Evan's Addiction by Sara Hess Page A

Another sigh. “Yes.” 
         I grinned at how put out she sounded. “How are end of the term
exams going? I forgot that you had those this week. I hope what you’re doing
for us isn’t putting too much pressure on you.”
         “It’s no problem. I have them in the bag.”
         I grinned at her cool arrogance. “What’s your exact major in computers?”
         “I have two actually; Internet Technology Security and
Networking.”
         “Wow! That’s impressive. And here you are already putting your
soon to be Internet Security degree to use.”
         She nodded. “Yeah, I’ve already talked to one of the professor’s
who’s class I’m supposed to be taking next year and he said I can use this as
credit for his course.”
         I raised my eyebrows at her. She was so certain of her abilities
that she had no doubt she would accomplish her goal. Her confidence was sexy as
hell. 
         “That was fast. You weren’t kidding when you said you wanted to
graduate early.”
         Her lip twisted but not in a happy way. “Nope.”
         I gave her a quick thoughtful look. “Why aren’t you enjoying the
college experience, Shaw?”
         She sighed. “School just sucks.”
         What about it sucked for her? “For people who aren’t good at it
maybe, but you are extremely intelligent so it should all be a breeze.”
         She shrugged and looked out the side window. “The only thing I’m
getting from going to college is a title for something I already know what to
do. It’s a fucking waste of time, but people like that little piece of paper
so...” She didn’t finish.
         Bitterness colored her tone but I didn’t think it was because of
the reason she was telling me. “Does your dislike have something to do with
that problem Carrie was talking about months ago?” The one Carrie would only
tell us involved a guy.
         Shaw’s expression was confused at first but then cleared with
remembrance. She gave me sidelong hooded look. “What do you know about it?”
         It was clear she didn’t like the idea of me knowing anything about
it, and I wasn’t going to rat out Carrie. “Nothing, but my offer of help still
stands.”
         “I’m taking care of it, but sometimes stupid takes a long time to
fix. I’m sure you know how that is.” She gave me a muted sneer.
         “Yeah, actually I do.” I threw her a grin, but whatever this
problem was she wasn’t handling it as well as she thought if she was still
dealing with it months later, and it bothered me that she wouldn’t share what
it was. If she let me I would take care of it for her if it was in my
parameters to do so. My desire to fix it for her was so strong it was actually
a bit startling. 
         I wondered suddenly if this guy problem was why she’d said ‘ no’ to me. Maybe she’d been through a bad relationship that had soured her on men?
Maybe this guy was still a smear on her windshield annoying her no matter how
hard she wiped. I needed to question Nic on his knowledge of Shaw’s dating
history.
         Shaw gasped in mock surprise. “So accepting.”
         “I’m a boss, I deal with stupidity everyday.” I countered, pulling
into the drive-through of a small Mexican Restaurant.
         “Uhgg, fast food.” Shaw complained.
         “It’s not your typical fast food chain.” I reassured her. “This is
a mom-and-pop restaurant that is able to get certain foods out fast. Mostly
tacos, burritos, or nachos.”
         Her eyes perked up. “Okay, then I will have a dry bean and cheese burrito
with all the veggies they have, and water, and a churro if they have those fast
and ready. Please tell me they have those.”
         The first spark of enthusiasm I get from her and it’s for a
dessert. “Yes, they have churros.”
         “Yeahhh,” she clapped eagerly.
         At least I knew the way to her heart now…not that I