Short on Rent (A CHEEKY NOVELETTE) by May Alder EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: May Alder
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary romance
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Lora
I bite my nails as I shift on my feet outside Blake’s bedroom
door, trying to work up the courage to let him know that I
can’t pay my full share of rent again. Just as I’m about to
knock, there’s a muffled grunt behind the door, and I chicken
out.
Retreating to the bathroom, I lean against the counter and
face the mirror. “You can do this, Lora,
” I say to myself,
sighing at the dark smudges under my red-rimmed brown
eyes. I’m so tired of the stress and worrying about Blake’s
reaction. “Just put on your big girl panties, knock on his door,
and ask him to cover the difference. The worst he can do is
say no, and then you’ll figure something else out.”
I’m lying to myself. Saying no isn’t the worst thing my
roommate, Blake, can do. This is his apartment, and he’d
have every right to kick me out, seeing as I’m short for the
third time out of the five months I’ve been renting his second
bedroom.
After my pep talk and a few more minutes of destroying
my nails while I try to calm my nerves, I stand up straight,
comb my brown waves back behind my ears, and smooth out
the wrinkles of my blue short-sleeve button-up uniform top
before exiting the bathroom. I was counting on the tips I
would make this weekend so I’d have more than the measly
$125 to give to Blake, but the owner of the restaurant where I
work called to tell me not to come in until Monday. Friday and
Saturday are my best nights, and since I haven’t had any
callbacks from the other restaurants I’ve applied to, I’m
screwed unless Blake takes pity on me again.
“Do it. Just knock on his door,
” I mumble under my breath
as I hover with my fist raised in the air. I drop my arm, losing
my nerve again, and whisper-shout,
“Fuck!”
Apparently, not quiet enough because Blake whips open
the door, a pained expression plastered to his brutally
handsome face as he stares at the space above my head with
his hands fisted at his sides. He’s almost preternaturally
beautiful with his thick, black curls left long on top, and just
as I did the first time we met, I go speechless. There’s
something eerily familiar about him, but I’ve never been able
to put my finger on it.
My jaw hangs slack as I take in his arresting sea-green
eyes that I think I could get lost in if we ever made eye contact
—which we don’t. He never looks at me. Not any part of me. I
might as well be a ghost, and I don’t understand why since he
never has a problem making eye contact with anyone else
who comes to the apartment.
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