Saving Scarlett (SURVIVOR & SAVIOR DUET #1) by C.A. Varian EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: C.A. Varian
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary romance
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“Scar, wake up.”
Hearing my friend Ashley’s voice, my eyes fluttered open, my neck
cramping as I tried to lift my head. The chair beneath me was not fit for
sleeping. “What time is it?”
Not answering right away, she moved across my office and opened the
shades, the sun nearly blinding me. “It’s eight in the morning. Damn, Scar.
Did you stay here all night?”
“Huh? Eight…“ My words trailed off as I got ahold of my senses. There
was a reason I’d slept at my bookstore, Tangled in the Pages, but not one I
was willing to share, not even with her. “I worked late trying to get
inventory done and food prep for the store before morning shift, but I hadn’t
intended to sleep here.”
Shaking her head, Ashley placed a cup of coffee in my hand. “Do you want
to go home and change? Maybe put some ice on that. How in the hell did
you do that to yourself?”
When she pointed at my face, I lost all ability to breathe, my lungs seizing
as images of what had happened the day before flooded into my head—the
beating he’d given me—again. I lifted my fingers to my cheek, touching the
area where my eye was swollen. Grinning, I feigned embarrassment. No
one knew my shameful secret. “Oh. Yeah. I took a book to the eye last
night. I must not have pushed it all the way onto the shelf.”
Ashley turned a side eye in my direction. “You know I’ll help you with
inventory. All you have to do is ask. Especially since you seem to keep
getting more and more clumsy these days. How old are you again? Eighty?”
Huffing a laugh, I took a deep sip of the coffee, closing my eyes as it fed
my caffeine addiction. “I’m thirty and I was just tired. That’s what I get for
working so late every night, but I can’t seem to help myself. This place is
my dream, after all.”
While I dug in my purse for headache medication, she left my office and
began working on the opening procedures.
Once Ashley put the money into the register, she returned to me, looking
more closely at my injury. I hissed as she touched it, even though her hand
was gentle.
“You may need to have that looked at in case you have a concussion. And
go home at night, Scar. Work can wait until the next morning.”
I grinned and nodded. There was so much I wanted to tell my friend but
couldn’t, or at least, wouldn’t. “I’ll go home and take a shower. Are you sure
you’ll be okay while I’m gone? Can I bring you back something to eat?”
With a shake of her head, she all but shoved me toward the door. “We have
pastries here. I’ll be fine. Now go and get yourself presentable and put on
lots of concealer.”
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