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Chapter 18: World's greatest jerk.
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Mate me at Hollywood (18+) 23. Truth, now!
LARA's POVAs I wipe dust off the counter of the bar, Silas Ford, my boss walks in, smiling like he has the world bank in his pocket."Good morning, Lara," he says, whistling."Good morning, boss," I mumble, eying him warily. "What's got you in such a chipper mood?""Nothing." He shrugs. "Life is just good. Beautiful and good."That's very surprising, coming from a man who owns a bar that barely ever has any regular customers. It's a wonder how Silas can even afford to pay me my salary monthly. A real wonder."Hey, Silas. I took a course on marketing last year. Should I run some publicity campaign for the bar? For free."His chipper mood disappears and he freezes. "Lara, this is my fucking bar. You're simply an employee and I like my bar the way it is. So just do the job I pay you for: bartender.""Okay, no publicity. I got the point, boss."Phew. I might need to apply for new jobs. This customerless bar is going under faster than you can say 'bankrupt.'I continue wiping the counter
Mate me at Hollywood (18+) Chapter 22: Dangerous exes
Leonardo's POV.At the hospital, my ex girlfriend, Lena Black, looks nothing like the fabulous ray of sunshine she was during our relationship. It breaks my heart.The California sun usually makes her skin tanned. Now it's pale as snow and bruised as wilted petals. Legs that she swears will never be caught dead in slip-ons may actually die in white casts. She looks like someone with one foot on earth and the other in heaven.Carrying a clipboard, the nurse steps into the room."What happened?" I ask.The nurse replies, "She was rushed into the ICU by bystanders. They found her bleeding in a car which crashed into a tree. After we tested her blood, we found a little amount of alcohol in it.""She was drunk and driving?"The nurse nods as she adjusts the IV pumping fluid into Lena. "Will she be okay?"Silence passes, before she gives a shaky sigh, "The doctors have performed an emergency surgery on her to stop internal bleeding. But...""But what?"She gives me a worried look that te
Mate me at Hollywood (18+) 21. Looks can be deceiving
Leonardo stands frozen in the doorway, shock flashing across his face.Professor David is almost shaking as he asks, "You can't tell anyone what you just saw.""Why not?! The world should know of men like you," Leo retorts, eying him."Wait, you're not a student, are you? You're Lara's best friend?"Leo glares at him like he’s ready to rip him apart."I'd say I'm more than that. Right, Lara?" he says, turning his head toward me.Oh no. Why put me on the spot like this? Now both men are staring, waiting for me to speak. But my mind is a complete, screaming blank.I swallow hard. "Leo is a... umm... a...""Boyfriend?" David offers, bewildered."No, no, no! Not boyfriend!" I shake my hands frantically.Leo's face falls, hurt flashing in his eyes."Then I suppose there's no issue here," David says professorially.Leo’s jaw ticks as he steps right into David’s space, crowding him without shame. "Not boyfriend, huh? Could’ve fooled me, the way she looks at me."David stays calm, but I catch
Mate me at Hollywood (18+) 20. I'm sorry, professor
I have this crazy impulse to say that to him. But that would get me expelled. And becoming a lawyer is my greatest desire on earth. So I keep that impulse at bay, and say instead,"I'm sorry, professor. I'll be early from now on."A guy removes his bag from a seat and taps on it, mouthing, Come. I'm hurrying over, but Professor David's voice stops me again,"Crop tops are not allowed. It's particularly prohibited by the dress code."This is news to me. Last time I checked, everything I'm wearing is allowed. "I wasn't aware of that," I mutter, sitting next to the guy.But now that you've told me, I'll burn every one of the crop tops I own... just because you said so. Personal offences. That is the topic of the day. But it is impossible for a student to focus when she's busy mentally planning how to murder her professor and get away with it. How? Oh, how? Poison, they say, is a woman's weapon. But I'm thinking something more destructive... like fire. Maybe I do the lord's work and bu
Mate me at Hollywood (18+) 19. What?!
LARA's POV"Leo, the thing is what?!" I ask. He still hasn't completed his sentence."About five months ago, I was attacked in a forest. And.. sometimes, that triggers something in me. I just didn't want you to see me like that.""So, that's it?" I demand, moving my weight to my other leg. "That's why you barked at me not to fucking touch you?""I'm so sorry, Lara. I really was tripping. You know that my favorite thing in the world is you touching me."I roll my eyes. "It didn't sound like it in the forest. You sounded like you hate me.""No, I promise it's the opposite. Full moons just... make me weird. And when I get overwhelmed, my instincts tell me to run first and figure it out later. Not my proudest trait."Leo runs a tired hand through his messy hair. But he's only making it messier. I rise on my toes and reach up to fix it for him."Much better," I mutter to myself, staring into his beautiful grey eyes. Alluring, mysterious and breathtaking eyes. Stars seem to reside there.H
Mate me at Hollywood (18+) Chapter 18: World's greatest jerk.
LARA's POVLeonardo Knight is the world's greatest jerk.Yeah, that is my final verdict.Just when I was starting to get used to him, he shows me his true colors. Rude, obnoxious and full of himself. Tell me, where do these men get the audacity?! Who keeps giving them the freaking audacity?! Leonardo actually cursed at me and pushed me. Shame on me for wanting to help him.He's just like every other man in Hollywood. And I'm a fool for thinking he was different. I won't ever make that mistake again. The tiny feelings I felt for him in that car are now completely erased by the way he treated me in the forest. What we have is a contractual relationship. I'm a girl employed for publicity purposes. I will do my job and nothing more.Quietly seething, I pour cereal into my breakfast bowl, then tilt the milk bottle into my bowl.Asshole. If he thinks I'm going to text and ask how he's feeling, he's so, so wrong. I'd rather chew glass. His issues are so not my problem.I really don't care.
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