Misadventures of a College Girl (Misadventures #9)(66)

“Do I want to know what that means?” Gavin asked.

“I sure hope so.” She clapped her hands. “This is so amazing. I’m really going to get to be a sugar mama. Though not really, because you’ll need to pay rent. It’s pretty cheap though. Four hundred a month. You’re not going to find a better deal. So what do you say?”

Gavin’s eyes narrowed. “Say to what?”

“Moving in with me! My roommate moved out this morning, so you could move in immediately. She already paid for September, so you wouldn’t even need to pay until October.”

“You want me to move in with you?” he asked. He sounded confused, which she couldn’t understand. She thought she was being pretty damn clear.

“Yes. It’ll be perfect. I was just telling my friend Celeste how I should find a male roommate because the girls never last. And now here you are. It’s like fate.”

“Why do the girls not last?”

Uh-oh. This was exactly the kind of situation where Blake needed to slow down and think before she spoke. But she didn’t. “Because I can be a little…much.”

Gavin’s eyes flashed with unease.

“But not like, serial-killer much,” Blake added in a hurry. “I’m not hiding bodies in the floorboards or anything. But I am a tad eccentric. It becomes endearing after a while. You can ask my friend Celeste.” Celeste had recommended Blake refer to herself as eccentric instead of saying she was “batshit crazy,” which was off-putting. Go figure.

She eyed Gavin anxiously as he seemed to think over his options.

“So I could move in immediately?”

Trying to tamp down the flare of hope, she kept her voice even. “Yup.”

Gavin thought for another moment before extending his hand in her direction. “Then you got yourself a roommate.”

“Yay,” she said as she ignored his hand and jumped into his arms for a hug.

“I have a feeling my life is about to get very interesting,” he mumbled against her cheek.

She squeezed him tighter. “Probably. But in all the best ways.”



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