Been there, worn the T-shirt, no interest in repeating the experience.
If I wanted to feel like I’d had my organs ripped out and trampled on, there were less painful ways to do it.
Never again.
I was much better off keeping things casual.
Celeste who worked in the bookshop had told me in no uncertain terms that she was keen to hook up if I wanted to, but like I said before, where was the challenge in that?
I was beginning to think that there was no hope of finding someone in this town who’d stimulate me enough to proposition them.
Until now.
I looked up at Sarah and when she caught me staring, she scowled again, sending a jolt of electricity straight to my cock.
See?
This was exactly what I was talking about.
Sarah hated my guts and I fucking loved it.
Time to start winning her over and seal the deal.
I tilted my head and subtly fluttered my lashes.
‘Look, about the whole romance book thing…’
‘I don’t want to hear it!’ she snapped before I even had a chance to finish my sentence. ‘You made your opinions perfectly clear on the train.’
‘I didn’t mean to offend. We all have different tastes. Some people like cats, others love dogs. Some people are night owls, some are early risers. Some people love romance and other people, like me, prefer other genres. Doesn’t mean we can’t get along. If lovey-dovey stuff is what you’re into, that’s cool.You do you, boo.’
Sarah crossed her arms over her chest and Ireallytried (and failed miserably) not to look.
‘I don’t need your permission to read whatever the fuck I want! And just to be clear, we willneverget along. I could never be friends with someone that openly mocks my biggest passion.’
‘It doesn’t have to be that deep. There areotherways that we canget alongand get passionate and none of them have to involve us being friends.’ I smirked. ‘In fact, angry sex can be kind of hot.’
‘Seriously?’ She put her hands on her hips. ‘I’m finding it hard enough to be in the same room as someone who detests romance books, so there’s no way in hell I’dsleepwith one! If you were the last man on earth, I wouldn’t touch you with a hundred-foot bargepole.’
‘Ouch!’ I clutched my stomach like I’d been wounded. ‘That’s okay. I get it. You’re still upset about my romance comments. You need time to cool down. How about I take you for a drink tonight and after that I can make it up to you?’
‘Those lines might work on the other girls that are stupid enough to get involved with a guy like you, but they won’t work on me. Like I told you before,jog on, sunshine.’
‘We’ll see, Jeffries…’ I said, flashing her a devilish grin.
‘Stop calling me that!’ she shouted. ‘You’resoannoying. Listen.’ She poked my chest. ‘This might be a big joke to you, but this library and this job mean a lot to me. And to Jess and Theo. I don’t know what the hell they were thinking forcing us to work together, but they’re the bosses and I want this job, so I have to do what they say. But I’m warning you, I’m not going to let you screw up this opportunity for me! Jess just told us what she needs us to do, so I need you to grow the fuck up, stop thinking with your dick and start thinking about how we’re going to make this readers’ retreat and the book bar a success. Got it?’
Fuck me.
Sarah had just chopped my balls off and handed them back to me on a platter.
And Ilovedit.
There was nothing sexier than a woman who spoke her mind.
But she was right.
This wasn’t a game.
