Page 28 of To Love Jason Thorn

Lucy turned fully toward me, her eyessparkling with mischief. “Maybe he’ll fall in love with you this time around.Then I could see his abs any time I wanted. Damn, I could quite possibly getaway with copping a feel.”

“I’d say don’t hold your breath. I gave upon that dream exactly seven years…four months, and some days ago. Not that I’mcounting or anything.”

Lucy snorted. “Of course not.”

My phone pinged with a new text message andbefore I could even lift my head off the pillows, Lucy was off the bed and digginginto my handbag.

“Who is it?” I asked. “Is it Char? Can youtext her back and remind her to buy toilet paper on her way back? There was noway I was going to ask the Jason Thorn to stop at the grocery store to buysome toilet paper. Why are you smirking, Lucy? What did she say?”

“Oh, I have a feeling I’m going to lovethis,” she replied with an evil grin on her face as she typed away an answer.

“What are you talking about?”

She threw the phone at me, almost breakingmy chin in the process, and ran out of my room straight to her own.

Perplexed, I looked down at the textmessage I had gotten…and evidently answered.

Jason: The Marcus guy, your boyfriend?

Me: No, just the ex. I’m one hundred percentsingle.

“I hate you so much!” I yelled as I heardthe answering cackle coming from her room. The phone pinged with a new oneagain.

Jason: Good. I don’t like him.

Quickly, I typed back.

Me: Why on earth?

Jason: I didn’t like the way he treated you.

Me: You only saw him for a few seconds, how wouldyou know how he treats me?

Jason: I have eyes.

Me: How surprising. I hadn’t noticed.

Jason: Just got off the phone with yourbrother after talking to your parents. All is good. He says hi. After dinner,I’m going to download your book and start getting ready for my upcoming role.

Me: Glad you were able to patch things up.Talk to you in a few years.

“Olive?” I heard Lucy yell from the safetyof her own room. “The suspense is killing me!”

“I still hate you,” I yelled back.

“Oh, I love you too, but, I meant what ishe texting?”

“You’ll never know.”

She came out of her room and gave me themost innocent look with those pouty red lips and innocent eyes.

Just when she was about to sit down next tome, Marcus appeared at my door.

“Olive, can we talk for a second?”

I straightened up and invited him in.

Lucy eyed Marcus for a few seconds beforeshe looked at me and said, “I’m going to hop in the shower before I go to bed,I have an early class in the morning. Before I sleep, I’m gonna stalk yourAmazon ranking for a while. Talk to you later my green Olive.”

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