The Best Investment

 

Rina

This was supposed to be a stress-free semester, but everyone insists on making it hard.

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My dad won’t stop nagging me about my future, my new roommates are attached at the hip with no room for one more, and Brady didn’t get the memo that our friends-with-benefits situation is over. Permanently.

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Yeah, we have great sex. And yes, he’s gorgeous, makes me laugh, and is fun to be around. So what?

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Things were starting to feel complicated, and I don’t have time for complicated. Between my shifts at Byrdie’s Diner, classes, and avoiding my family I barely have enough time to put on makeup, let alone random romps in Brady’s Love Shack.

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He shouldn’t be too hard to resist. Right?

 

Brady

Life is great.

 

School’s going well, I love my job, and Mother Earth is thriving. I’m leading the charge with my fellow Green Dreamers to save a local horse farm from commercial development, and victory is the only outcome I’m considering.

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There’s just one teeny-tiny thing that could make things better: a stubborn, unavailable, raven-haired beauty named Rina.

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Sex with Rina is explosive and our friendship is easy. At least it was, until she unilaterally declared us over and done with.

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Neither one of us wants a relationship, so what’s the harm in a little fun?