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She perused the aisle. “Fine.”
“So you’ll come over?”
“No.”
“Why don’t we start over?” he said.
“Start what over?”
“This conversation.”
She picked up a brick of cheddar cheese. “This conversation was about avocados.”
“Yeah, but avocados became secondary pretty quickly.”
She stopped, letting out a hard breath. “All right. Let’s pretend for a minute that I didn’t date your brother.”
“Cool.”
“Let’s also pretend you didn’t cause our breakup.”
He squinted one eye. “Technically, I probably didn’t cause—”
“I just told you the disaster that my life is. Why would you want to be next in line for the freak show?”
“Because I was right about one thing I said to Braxton.”
“Oh yeah?” she asked, hand on her hip.
“You’re cute.”
Her cheeks turned candy apple red. “I can’t with this.” She started to walk away again.
“All right, hang on. I’m gonna let you go this time, for real.”
She lifted her eyebrows in question.
“I just need to know one thing before I do.”
She folded her arms over her chest. “Okay.”
“We’re past the whole me calling you quirky thing and me breaking you and my brother up, right?”
“If that ends this conversation, sure.”
“So now, you’re only pushing me away because you’ve been hurt a lot and you don’t want to go there again.”
She shrugged, tossing up her hand. “Whatever.”
“So you may or may not be the slightest bit attracted to me?”
She inhaled a deep breath, while her eyes slowly went to the ceiling. She let the breath out and stared at him, head cocked to the side.
He grinned. “Say no more. Have a nice day, Calliope.”
He tossed the avocado up in the air, caught it, and then headed to the register. He should spend more time at the grocery store, and he definitely wanted more time with Calliope.
Author bio:
Melissa Chambers writes contemporary novels for young, new, and actual adults. A Nashville native, she spends her days working in the music industry and her nights tapping away at her keyboard. While she’s slightly obsessed with alt rock, she leaves the guitar playing to her husband and kid. She never misses a chance to play a tennis match, listen to an audiobook, or eat a bowl of ice cream. (Rocky road, please!) She has served as president for the Music City Romance Writers and is the author of the Love Along Hwy 30A series, the Before Forever series (YA), and Courting Carlyn (YA).
Calliope’s been hurt too many times to let another man in, but Quentin Broussard’s about to turn her world upside down.
Calliope Koch sat on top of the world back in high school. Her dad treated her like a princess, so she believed she was one. Every guy wanted to be with her and every girl wanted to be her. But oh, how the mighty do fall…
Fast forward fourteen years, and Calliope has lost her father to another family. She’s been dumped more times than she can count. The only thing keeping her going is the dream of running her own clothing boutique. But the same guy who caused one of those breakups is taking that dream from her.
It’s Quentin Broussard, the older, artistic, mysterious Broussard brother who left home when he was eighteen. Three years ago, he called her quirky and convinced his brother to break up with her. Now he’s back in New Orleans and trying to take something from her once again.
She won’t fall victim to another Broussard brother’s smooth moves, no matter how hard this one’s knocking on her door. And she’ll try to ignore the fact that he’s making her feel like the princess she once believed she was.
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Author bio:
Melissa Chambers writes contemporary novels for young, new, and actual adults. A Nashville native, she spends her days working in the music industry and her nights tapping away at her keyboard. While she’s slightly obsessed with alt rock, she leaves the guitar playing to her husband and kid. She never misses a chance to play a tennis match, listen to an audiobook, or eat a bowl of ice cream. (Rocky road, please!) She has served as president for the Music City Romance Writers and is the author of the Love Along Hwy 30A series, the Before Forever series (YA), and Courting Carlyn (YA).
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