Total pages in book: 152
Estimated words: 145155 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 726(@200wpm)___ 581(@250wpm)___ 484(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 145155 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 726(@200wpm)___ 581(@250wpm)___ 484(@300wpm)
“Nice place, Josh, I like it.” I smile, still unsure what to say, and nod. “I’m sorry about before, you’re right I shouldn’t have told your friends to leave. They just caught me off guard, that’s all. I won’t do it again.” I take a sip of my drink as I look straight ahead. I know I should tell her it’s alright, but I can’t. It’s as far from alright as you can get.
“Tash, I have been single all of my life,” I reply.
“I know, baby, I forget that sometimes. But I won’t take shit from your friends and you need to talk to them as well.”
“I told you I would but if you could just hold that temper down a bit. It would be very handy.” I smirk at her as I take another sip. She picks up my packet of cigarettes from the table. Oh god, here it comes. Another lecture. To my utter amazement she opens the packet and takes one out and lights it. What the fuck, she smokes. I sit still in amazement as she sits back in her chair and takes another drag. You could knock me over with a feather. I did not expect her to just do that.
“You smoke?” I ask.
She shrugs her shoulders. “Not really. I probably would though if I knew it wasn’t trying to kill me.”
I smile and nod. For the first time in a while I am seeing her in a different light.
“You?” she asks.
“Same.” I nod.
She smiles as she raises her glass and clinks it with mine. “Let’s not kill each other on our first day. Do you want to call a truce?” she asks.
I nod. “Yeah, I suppose.” I am riveted to my chair as I watch her blow the thin stream of smoke up into the air as her eyes lock on to mine. Why in the hell is that sight so arousing? It’s just so unexpected, sort of good girl goes wild thing going on here.
She picks my hand up and kisses the back of it. “You’re staring.” She smiles. I shake my head and smile into my glass. This woman is a total mindfuck. One minute I hate her, the next thing I want to fuck her into next week. I can’t keep up.
Cameron walks out of the back doors. “Natasha Marx smoking, that’s a little bit hot,” he states as he walks over.
“Shut up, Cam.” She smiles. “Pull up a seat.”
He sits down and takes a sip of his beer. “Am I interrupting?”
I state the word, “Yes.”
At the same time Natasha says, “No. Josh, don’t be an ass.”
I nod as I take another drag of my cigarette.
“What are your plans for the week, Cam?” she asks.
He shrugs. “I suppose go to the hospital and try and check out where I am going to live.”
She nods. “Why don’t you live here with us?” she asks. What the fuck, she wants Cameron to live with us? That’s a new revelation. Cameron’s eyes shoot over to me in question. I already told him if Natasha came, he couldn’t live with me.
“You want me to move in here?” Cameron asks her.
“Yes, why not? I think Josh and I will need someone to referee our fights, don’t you think?” She smirks into her glass as she drains it. Bitch.
“Josh, what are your thoughts on this?” he asks.
“I told you I don’t want Natasha waking up to three strange girls at the breakfast table.” Both he and Tash laugh out loud.
“I’ve only ever done two at a time, idiot,” he snaps. “Three is still a work in progress. I’m working up to it.”
Natasha looks at me. “Have you done three at a time, Josh?” Oh shit. Don’t ask these fucking questions. I look at her deadpan. “Don’t ask questions you don’t want to know the answer to, Presh.” Cameron laughs at my answer and Natasha rolls her eyes.
Cam sits back on his deck chair. “So do tell. Natasha Marx, what is her sordid history?”
She smiles as she pours another drink. “I’ve only ever slept with your brother, Cam, no sordid history.”
Cam’s mouth drops open and his eyes shoot to mine. “Fuck off,” he snaps.
She nods. “True story.”
I bite my lip and smile. I can’t believe she told him that. I’ve been dying to.
“You waited for Josh, for seven years?” He sits up in his chair, his eyes the size of saucers.
I nod. “Unbelievable, I know.” I smirk.
Cameron is in shock. “I didn’t think girls like you existed.” He looks over at me in mortification. “How the fuck did you get her?” he asks as Natasha giggles. I smile again as I shrug my shoulders and shake my head.
“I’m fucking blown away. You two are like…in love…in love,” Cameron whispers.
Natasha laughs again. “No, tonight we are like…in hate…in hate,” she states. I choke on my drink as I laugh and so does Cameron. She stands up and lifts her top over her head and drops her shorts to reveal the skimpiest gold bikini on record. Fuck, she’s hot.