The Bad Boy Odyssey

Holden I grabbed my car keys from the table, pocketed my phone, and shrugged on my jacket. I was going to Jessie's yearly house party. Jessie, Lynch, and Cade. We all became fast friends considering we shared a lot of the same interests. "Going somewhere." I heard Mason ask and I turned around to see him standing at the entrance to his room as he watched me. Mason was my babysitter, yes my fucking overbearing stepfather who I'd crawl to the ends of the earth to be far away from sent him to babysit me. Not that I disliked Mason, he was more my best friend than Edward's bitch. "Hello to you too dear," I rolled my eyes while looking for the keys to the apartment. "Just going out for a little late-night stroll. Care to join." He waved his hand in the air. "My days of late-night strolling are behind me." "Oh come on mate Ariana is back i

Emery My first week of working at Giovanni's was bearable since I already knew what to expect from the customers. I just had a few more weeks left to prove Robert Giovanni wrong about me and get that wage raise.  Despite the somewhat ratchet customers, Robert was a crude man who voiced his thoughts without an ounce of concern on whether or not it sounded offensive. If even a hair was out of place on someone's head he would tell them to get out of his sight and fix the trainwreck they called hair.  The other waitresses and chefs I befriended while working there hated him with good reason. He was an awful miserable man that had nothing good to say about anything or anyone. Not once did I hear him praise his staff for good work but plenty of times I heard him belittle them and their efforts.  Turning the shower faucet off, I grabbed my towel and wrapped it around my body before moving to exit the bathroom. Today was my first day of Univers

Emery I was furious. Just who did he think he was. I wiped down the tables in the restaurant, throwing the tablecloths into the wash cart. I had a few more weeks to go to get that raise and prove everyone wrong and tonight I almost slipped.That pompous, arrogant... English snob with his stupid accent! almost ruined everything. He probably thought having money made him better than everyone else. That he could speak to people in any manner he pleased and get away with it."Emery, Giovanni wants to see you," Seth said throwing a table cloth into the basket as well. "Woah you going to scrub the wood off the table," he laughed."What does Giovanni want to see me for?" The anger was evident in my tone and Seth paused. I let out a breath, trying to calm myself.It's over now Emery let it go."I'm sorry Seth. I had a rough night." He nodded grabbing another one of the clothes and folding it up before he dropped it into the cart."Just be weary when you go to see him. He isn't in the best of

"Jett I have to go to work." I stomped my foot down hard. He was being ridiculous and acting like a petulant child. I checked my wristwatch seeing I had twenty minutes to get to work."Agree to go to the race with me." He dodged me, dashing across the room with my bag raised high in the air."You're a child," I growled. "I don't have time.""It's your weekend off.""Wait how do you know that?" I asked and his cheeks became red."Well, I ur asked Claire.""You're a creep."He shrugged. "And you're stubborn. I'm not taking no for an answer."I barred my teeth at him causing him to laugh. "Fine. Now hand over my bag." He grinned happily and handed it over."Great I'll take you to work.""I don't understand you," I said as I walked out of my room. There were plenty of girls that would happily go with him. I co

"I can't believe you doing this," Jett groveled, holding onto my teddy bear. He looked like a child as he sat there pouting about me going to meet Holden's mother.I had explained everything to him, Claire and Sam last night; from me getting fired, to becoming Holden's personal chef— to get some sort of income— and lastly pretending to be his girlfriend.I was surprised at my own words afterward. It seemed like my life flipped upside down in less than three hours."I don't see why you have to be kind to him. He got you fired," Jett pointed out."I'm paying him back for that night he helped me. It's the least I could do since anything could have happened. Besides it's not like working for Robert was fun." "I wish I found you that night instead. Now Holden Harris has his claws into you." Something told me this wasn't just about me. Jett seemed to dislike Holden for some other reason."You don't like him do you?" I looked at Jett to see him fiddle with the teddy bear's arms."He's all J