Intimacy eBooks; Teen & Young Adult Contemporary Romance eBooks; Coming of Age Fiction; Teen & Young Adult Loners & Outcasts Fiction; Teen & Young Adult Self Esteem & Reliance Fiction; Teen & Young Adult Magical Realism Fiction; Young Adult Romance; Young Adult Love Spells and Other Disasters; Angela Addams; Entangled Teen; Single Title Fiction; High School Romance; High School Crush; Young Adult Magic; Sweet Young Adult Fiction; Witches; Opposites Attract YA Romance; Ohio; Winter; Spell Book; Magic Spell; Football Player;
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2021-01-06T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

“Rowan, honey, could you put in a bit of time today with the fan mail?” My mom catches me just as I’m putting together a snack tray for Luca and the others. She scans the food prep and her eyebrows go up dramatically. “Is that for Mr. Columbus?”

Heat rises to my cheeks but I nod and keep cutting the cheese up. “Yes, they’ve been working so hard on that room I thought they’d like to take a break for a few minutes and eat something. Is that okay?”

Mom snags one of the crackers, creating a hole in my display. “Yeah, sure, of course it is. I just didn’t think you paid much attention to what was going on in there.” Her eyes light up. “It’s that boy working with them, isn’t it?” She nods knowingly. “You’re totally checking him out, aren’t you?”

My cheeks are full-on burning now. “No.”

She takes another cracker. “I’ve seen him in there. Hard working, polite, attractive…exactly the type of boy I’d have gone for—”

“Ew!” I snap. “Mom, that’s so gross!”

Mom stops chewing, the smile slides from her face. “Um…okay…sorry?”

I feel bad for snapping, I do, but I don’t want to hear about her younger self crushing on my boyfriend. “It’s just that he’s a friend of mine. A guy I know from school, okay? I get that he’s superhot, or whatever,” I add on a grumble.

“O-kay.” She swallows whatever is still in her mouth. “Didn’t mean to tread on sensitive territory.” She grabs another cracker. “Ro, if there’s anything you want to talk about, something you need to get off your chest, you know you can tell me. I’m always here for you.”

I keep my eyes on the cheese I’m cutting. I’m a total jerk for lying to her about Luca. “I’m fine, Mom. Really.” But I’m not ready to invite her into my world right now.

I feel her watching me but I can’t look up. If I look up, she’ll snag me with her empathetic eyes and I’ll feel even worse than I do now.

She turns toward the door. “I’m going to be doing some work with Zach in the office. Probably won’t be around for dinner. Ethan coming over today?”

I shake my head. “He’s busy I think.”

“Oh, okay. Well, if you put in a few hours on the fan mail it’ll make a dent for me.”

Great, more writing. My hands are ready to go on strike as it is. “I’ll get to it as soon as I’m done with this.” I fill the holes she left with more crackers.

Mom leaves and I deflate. I feel guilty about not telling her the truth about me and Luca, but I also don’t think bonding over my “attractive” boyfriend will ever be something I’m into.

I sigh and glance at my phone on the counter. Ethan isn’t responding to my texts. I don’t know what’s up with him. The message I sent at lunch got a reply of, “All good. Having fun.” That’s it. Even though I’ve sent five messages since, he hasn’t bothered to answer.

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