Royally Raised by Chase Emma & Chase Emma
Author:Chase, Emma & Chase, Emma
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Royally Series
Publisher: Emma Chase, LLC
Published: 2017-07-21T00:00:00+00:00
The Endâ¦for now
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CHAPTER ONE
Do you see that unshowered, unshaven heap on the couch? The guy in the dirty gray T-shirt and ripped sweatpants?
Thatâs me, Drew Evans.
Iâm not usually like this. I mean, that really isnât me.
In real life, Iâm well-groomed, my chin is clean-shaven, and my black hair is slicked back at the sides in a way Iâve been told makes me look dangerous but professional. My suits are handmade. I wear shoes that cost more than your rent.
My apartment? Yeah, the one Iâm in right now. The shades are drawn, and the furniture glows with a bluish hue from the television. The tables and floor are littered with beer bottles, pizza boxes, and empty ice cream tubs. Thatâs not my real apartment. The one I usually live in is spotless; I have a girl come by twice a week. And it has every modern convenience, every big-boy toy you can think of: surround sound, satellite speakers, and a big-screen plasma that would make any man fall on his knees and beg for more. The decor is modernâlots of black and stainless steelâand anyone who enters knows a man lives there.
So, like I saidâwhat youâre seeing right now isnât the real me.
I have the flu. Influenza.
Have you ever noticed some of the worst sicknesses in history have a lyrical sound to them? Words like malaria, diarrhea, cholera. Do you think they do that on purpose? To make it a nice way to say you feel like something that dropped out of your dogâs ass?
Influenza.
Has a nice ring to it, if you say it enough.
At least Iâm pretty sure thatâs what I have. Thatâs why Iâve been holed up in my apartment the last seven days. Thatâs why I turned my phone off, why Iâve gotten off the couch only to use the bathroom or to bring in the food I order from the delivery guy.
How long does the flu last anyway? Ten days? A month?
Mine started a week ago. My alarm went off at five a.m., like always. But instead of rising from the bed to go to the office where Iâm a star, I threw the clock across the room, smashing it to kingdom come.
It was annoying anyway. Stupid clock. Stupid beep-beep-beeping.
I rolled over and went back to sleep. When I did eventually drag my ass out of bed, I felt weak and nauseous. My chest ached; my head hurt.
Seeâthe flu, right?
I couldnât sleep anymore, so I planted myself here, on my trusty couch. It was so comfortable I decided to stay right here. All week. Watching Will Ferrellâs greatest hits on the plasma. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundyâs on right now.
Iâve watched it three times today, but I havenât laughed yet. Not once. Maybe the fourth timeâs the charm, huh?
Now thereâs a pounding at my door.
Frigging doorman.
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