The Not So Bad Boy: Give up EVERYTHING for a bad-boy charm? by Raquel Belle

Author:Raquel Belle [Belle, Raquel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Naughty Bird Publishing
Published: 2019-05-13T16:00:00+00:00

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Fifteen minutes later Dan and Lucy were gone and Hayley was alone, absentmindedly stirring the chicken noodle soup, which she was heating on the stove while she pondered what exactly to do for the rest of the night. If James was going to be asleep, she could curl up in one of the armchairs near the bay windows at the front of the house and read a few chapters of the romance novel her mom had sent her in the mail. There wasn’t any planning to do— the following week was Book Appreciation Week, which meant that Hayley could reuse the lessons she’d written two years ago for the occasion. But it was only just 5:30, and Dan and Lucy wouldn’t be back for hours. How was she going to entertain herself, alone in their huge house with James asleep only a few feet away from her? How was she going to get comfortable knowing he was right near her, possibly still hating her a little bit after what she’d done the previous weekend?

Without realizing it, the soup had nearly boiled over. Hayley only realized it when the sound of the rapidly expanding bubbles woke her from her reverie. She quickly turned off the burner and pushed the pot to one side of the stove before rooting around in the cupboards for a bowl.

The bread popped up in the toaster just as she was pouring the soup from the pot to the bowl. Hayley buttered the roll, then put the bowl, bread, and a glass of orange juice (for Vitamin C) on a tray with a spoon and brought it into the living room.

James was curled up under what looked like five blankets on the couch, sleeping peacefully. Hayley was loath to wake him, but he looked so peaked she couldn’t let him sleep through the night without sustenance, even if the idea of waking him up and potentially having a full-fledged conversation with him scared the crap out of her.

Putting the tray down on the table in front of the couch, Hayley crouched down so she was at face-level with James. “James, James,” she whispered, reaching out to gently shake him awake.

It took a few tries, but James slowly opened his eyes. “Hey,” he whispered, his voice still scratchy.

“Hey there. I heated up some soup and bread for you. Do you think you can sit up and eat it?” James looked dazed for a moment, like soup and bread were foreign words spoken in a strange language, but gradually his expression cleared and understanding dawned on his face.

“Uh, yeah, sure.” James attempted to sit up, but Hayley could tell he was struggling. He was so weak!

“Here, let me help you.” She stood back up and leaned over, wrapping her arms around James’ waist and lifting him up until he was seated. She placed some of the pillows that had fallen to the floor on either side of him while he’d been sleeping to help prop him up.

“Okay!” she said, sitting down next to James and bringing the tray to her lap.

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