Common Grounds by Allie Samberts EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Allie Samberts
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary romance
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Emery
I WALK-RUN DOWN THE street, my high heels clicking rhythmically
against the concrete. My purse slips down my shoulder, and I shove it back
where it belongs. I’m sweating in the early-August heat, but I run anyway
because I’m late.
I hate being late.
When I finally reach the diner, I pull hard at the heavy door. It opens
enough that I slip through and pause in the entryway to catch my breath. I
scan the maroon booths and shiny Formica tabletops as I wait for my eyes
to adjust to the relative darkness. The diner is dingy, and it looks like
someone put it in a time capsule and preserved it for fifty years, but I love it
here. It’s my comfort place.
Once my eyes adjust, I spot my younger sister, Cassandra. Her blue-black
hair that perfectly matches my own shines in the dim lights. I breeze past
the hostess with a wave and a smile and slide into the booth across from
her. I pinch two fries off the massive plate in front of her and shove them
into my mouth as I sit.
“You should never keep a pregnant lady waiting.” She glares at me as I
steal two more fries.
“I’m pretty sure that’s not a thing.” I hold the two fries together and bite
off the tips of them.
“Pregnant women make the rules,” she insists.
“I’m pretty sure that’s also not a thing,” I counter.
She scowls at me. “You know what? It is a thing, and now you have two
people to apologize to, not one.”
I press my lips together in mock sympathy. “Oh, poor you and baby,
waiting for me with a plate of fries the size of your head. You have it so
rough.”
“God, Emery. You’re such an asshole.” She folds her arms high up on her
chest, right above the bump that has seriously popped in the past week or
so. “I had a craving, okay?”
I suppress a smile as I slide out of my side of the booth and into hers. I
throw my arm around her shoulder and pull her close. “I’m sorry, Cass,” I
say, not at all sorry. Then, I reach my free hand to rub circles on her belly as
I lean close to it. “And I’m sorry to you, too, little baby.” Cass groans, but I
lean further in to plant a kiss where I imagine the baby might be. She
shoves me so hard I almost slide off the booth.
“Dammit. No. Keep your hands and your mouth to yourself.” She scoffs
at me, though she’s hiding a smile. “My body is not public property just
because I’m pregnant.”
I chuckle, returning to my side of the booth. “I know it’s not, and I really
am sorry I’m late. I almost missed my deadline today, and I don’t need
Randall riding my ass any more than he already is.”
Cass tilts her head and gives an over-exaggerated pout. She must feel bad
for me, though, because she pushes the plate of fries to the middle of the
table in an offering.
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