So True by Serena Bell

Author:Serena Bell
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781732894860
Publisher: Jelsba Media Group

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Monday morning, Chiara and Auburn went and got her car in Aberdeen. On the drive there, Chiara brought Auburn up to date on all the details she hadn’t shared with their friends the day before, and Auburn told Chiara how things were with Trey. Short version—good. Long version—Chiara felt a twinge of jealousy as Auburn told her just how good.

Auburn had resisted becoming involved with Trey for a long time, but then she’d given in, and look how well things had turned out for her.…

Which was not a good argument for stupid lust. It was not.

Chiara had to repeat it a few more times to herself before she felt convinced.

Twelve hundred dollars, a new head gasket, and a lot of wincing later, the sisters headed back to the beach in separate cars. Chiara listened to Freakonomics podcasts so she wouldn’t be tempted to imagine the kiss that hadn’t happened.

That afternoon, after they’d both made it safely back to Tierney Bay, Chiara got a call on her cell from Greg Peppers at Buyathon. He was in a great mood. She had been dragging her ass around all afternoon, thinking about the store’s still-flabby sales and the fact that Jax was going to leave. Soon.

“Greg!” she said, trying to sound like a call from him was the high point of her day. Because it should have been.

“Auburn!” he said back.

He’d make a great boss. They’d work together well. Buyathon was supposed to be a fair employer—not perfect, but always trying to improve things for workers.

She was trying to talk herself into something she already theoretically wanted. What the hell?

“So here’s the thing. I need you to meet two more people. I literally cannot get them into the same space before Labor Day, and I need to finalize this hiring decision no later than the first week of September because I really need y—whoever we hire—to start work before we get too much further into budgeting season.”

He wanted to give her the job. That much was clear.

“Can I convince you to do these last two interviews by teleconference?”

She already knew she was going to advocate for herself to work occasional days or even weeks from Tierney Bay, so this fit her plans. If she was flexible with them about meetings, it was more likely they’d be flexible with her.

“Of course,” she said.

“I’ll try to get those set up for this week or, at latest, next. Good?”

“Great,” she said.

They hung up and she sat, her phone still in her hands.

The door of the shop opened and Jax walked in. His expression was grim.

“You okay?” she asked.

“I’m fine.”

She raised her eyebrows. “You sure?”

“I don’t want to talk about it.”

“Okay.” She went into the storeroom and set herself the task of unpacking some of the new shipments. She tried not to feel hurt by the fact that he didn’t want to talk to her. Sure, they were friends of a sort now, but it didn’t mean it was a good idea for them to start unloading on each other.

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