One Summer to Forever: A Cove on the Road Novella by Addison Clarke

Author:Addison Clarke [Clarke, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Riley

With a month of touring under her belt, Riley wasn’t sure she could do it year-round. She was exhausted—physically and mentally—and found herself sleeping way more than she usually did. Riley had even done what she said she’d never do and turned off the Maine Event social media page notifications. The near constant alerts she was getting were no longer exciting and instead stressed her out. Responding to everyone, or even a majority, was no longer an option. Boundaries had to be set.

Another place Riley had set boundaries was with Harlow. It was clear after their night at the bar that Harlow wasn’t interested in her. Hell, Riley didn’t even know if she was interested in women. They hadn’t had that conversation yet. But at least they had had other conversations. Riley now knew Harlow’s favorite food—spaghetti—and her favorite color—blue. She knew Harlow lived in Colorado and had an older sister and a younger brother. Harlow hadn’t elaborated on her relationship with them or her parents, so Riley hadn’t pushed the subject.

But the problem was Riley wanted to push the subject. She wanted to get to know Harlow. And she wanted to get to know her as more than a roommate. There was no doubt in Riley’s mind that she was attracted to Harlow. It had nothing to do with the fact they’d been sharing a bed platonically for the last few weeks and had everything to do with Harlow herself.

Harlow was mysterious, and that seemed to add to Riley’s intrigue. Each time Riley went back through the photos from the show the night before, she found several candid ones of Harlow. She had a folder on her laptop just of pictures of Harlow. Riley knew how creepy it sounded, but she hoped to give them all to Harlow at the end of the tour. After all, they were stunning. Candid looked good on Harlow. The way she smiled when no one was watching or how she always had that same intense look when she was reading over an email on her phone. There was no doubt Riley was smitten.

Ugh.

Closing her laptop, Riley tucked it into her bag and walked out of the venue. She’d found it best to work while the venue was empty; no one bothered her. Riley had all the posts for their show in Oklahoma City ready to go and was all set for the night. A nap sounded great, but Riley needed to talk out her feelings for Harlow with someone. Her mother had squeezed the details out of her a couple of weeks ago, but Riley wasn’t in the mood to talk to her mother about it. All she would say is to suck it up and ask Harlow out on a date. No matter which way it went, Riley would at least have an answer.

But that so wasn’t how Riley handled things. Riley was more of an overthinker. She had a habit of dragging her feet to make a decision until the time to make said decision had passed.

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