Girl Get Rid Of That Jerk by Melissa Johns

Girl Get Ride 40

Chapter 40

"Hey, check out this road trip guide I found online for traveling across the American Southwest. We could rent a car and switch between two drivers. It's much easier with those wide-open roads. After hitting the Grand Canyon, we can also explore...

Right then, Shawn felt like Kate's chatter was starting to get on his nerves. His headache wasn't helping, and her nonstop talking was making it worse.

If it were Allison, she'd be more thoughtful. She'd be in the kitchen, whipping up some comforting soup and spoon-feeding it to him.

“Alright, enough,” Shawn cut in, sounding a bit irritated. “Let's chat about it tomorrow. I'm feeling kinda wiped out today."

Kate tucked her phone away, her head drooping with disappointment. “Shawn, am I getting on your nerves?" Her voice was full of hurt.

Shawn let out a sigh, guilt nibbling at him. “No, it's just this headache. We can plan the trip when I'm feeling better."

Kate snuggled into Shawn, gently wrapping her arms

Oak Lake, inside a laid-back club's card room, a bunch of guys were gathered around a poker table. George, ever observant, noticed the watch on Joshua's wrist. With a cigarette dangling from his lips, he laughed cheekily, “Hey, rocking a new watch, are

do you think? Pretty slick, huh? Allie got it for

envy. Having a fiancée sure does change things," Brian joked with

you end up engaged to someone from the Owens

and Allison moved in the same circles, there were

the top dog as the Fisher family's heir, wasn't

his gaze softening. “It's not an arranged

blurted, surprised. "If it's

Joshua explained. “I waited for Allie to

long as I could marry Allie. Whatever it took." As he reminisced, Joshua's

disbelief. “You've kept that under wraps. I'm your buddy for all these years, and I never caught

spilled the beans. I always thought you were just not into

for some juicy details. "When did