Chapter 1
"Oh shit," Brynn cussed as she dropped her iPod on
the floor as she was driving. Traffic was stopped and she bent down quickly to
retrieve it. Unfortunately, as she went to grab it, she pushed it closer to her
feet and she couldn't quite grasp it at the angle she was bent over. "Shut
up, asshole." She glared at the car behind her that was honking at her.
She put her foot back on the acceleration and bent down with her left hand to
grab the iPod again. She was already feeling nervous because today was her
first day at her new job and she wanted to listen to some of her favorite tunes
to get her into her Zen state of mind.
"Come on David, I need you." She reached down
further and grabbed. David Berkeley was her favorite singer, there was
something about his voice that took her to her happy place and this was a
morning she needed to get to her happy place. She'd had a sleepless night;
Barb's kids had been acting up all night and had come into her room to
interrupt her several times. She sighed to herself; she hadn't minded when her best
friend, Barb had moved in with her two kids a couple of months previously. She
had been happy for the help with the rent, but she was now past that point and
she wanted Barb and the kids to leave. The only problem was she didn't know how
to kick her clueless friend out.
She reached down one last time and accidentally pressed down
on the brakes as she grabbed the iPod. Not three seconds later, she felt the
honker crash into the back of her car. "Argh, impatient asshole." She
sighed, she was sure that this was going to mean another ticket for her. More
money out of her pocket before she even had her first paycheck. She looked in
the rearview mirror and saw a man getting out of the car behind her with a
furious look on his face.
She jumped out of the car and put her hands on her hips
glaring at the man walking towards her, ready to start shouting back at him.
She tried not to notice the gold tones of his hair shining in the sunlight
through the light spattering of grey. The man's eyes were flashing at her in
fury and she tried to ignore the little spark of excitement that ran through
her. This man was pretty hot, well, he would be if he wasn't such an asshole, she thought.
"I hope you have insurance to fix my car," she
shouted at him, determined to take the offensive.
"I have insurance but it is you who will be fixing my
car." The man's voice was smooth and angry as he continued walking up to
her. He stopped in front of her and pushed his face towards hers. "In
fact, let's call the police now and see who they think is at fault here."
She swallowed as she looked into his face. He reminded her
of a big snarly wolf and she tried to soften her gaze. "Well that's not
really necessary, is it?" She looked up at him and blinked. Something
about his face looked familiar. "Do I know you?" She cocked her head
and studied him.
"I think not." His face was still hard.
"Where's your insurance card?"
"Omg, just hang on a second." She glowered at him
and reached into her purse. I have it here somewhere, I just changed it
recently." She fiddled around in her bag and swallowed hard when she
remembered. She had meant to renew her policy but her credit card had been
declined. Shit. Not only was she going to lose her new job she was going to go
to jail as well. “Look, can we just settle this fairly?” She smiled up at him
winningly. “I’ll pay for my damage and you’ll pay for yours?”
“Is that a joke?” He looked at her like she was an idiot.
“You barely have any damage and you are the reason why my car has any damage at
all.”
“Look, I’m sorry,” she sighed.
“I don’t care how sorry you are. Let me see your insurance
card,” he growled at her and she resisted the urge to slap him.
“I don’t have it, okay,” she snarled up at him annoyed. She noticed
that he had green eyes, with specks of brown.
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