Harper Reeves just wants to survive senior year at Yale without being the lonely loser on campus. But when her dad’s annoyingly hot best friend, Chris Collins, crashes her party, everything flips. Her plan? Operation Seduction – make him fall for her so Dad kicks him out. Problem is, the more Chris swoops in to save her, the more her heart gets in the way.
“Who says I have a key?” he teases. “Of course you do! Who owns cuffs without a key?” Chris shrugs and I watch the sweat rolling down his bronzed neck. “You keep calling me a ‘perv’ and a ‘weirdo.’ Maybe I’m a pervy weirdo with no key.” “Fine!” I snap. I drop to my knees…
Get it together, Harper. He’s literally old enough to be your dad! I lift my head and throw a hand to my mouth. For the second time tonight, my heart breaks as I stare at the painting on my bedroom wall. The last memory I have of a happy family life now has the word…
“Hey, Chris!” he beams. “Just agree to everything I say,” I whisper from the corner of my mouth. “I’ll explain later, okay?” His eyebrows narrow and he nods. “Here’s the man himself!” A wave of gasps ripples through the crowd when I spin my phone. A lovestruck girl in an orange dress shakes off her…
I march through to the kitchen and pull open my medicine cupboard. Reaching up to the top shelf, I pull down a box and grab the bandages. “Don’t want you getting blood everyw-” I gasp when I turn to find Chris standing there. “Way to give a girl a heart attack! You really are Mr.…
Two seconds later, the loudest crunch I ever heard echoed in my head, and the world spun like a whirlpool. Within another few seconds, we were upside down and the car was filling with water. I screamed to wake my mother, but she wasn’t moving. The next thing I remember was waking up in hospital…
“Hey, Boss,” Gary says. “She’s in there, look,” the girl tells me, pointing back to the house. Squinting through the crowd, I spot that vile Christina girl in the dining room, and I sigh with relief when I see Harper inside. “Everything okay, Boss?” Gary asks. “Yeah. Sorry. False alarm.” I end the call and…
“You checking out my girl, old man? Because if you are, me and you gonna have a problem.” He makes the mistake of trying to touch my hair, but I grab his wrist before he gets halfway. He squeals in pain when I twist and lock his thumb. “Oww! Let me go, man!” I lower…
Imagining what I’d like to do to this guy, I clench my fist. But all I can think about are Harper’s parting words last night. If you go anywhere near Bryan or do anything to him, then I’ll never speak to you ever again. I mean it, Chris. If you ruin my last year here,…
I exhale. “Here. Go buy whatever you need.” Harper’s eyes grow wide when she looks at my hand. “Are you serious? That’s like…” She flicks through the notes. “Nine hundred dollars?” “Yeah. And they don’t bite. Take them.” She lifts her head. “In exchange for what?” “What the hell is that supposed to mean?” “Oh.”…
I giggle and stuff the money back into my jeans. “What a crazy night.” He nods. “Agreed.” “Are you going to hurt the trucker guy?” Chris sighs through his nose. “What do you think?” “I don’t know,” I tell him. “That’s why I’m asking.” “Best not to ask too many questions.” The moment turns awkward…