When You Left Me Speechless (ROMANCE REHAB #1) by Jess Christine EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Jess Christine
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- Genre: contemporary romance
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ANXIOUS IS MY BASELINE
POPPY
What. The. Fuck.
My chest feels tight. The small hallway feels like the walls might close
in and crush me. I wish I could take off this fucking shirt because it
is now suddenly too warm to be wearing the light-weight sweater I
picked out this morning.
An hour ago, I got an email that seemingly will change my life if I can’t
figure out a solution.
My phone rings, and I breathe a small sigh of relief when I see my best
friend’s name on the screen.
“Hello.” My voice trembles like I’m on the verge of tears, and I shift on
my very uncomfortable chair.
“Oh, babe, you sound like you’re totally freaking out.”
“I am totally freaking out, Lacey. You know anxious is my baseline and
this is doing nothing for my nerves.” I try to calm my leg, which is
bouncing up and down.
“Have you talked to the Wicked Witch of the West yet?”
“No, not yet. I’m waiting outside her office, and I am one second away
from a full-blown panic attack.”
“Okay, take some deep breaths and try to relax.” She pauses, and I
attempt to slow my breathing. Breathe in for four. One…two…three…four.
Hold for four. One…two…three…four. Breathe out. “I helped you make it
through the second grade talent show debacle. I’m going to help you make
it through this too,” she laughs.
Tears roll down my cheeks, and a small laugh escapes my throat at the
memory. “What would I do without you?” I take another deep breath and
wipe the tears away with my sleeve.
“Well, for starters, your whole family would have had to move because
no one would have ever let you forget walking on stage with your dress
tucked into your underwear. The whole Collins clan truly owes me a
lifetime of thank yous for saving you that day.”
I laugh a little harder and for a split second, I forget the real reason she
called. A door slams down the hall and jolts me back to reality. Panic fills
my chest once more. The sound of my blood rushing past my eardrums
starts to roar, and that tight feeling in my chest returns. Breathe. God
dammit. Just breathe.
“Why am I panicking about this meeting? Gosh, I just can’t seem to
shake this bad feeling I have.”
“You always have a bad feeling,” she deadpans. “Come on, what’s the
worst thing that could happen?”
I hate that question. Mostly because I have always been really good at
answering it.
Knock on the door at night? Definitely a murderer.
Have to take an airplane? Definitely going to fall out of the sky.
Spring externship canceled at the last minute? Definitely not going to
graduate.
“Um, well, she could tell me there is nothing she can do for me, and
then I won’t graduate. I will be doomed to having to sell pictures of my feet
and my used underwear on the dark web for the rest of my life.”
Lacey’s laugh rips through the phone. “Hey, that’s a perfectly fine
career.
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