Finaly My Heart's Desire (Meant for Me Book 2) Read Online Free Page A
Author: Brooke St. James
several times that working a retail position was beneath me, and I knew finding that application must've been a shock, but I honestly didn't think he was going over to my apartment, or I would have hidden it. Getting a job wasn't even a priority for me, but having him get so mad about it made me want to do it even more.
"Okay, love you too," I said, for Carly's sake even though Robin had already hung up.
Carly glanced at me, and I smiled as I put my phone away.
"Robin?" she asked, being polite since she already knew who it was.
"Yep," I replied.
Thankfully, she could tell by my short answer that I really didn't feel like elaborating. We talked about other things until we got back to my parents' house. She thanked me again for coming, but left straight from the driveway without coming inside. I, on the other hand, went inside to visit with my parents and Thomas for a few minutes, mostly because I didn't want to give Robin the satisfaction of knowing I went home right away.
My dad was already in bed, but I talked with my mom and Thomas for a little while about how the evening went. Thomas thought of Carly as a science teacher, so he was really curious about us painting pottery and wondered if that was in some way related to science. I told him it wasn't and tried to explain to him that Carly only did science for a job and that she liked doing other things for fun, but he seemed skeptical like I'd forced her to paint pottery when what she really wanted to do was a science experiment. He finally came to terms with it once I insisted that she made the plans and not me.
My apartment wasn't that far from my parents' house, so I was still smiling about the conversation I had with Thomas when I pulled into the parking lot.
I knew the second I pulled up that Robin was still there. Ted's black Hummer was parked sideways in two parking spots. I was so confident it was his, that I turned the doorknob without even using my keys.
"There!" his friend Jason said impatiently the second I opened the door. "She's home. Can we go now?"
Ted and Jason were sitting on my couch watching TV, and Robin was sitting at my table with his chair cocked to the side. He was sprawled out with one hand on the table and the other on his knee.
I looked back and forth from him to his friends, wondering why they were sitting there waiting for me. "He's so whipped, he wouldn't let us leave until he knew you got home safe," Ted explained, standing up and stretching as if he thought they'd be leaving now that I'd arrived. Robin put out a hand to stop him and Ted plopped back on the couch with a defeated expression. "I thought we were going out!" he whined.
"We are," Robin said. "I just need to talk to Emily for a second, and we'll go. Why don't you guys wait in the truck?"
Ted huffed. "Why'd you tell me to sit down?"
Robin scowled at him.
"Just go wait in the truck."
"Bye Emily," Jason said, turning off my television and tossing my remote onto the coffee table. "Glad we got to sit at your apartment all night and wait for you to get home and then leave right when you got here."
"Yeah, that was really fun," Ted chimed in, as if their wasted evening had been my fault.
I stared at Robin with wide eyes as they walked out the door, closing it behind them. "Why did you stay here?" I asked. "I told you I was on my way home."
He banged his fist on the table causing me to jump. "Because how am I supposed to believe anything you say, Emily, when you're going around applying for jobs behind my back?"
"I didn't do anything behind your back. I didn't even apply for it yet."
"Yet?" he said angrily.
"Geez, Robin, it's not that big of a deal. It's not like I could get a job without you knowing. I was going to talk to you about it."
He sighed impatiently and slid his chair back causing it to screech on the floor as he stood. He peered at me through disappointed eyes, shaking his head slightly. "You're not getting a job at a bookstore, Emily. And honestly, it
"Okay, love you too," I said, for Carly's sake even though Robin had already hung up.
Carly glanced at me, and I smiled as I put my phone away.
"Robin?" she asked, being polite since she already knew who it was.
"Yep," I replied.
Thankfully, she could tell by my short answer that I really didn't feel like elaborating. We talked about other things until we got back to my parents' house. She thanked me again for coming, but left straight from the driveway without coming inside. I, on the other hand, went inside to visit with my parents and Thomas for a few minutes, mostly because I didn't want to give Robin the satisfaction of knowing I went home right away.
My dad was already in bed, but I talked with my mom and Thomas for a little while about how the evening went. Thomas thought of Carly as a science teacher, so he was really curious about us painting pottery and wondered if that was in some way related to science. I told him it wasn't and tried to explain to him that Carly only did science for a job and that she liked doing other things for fun, but he seemed skeptical like I'd forced her to paint pottery when what she really wanted to do was a science experiment. He finally came to terms with it once I insisted that she made the plans and not me.
My apartment wasn't that far from my parents' house, so I was still smiling about the conversation I had with Thomas when I pulled into the parking lot.
I knew the second I pulled up that Robin was still there. Ted's black Hummer was parked sideways in two parking spots. I was so confident it was his, that I turned the doorknob without even using my keys.
"There!" his friend Jason said impatiently the second I opened the door. "She's home. Can we go now?"
Ted and Jason were sitting on my couch watching TV, and Robin was sitting at my table with his chair cocked to the side. He was sprawled out with one hand on the table and the other on his knee.
I looked back and forth from him to his friends, wondering why they were sitting there waiting for me. "He's so whipped, he wouldn't let us leave until he knew you got home safe," Ted explained, standing up and stretching as if he thought they'd be leaving now that I'd arrived. Robin put out a hand to stop him and Ted plopped back on the couch with a defeated expression. "I thought we were going out!" he whined.
"We are," Robin said. "I just need to talk to Emily for a second, and we'll go. Why don't you guys wait in the truck?"
Ted huffed. "Why'd you tell me to sit down?"
Robin scowled at him.
"Just go wait in the truck."
"Bye Emily," Jason said, turning off my television and tossing my remote onto the coffee table. "Glad we got to sit at your apartment all night and wait for you to get home and then leave right when you got here."
"Yeah, that was really fun," Ted chimed in, as if their wasted evening had been my fault.
I stared at Robin with wide eyes as they walked out the door, closing it behind them. "Why did you stay here?" I asked. "I told you I was on my way home."
He banged his fist on the table causing me to jump. "Because how am I supposed to believe anything you say, Emily, when you're going around applying for jobs behind my back?"
"I didn't do anything behind your back. I didn't even apply for it yet."
"Yet?" he said angrily.
"Geez, Robin, it's not that big of a deal. It's not like I could get a job without you knowing. I was going to talk to you about it."
He sighed impatiently and slid his chair back causing it to screech on the floor as he stood. He peered at me through disappointed eyes, shaking his head slightly. "You're not getting a job at a bookstore, Emily. And honestly, it
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