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"I don'tthese clothes messed up" I try to sound jovial but I sort of want to slap hi such an idiot the last few days

"Whatever I'll be inBut pleasetry not to need anything"

"Fine" I snap at hiuilt in his eyes but it only e left He doesn't respond and walks out the door

I huff a little to myself over the entire conundrum that is Nix Caldwell as I step up to the task I don't recall whether YouTube said to do the main ith a roller or do the trio ahead and opt to start with the roller

I recall with vividit back and rolling it on the slope back and forth to get it evenly covered Ipatterns, enjoying the work

I let ht now to just reflect over the hotness of Nix, but I'm actually a bitto dinner to onwhen my mother called me

I was running late for class, soing I wasn't thinking and I pulled the phone out to answer before even looking at the Caller ID

"Hello, Emily"

I felt guilty thatover the fact she kyboshed my trust just because I dared to declare Journalism as my major So, it was no surprise I went in for an early kill

"Hi, Mom What's up?"

I could hear my mother suck in her breath just a bit She hated the title "Mo her "Mother", clearly educated to do so fro the edict But I o and I got a fifteen minute lecture on the proper title of a parent

My mother, Celia Thorne Burnham, is where the old reat money as a trial lawyer before he went into politics, but our insane coffers coenerations of Thornes Thorne Enterprises, run by lo toto research and development

In fact, o talkedthe trusts for me and Ryan so we could have full access to them e turned twenty-one Until that time, they were controlled by my mother, which is why she had cut off my monthly allowance

And the funny thing is, outside of not being able to pay Nix theat all I didn't use it for anything but buying clothes and trinkets

Heck, I was kind of enjoying being one of the frugal, working masses now I had even told Uncle Jim that earlier this hen he called to check in onand coughing The memory of his amusement makes me smile

Finally, my mother found her voice "You know I don't like that, Emily Please call me Mother"

"Yes, Mother," I dutifully said but I know I didn't sound repentant at all

"I wanted to let you know that your father and I will be in New York tomorrow and we've made reservations at Le Bernardin for dinner You need to be there at 7:30pm"

I gritted my teeth that she assuh I was "Okay, Mother That will be fine"

"I'll see you then"

I hung up and ruminated about the conversation the whole way to class This conversation would have not bothered o It would have beennors that the conversation failed to include her asking hoas, or how school was, or even that shein the real world and out of my sheltered environment, I have come to learn how cold and sterile my family could be If it wasn't for Uncle Jim, who called , I would probably lose ether

My heart actually clenches up a little thinking about this It's not like I ever had this type of relationship with my parents My mother was always there, but emotionally distant My father was emotionally closer, but never physically there I wish they could be more normal

And I wish it didn't hurt so much that they weren't

Enough of this subject!

I'hts aside for I am now in a mood to turntheand the perfect environment to slip into a sexy daydream about him

CHAPTER 14

Nix

I can't stand it anyo check on Emily