My Brother's Roommate (Frisky Business #2) by Kendall Ryan

Author:Kendall Ryan [Ryan, Kendall]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1230004044451
Google: K4cIEAAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 50122185
Publisher: Kendall Ryan
Published: 2020-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

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WOLFIE

After trudging up the steps, I enter a small office. The receptionist asks my name and then waves me on through the door at the far end of the room.

“Go on in. She’s expecting you.”

With nervous knots tying intricate patterns inside my stomach, I step through the doorway, but stop almost immediately.

A middle-aged woman sits behind a desk. Her hair is dark but threaded with silver, and she smiles and removes a pair of purple reading glasses when she spots me.

“Hi there. Come on in.”

I take one more tentative step forward, then stop.

This was a stupid idea. My life has felt a little out of control lately. I thought talking with someone—a professional—might help. Now I don’t think I can go through with it.

“I’m sorry for wasting your time. I don’t know why I’m here.”

“It’s fine. Wolfgang, right?”

“Wolfie.” I nod.

“Wolfie, it’s fine. You’re not wasting my time. And it’s okay to feel apprehension. But since you’re here, maybe we can talk for a few minutes. Please sit down.” She gestures toward the seating in the office. When I don’t budge, the therapist raises her hands in a show of surrender, her palms facing me. “Whatever you want to do. I’m only here to help.”

I release a slow breath. “I guess I could stay for a few minutes.”

She gives me a warm smile, but I can feel her eyes appraising me, watching everything as I select a seat—the chair across from her desk, rather than one of the cozy armchairs under the windows.

“So, how does this work?” I ask, pressing my hands into my knees.

God, I feel so jumpy, so on edge. This is ridiculous. It’s just that I’ve never opened up and told someone my truth before. But now . . . with Penelope . . . it’s different. She has me wanting to try things I’ve never been interested in before. Intimacy. A relationship, maybe. Hell, I don’t know.

“Well, usually people start off by telling me what’s going on in their lives. Usually, they’re here because they need help navigating a situation or working through a season they’re facing.”

I nod. “Makes sense.”

Removing her glasses, she smiles again, lines forming beside her eyes as she watches me. She seems nice enough. I guess I just didn’t count on it being so hard to open up to a complete stranger, even if this is her job.

“So, what’s been going on in your life, Wolfie?”

I press my hands together in my lap. “Well, um . . . my roommate’s being really secretive lately.”

She doesn’t say anything else. She just keeps watching me, and when she finally opens her mouth to reply, the words are not at all what I’m expecting. “I don’t think you’re here to talk about your roommate.”

“You don’t?”

She shakes her head.

I release a long, strained exhale. Why the fuck am I here?

The other night, when Penelope sneaked into my room, I found myself wanting to be someone different, to be bold and reckless and just give in to everything.

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