RAKEish (NAKED RUNWAY #2) by Lisa Wells EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Lisa Wells
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary romance
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“ONCE UPON A SECOND glance.” The phrase wobbled off
psychology professor Dr. Luxury Stone’s tongue like a cheating
husband’s confession in a couple’s therapy session. She cleared her
throat and repeated it again, only slower. “Once…upon a…second…
chance.”
She groaned.
Glance, not chance. Glance. Glance. Glance.
Who knew a five-word sentence could be so cumbersome? She wished
she could blame this morning’s continual butchering of the phrase on a
sluggish Monday brain. She couldn’t.
The culprit was a fat case of jitters.
She exhaled a breath, releasing her nerves, and repeated the phrase.
“Once upon a second glance.”
The quick double-tap horn toot of a taxi driver caused her to practically
jump out of her thirty-one-year-old skin.
Geez Louise, get a grip.
If Manhattan had an official noise, it would be the sound of honking.
Getting used to that ever-present racket had been the hardest part of
adjusting to her life as a visiting professor at Columbia University.
Satisfied her vocal cords were ready for the day, Lux padded barefoot to
her desk, muttering, “It’s walk-the-walk time.” The phrase sparked a new
flutter of nerves, a stark contrast to her normal calm when going live with
her show.
Today, however, she faced a daunting task: discussing a painfully
personal topic. More humiliating than any of her previous public speaking
misadventures. Even the time she’d taught a class at Missouri State
University with the back of her skirt stuck in her granny-like underwear.
Refocusing, Lux blew out a breath, snagged the single pink Post-it stuck
to her microphone, reread her scrawled show notes.
1. Speak about how flawed first impressions can be.
2. Move into the beauty of second glances.
That was it. Two broad bullet points. A far cry from last week’s typed,
printed, and laminated blueprint which had possessed thirty talking points.
Today’s notes were miniscule because, unlike every other broadcast
leading up to this one, she’d not spent a week preparing. Truthfully, she’d
barely spent a couple of hours.
The topic had ambushed her late last night, an email notification cutting
through the quiet. Its contents—a harsh reminder of her apparent invisibility
on dating apps—had stung. Yet it was the catalyst for today’s episode,
pushing her to confront a societal obsession with surface-level judgments.
Lux’s watch buzzed, snapping her back to the present. Exhaling, she
reminded herself not to say fuck on air, slipped on her headphones, and hit
the live button. “Wake up, Manhattan. You’re listening to Monday Musings
with Dr. Lux Stone,” she began, her voice steady despite the whirlwind of
emotions. “Go ahead. Rub the sleep from your eyes and curse the gods that
Mondays insist on coming so quickly.” She bit her tongue to keep from
making a lewd comment about once dating a guy whom she’d nicknamed
Mr. Monday for that very reason.
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