Lucky
“By two o’clock, she could hardly concentrate on the cards. When three o’clock rolled around and her shift was over, she was nearly sick from the tension of the day. After she cashed in her tips, she walked away knowing that a good portion of them had come from Nick’s generosity.
All she wanted was to get out of this place before she made a complete fool of herself and burst into tears. And just when she thought she’d accomplished that feat, she found herself face-to-face with the man she’d been... trying not to think about.
He was just outside the rear entrance, leaning against his sports car with his arms folded and an inscrutable expression on his face.
“Do you want a ride?” Nick asked.
Lucky was shaking from nerves and exhaustion after her first day back on the job, and now this? It was so much like a repeat of their first meeting at the bus station on the day of her arrival that she was struck dumb. He was even leaning against the same black sports car.
“What do you think you’re trying to prove?”MoreLess
All she wanted was to get out of this place before she made a complete fool of herself and burst into tears. And just when she thought she’d accomplished that feat, she found herself face-to-face with the man she’d been... trying not to think about.
He was just outside the rear entrance, leaning against his sports car with his arms folded and an inscrutable expression on his face.
“Do you want a ride?” Nick asked.
Lucky was shaking from nerves and exhaustion after her first day back on the job, and now this? It was so much like a repeat of their first meeting at the bus station on the day of her arrival that she was struck dumb. He was even leaning against the same black sports car.
“What do you think you’re trying to prove?”MoreLess
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