My Drop-dead Gorgeous Rebound Novels & Stories

I'm still butthurt over being so blatantly rejected last year, and I'm half-worried that Rebel will break my heart. Rebel literally told me I was too skinny and nerdy. She wasn't shy about telling me the reason either, and while I'm attracted to her honesty, it was a little bit much last year. What if she later dumps me because her attraction is only skin deep? Nah, that would be silly. I look like Santa himself. But what if my body is the only thing she sees? Ugh... "A date would be fun," I say reluctantly. "I have to hit the gym in the morning, but I'm free later?"

" There was a rare hint of passive-aggressiveness in his voice. Florence ignored him and held her phone out to me. "Look at this! Gets you excited, doesn't it?" she asked enthusiastically. Hayden followed my gaze, and his expression darkened instantly. There was a five-foot-nine-inch-tall man with particularly dazzling eight-pack abs displayed on the screen. "Whoa!" someone exclaimed enviously. "Do you have connections to any more of those quality men?" "Yes, in your dreams," said Florence sarcastically. She rolled her eyes. "This is a junior staff member who just came to work with my department. Anna gets dibs."

[Are you two really back together? Spill the beans!] [I want the truth in 10 seconds. Don't make me beg!] [Wow, I knew you two would rekindle your relationship, but poor Noah.] [Dud, why didn’t you appreciate what you had when you had it? Why do you only value it after you've lost it?] [Help! So was Noah just a rebound?] [Noah’s a decent guy. It's better to speak up early than to lead him on.]

The room seemed to sign in response, the charged atmosphere dissipating as I regained control over my desires. I stepped back, my hand slipping out of Rowland's grasp, my voice laced with resolve. "No, Rowland," I whispered, the words both a rejection and a reaffirmation of my autonomy. "Not like this. We deserve more than a fleeting moment driven by alcohol and instinct."

I place my hand to my chest, trying to calm my now erratic heart rate. “I’m not. I’m just…dropping in. Don’t tell anyone I’m here.” “Why not?” “Because Pierce and Reuben would lose their shit. It’s good to see you Libby.” Those devilishly dark eyes of his seem to glow slightly. He was incredibly handsome in a kind of gothic way, if that’s what you are in to. Dark, dangerous…mysterious. “And you…believe it or not..” And I can not believe I am about to admit this..

He shrugged "Oh now sure you will because you have Ava. And when you have her why will you need me. I am nothing but a rebound to you." "A rebound? Oh so were eavesdropping our conversation. You know what I was wrong earlier, you are not pathetic you are creepy." "I just heard, I was not trying to. But that doesn't even matters. What matters is that you accepted that I am a rebound. You are just using me to get over Ava. I am not a toy that you can play with "