Nerd Wife (Married for a Million #3) by Annie Amos

Author:Annie Amos [Amos, Annie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Marriage of Convenience, Lesbian Romance, Adult, Suspense
Goodreads: 50661199
Publisher: Wicked Romance
Published: 2020-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

13

ZELDA

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I wake up at seven o’clock and the sunlight is streaming through my window. Good. Summer is on its way. I always feel better in the summer. Though I’m in such a strange mood today that I’m not sure it’s going to be a good day.

I yawn and stretch out in my bed. I have a king size mattress, and it’s never felt as big and empty as it does today.

I’ve always worked so hard at my job. Why didn’t I work that hard on myself? How have I allowed myself to get this far in life without a partner to share it with? Did I stop things with Kat the other day out of some kind of purposeful self-sabotage?

No. I stopped because I wanted it too much. I felt vulnerable, out of control. I needed to know that it wasn’t going to be a one-off, that Kat isn’t still angry with me. Except, I think that in doing what I did, I only made her more angry.

Why are relationships so difficult?

I get up and head into the kitchen, putting out some food for my white, short-haired cat, Mr. Darcy. When I picked him up from the rescue centre, they told me his name was Fluffkin, but he looked far too debonair, and a little too conceited, for that name. Mr. Darcy suits him so much better.

I pour myself a large cup of coffee and make some toast, and then sit at the breakfast bar with the paper.

No.

I’m not going to read the paper this morning.

I’m going to start the search for happiness.

I open up my phone and check my dating profile. Two new messages.

The first is from a thirty-year-old systems analyst who sent me three winky faces at two in the morning. The second is from a forty-two-year-old nurse, who’s written: What’s your favourite Shakespeare play? Mine’s The Tempest.

Oh wow. Okay. That’s the kind of message I could actually respond to. I click on the woman’s profile and see that she’s a very normal, nice-looking person, and nothing about her profile screams axe-murderer at all.

Maybe this would be good for me. Maybe this would help me get over Kat.

The problem is… Kat.

I can’t stop thinking about her. How good she tasted. How amazing it felt to have my skin on hers.

I need to stop torturing myself over it, though. Kat looked upset when I stopped us from taking things further. And I apparently ruined her life, so why would she want me in the first place?

Dating someone else would be so much better for me. So much healthier.

Even so, I can’t bring myself to reply to the nurse’s message. I’ll do it later. Probably.

This morning, I’m going to focus on my work. Nothing wrong with that. A modern working woman should take her job seriously, after all.

I shower and get dressed in a smart brown suit. It’s serious, professional, and lets my students know that I mean business. I have a Faculty meeting later this afternoon too, and I like to power-dress for those occasions.

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