The Secret Roommate: An Enemies to Lovers Romance by Sara NEY

Author:Sara NEY [Ney, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-10-03T16:00:00+00:00

It’s date night.

The first one in a long time, and I stand in front of my closet, chewing at my thumbnail, debating what to wear. Jeans, for sure—Wylee’s isn’t a fancy place. If fact, I could probably get by with sweatpants if I really wanted to.

For a first date, I would have never personally chosen Wylee’s.

I’m disappointed.

Staring at the building from the parking lot, I wonder how easy Brian will be to spot; if he’s inside waiting for me already or if he’ll be late.

It’s a big brown cedar shake restaurant with a huge back patio overlooking a lake and the boats in the harbor below. Christmas lights are strung all over the deck railing.

I can already hear the music. It’s probably from a jukebox—it’s that kind of place.

Jeans.

T-shirt covered in flirty, red hearts. Gold heart necklace.

Hair down.

Wedge sandals, casual but they add a few inches to my short frame.

Taking a deep breath, I clutch my small red purse, tucking it beneath my armpit before pulling open the door and taking the first step inside.

It’s not necessarily a crowded bar, but it has more people in it than I was expecting it to—considering it’s only seven o’clock. Don’t places like this get really busy around ten?

My eyes scan the room, looking for any signs of Brian or a man who looks like the teenage boy I remember from high school. I see several, but none of them look like the picture on the dating app; one man is completely bald with a mustache so that can’t be him. Another one is way too tall and bulky to be Brian. And then there’s a guy already sitting at the bar, leaning forward, elbows on the bar top, and it appears he’s already had a drink.

That can’t be. Who arrives to a date and orders a drink before their date even arrives?

Apparently, Brian does.

The man doesn’t turn until I approach, not bothering to look for me.

He’s laughing with the bartender—a woman, not that it matters—deep in what appears to be a humorous conversation, the young woman’s eyes meeting mine as I stand behind him.

She scurries off.

That’s when Brian finally turns and sees me.

It takes him a good few seconds to put my face and my name together; to connect the dots that I’m his date, and he drove all this way for me.

“Hey!” he says. “You made it.”

Uh yeah, I made it. We have a date!

Did he think I wasn’t going to show up?

“Yup, I made it.” There’s no seat next to him, so I continue to stand. He doesn’t ask if I’d like to sit but rather, chugs the last of his drink (a beer), sets the glass down, and pushes his stool back so he can stand.

“Want to grab a table outside?”

“Sure.”

My stomach was in knots before—nerves of excitement and uncertainty—but now it’s in knots for a different reason; disappointment.

I’m already disappointed, and we haven’t even sat down for drinks yet. Brian is already one ahead of me.

As he leads me to the back deck overlooking the lake, I take the time to look him over.

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