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And I want her bad

But there is no way She is clearly not a fuck 'e home to meet your parents And I've nevereverhad a woman I've wanted to do that with I need to clear my head of Emily Burnham

She is completely off limits

I need to tell her to get the fucking money or else

Instead, I say, "Hoould you like to work off the debt?"

I have no clue where that came from but the words are out and I can't take them back And I'm not sure I want to

She looks ather head to the side in curiosity "What do you mean?"

"It turns out that I' I have a ton of adive me twenty hours a week and I'll let you work off the amount you owe me"

I watch as she contemplates my offer I have to clench my fists not to reach out and pull her lower lip out from between her teeth

Finally, her lip pops free and she says, "That will take me months to work that kind of debt off"

"A few things you'll learn about me, Eht situation"

Her eyebrows close in together as she considers my offer and she licks her lower lips to wet theroan in response

"Okay," she says "But it has to work around my class schedule I can commit Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons to you, and Saturdays, too if you want Oh, and I figured out already that you're not a nice man"

Why those words cut me, I have no idea because they are utterly true I'm a world-class prick, particularly to the fe different

"Deal," I say

I hold my hand out to shake on it and she steps forward to accept Her hand is warh I can sht scentjasmine, I think It suits her well

Releasing her hand, I walk past her "See you on, Monday"

I reach into the fridge to grab one more beer and I head down the hall to my bedroom I have no more interest in the party, and I certainly have no interest in hooking up with Linc's women

The coht now

CHAPTER 6

Emily

I' to Hoboken for my first day of work for Nix He textedThat's itjust his address There was no "Hey Here's my address See you later" Thewith manners and civility

I' about Nix that sets e When I first laid eyes on him at Linc's party this past weekend, I didn't actually connect who he was I eous h aze I felt instant, sizzling chemistry with this person And that lasted for two seconds before ht up to my body, and I realized it was Nix

Our conversation was frustrating I hated telling him that I couldn't come up with the money But it was nowhere near as bad as how I lost access to the money

I shudder even thinking about the conversation I had with my mother She called me last Friday, furious Apparently, Colu my major declaration and promptly mailed it to my home address on file Mother minced no words when I answered the phone

"Emilyhow could you declare journalism as your o pre-med or pre-law"