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only to find myself working more jobs than a human should legally be al
while my friends partied inside. Instead, I was speed-running life as a waitress, bartender, and occasio
I was lat
y breath in Spanish, catching myself before I face-planted. The driver shot me a look b
never had to check their bank balances before ordering a drink. A sports event, which meant two
g too loudly. A model in a tight red dress eyed me like I'd personally offended
my temporary boss saw me now, I was done. Fired. On the streets. Probably
f servers and secured my
nough," a voice
e again? The last time we worked at this charity event, I nearly beat her up, but I had to remind myself that I was h
a cartoon," I
ked. "Ex
had rent to pay, I couldn't afford to waste energ
g orders, dodging drunk hands, and tryin
ng out the perfumes I had inhaled, I turned a corner, my body
it. A
ll, very
ing for impact-someone was about to yell at me, and I was about to apologize profusely to keep my
didn'
ith the kind of lazy smirk that suggested he was e
urmured. His voice was deep, slurred
ut of bed. Chiseled jaw, a hint of stubble. And then-his eyes. Blue. A de
ack, hands up.
ng his head. "And
,
to get him out of sight before my boss
ind. "Come on, let's get you somewher
me guide him through the hall, away fro
xhaled dramatically. "If you wanted to be
se my dream is to babysit a dru
unbothered. "You're
against mine in a way that sent an unexpected shiver d
until you
could take a step, his fingers
" he m
derpaid, exhausting job that I might
ze darkening. "Don
tell my landlord that some guy told me n
warm. "It's a lif
yes. "You sound like a sc
g over my palm. The touch was light, teasing,
scams," he s
lowed.
iving, too caught up in the grind of making ends meet. But this m
wrist, his touch confident yet unhurried
idn
have. But
day, but that didn't matter right now. Not when I was blessed with the attention of this rea
d on my lips. "T
th to say what,
n he ki
g the waters. Then deeper, like h
n it, I
ing into the fabric of his shirt. He taste
way that had nothin
murmured against my l
sed him back. "You rich guys r
elicious sound, befo
enagers. The next, we were stumbling into his suite -sprawling
the floor. S
orever, I wasn't just s
tonight, at least I got the b