Her CEO Stalker and Her Second Chance Mate (Adelaide) novel Chapter 172

Chapter 172

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Lana

My phone rang, and I scowled at it. I dropped my book on the coffee table when I saw it was

Briar. I rolled over to my place on the couch, digging my elbows into the cushions.

“Hello?”

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“Hey, I hate to ask, but I need some girl talk,” her voice was hesitant. Not like her. It was

unusually tight. Now that was new. Briar didn’t ask anyone for shit.

“What’s up?” I asked.

“Bish, just get your lazy ass over here,” she snarked.

“Stop calling me out!” I sassed back, glancing down at my comfortable position and the pitbull

eyeing the potato chip crumbs on the blanket I was snuggled in. She had a point, but I wasn’t

ashamed of my standard position on the couch or my lineup of snacks.

“I just got back from Carter’s and my head’s a mess,” she said with bewilderment.

“Shit!” I said, rolling off the couch and stuffing my feet into shoes.

“I’ll be right over,” I let her know, grabbing my bag.

“You’re the best,” I heard her sigh.

“Be there in fifteen,” I said, and her relieved sigh let me know tonight would be a doozy, so I

grabbed a bottle of tequila out of the cabinet before I grabbed my keys.

When I got there, Briar was on the porch smoking a cigarette. I plopped down in the other

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chair and handed her the bottle. She snorted and took a swig before passing it back to me. I

took one myself before I glanced over at her. Her mood was withdrawn, like a deep settling

weight that had once been on her shoulders now rested in her lap. She stared down for a long

moment before she glanced her pretty turquoise eyes up to mine.

“Carter showed me what he is, what you are, what apparently I am,” she said, taking a hit of

the cigarette. “I just don’t know what to do with all this information.”

I passed her back the bottle, and she took another swig.

“What do you want to do with that information?” I asked tentatively. This was a big fucking

deal.

She bit her lip and took another. “I should be running for the hills…but I need to know more,”

she admitted.

“My life is a fucking mess,” she admitted.

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