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Chapter 253
Cam 10- Waiting and working
When | arrive at Witches Booze mid afternoon the next day for the afternoon slash evening shift, I'm surprised to find Harrison isalready at the bar waiting. He usually comes in the
evening.
“He’s been waiting here since we opened. He was asking for you. | offered to text you but he said he didn’t want to bother youand that he would wait.” Cora confides in me quietly when | reach the bar. He’s been here all day! Why? | consider heading tomy workroom and ignoring him, but | find I’m not that petty. | suck it up and approach him ignoring the rush of his magic thatmakes my knees shake and sends shivers down my spine despite the fact that | now feel extraordinarily warm.
“Good afternoon. Can | get you a drink?” | ask in my best customer service voice. Harrison gives a weak smile in response.
“| think you might be a bit angry at me and given my experiences thus far I’m not sure | would survive one of your drinks rightnow.” | repress the desire to roll my eyes.
“If you don’t want a drink then why are you here?” | demand. He straightens his shoulders. and looks me in the eye.
“| want to apologise. | was being overly pushy and nosy last night. It was none of my business and you are entitled to yourprivacy, | should have respected that and your boundaries. | know it’s a poor excuse, but | was jealous. I’ve never been jealousbefore and | dealt with it poorly.” I’m so stunned that he actually apologised that all | can do is stare. He hesitates beforecontinuing.
“Also this might be poorly timed given that | am here apologising for being too pushy and please just tell me to shut up if I’mbeing too nosy again... But once | got over my tantrum I realised that you seemed kind of stressed. Are you alright?” Uhhh what?| thought he was angry at me and not only has he apologised but he’s... worried about me? | suppose that’s almost sweet.Maybe. But I’m sure he doesn’t actually want to hear about my difficulties with
my mother.
“I'm fine. It's no big deal.” | answer awkwardly. | expect him to drop it and move on but hepersists, not buying my platitude.
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“Look, | Know we aren't really friends and | understand that, | really do. But | DO worry about. you. If you don’t want to talk aboutit that’s fine, but you can just think of me as an impartial listener. Sometimes it’s easier to talk to someone when you don’t knowthem well and they don’t know all the people involved. | might be able to help.” He suggests. Now | just feel guilty. | was rude tohim last night and now he’s trying to be helpful. | don’t think he is dating material, he is an Incubuis after all. But maybe hewouldn't be terrible as a friend, or even just as someone to talk to occasionally. | suppose | should cut him a break, and try to bea little nicer. Or at least not outright hostile all the time.
“We're not friends.” | agree and he winces slightly, even though | was only repeating what he already said.
“But | suppose we are acquaintances who MIGHT be able to become friends. Eventually. Maybe.” Why is this so hard? It’s easierto be rude and aggressive to him than to be nice. I’m too used to being super defensive. Harrison flashes me a charming smileand another rush of heat runs through me. | can’t help but narrow my eyes.
“An annoying acquaintance.” | amend. He laughs, clearly delighted.
“You said we're friends!” He states proudly. | glare at him and cross my arms over my chest.
“| said MIGHT be friends. Eventually. | haven’t promised anything!” | argue, but there’s no real heat behind it. He just shrugs.“It's progress.” He grins and | roll my eyes at him.
“Wait, just to
make it clear. This means you accept my apology for being a jackass last night, right?” He stares me down and once again |can’t help but notice how striking his blue eyes are. | give a slow nod.
“Yeah, | do.” | agree.
“Thank you!” He beams at me and without warning, leans over the bar (Because he’s actually. tall enough to do that damn him)and kisses me on the cheek. | flush red and immediately turn my back on him to grab a clean glass. But realistically | need asecond to composer myself so | don’t make a complete fool of myself. When | turn back to him | have plastered on my bestcustomer service smile.
2/4Cam 10- Waiting and working“Boundaries Harrison. We need boundaries.”
Harrison hangs out for most of the afternoon until | decide that it’s time for my break and head to my work room. | assume he’sgoing to leave but when | turn around to close the door | nearly walk straight into him.
“Shit, make a sound when you walk!” | curse at him, taking a hasty step backwards. He justrolls his eyes at me.“Sure, I'll do that. So, what are we working on?” He barges his way into my workroom and
perches himself on the edge of my bench.
“WE aren’t working on anything. | am working on the tracking spell for Ryann. Someone dropped by with the necessary item forme today and | want to get it done for them as soon as possible.” | carefully slide the ziplock bag out of my pocket which containsa scrap of fabric
which will apparently do the trick to connect the child to the spell.
“It was dropped off by a very large man this morning who barely said more than two words to me. It was very strange, particularlysince | never gave them my home address.” | think out loud. Harrison laughs.novelbin
“Ah, that would have been Aaron.He's Ryann’s personal bodyguard. Hedoesn't talk much. As for youraddress? They have an I.T. guy whocan pretty much track down anyone,it's a little scary. He’s cy anxious)little fel weytgen yout ‘to him but |slispbet that he might be the mostterrifying of them all if you pissed himoff.” I’m surprised that he knows somuch about Ryann’s other friends. Itseems like Harrison is a lot moredetail oriented than | originallythought. He might not make a badassistant for this potion after all. Nowthat | think about it, | don’t know allthat much about him. He’s beenhanging out here all day. Does he nothave a job? But he always pays fordrinks and tips well so | have toassume he makes money Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!
somehow.
“What do you do for work?” | ask. Harrison seems surprised at the sudden subject change.
“Oh, me? | do graphic design. | tendto make my own hours since most ofmy clients don’t care WHEN | work aslong as the workig dofnbletet’t0 theirsbtistadtlon by the due date.” Heexplains. Huh, how odd. For someonewho looks like him and is as outgoingand charming as he is, that is a fairlysolitary job. | know he interacts withclients and stuff, but the fact that Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!
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he can make a decent living withoutactually using his looks or magic issort of impressive. | might run a bar,but ultimately my skill set comesdown to mixing potions which | wasraised to do. | corey that even
VE any waskails hat aren't linkedback to my being a Witch in someway. If | suddenly lost my ability to domagic | suppose | would managewell enough, but my family wouldn't.I'm not sure they know how to doanything else, they rely on it soheavily. | once again try to kickHarrison out, but he doesn't leaveand in the end | let him stay because| could use the extra set of hands. |only really have an hour free sowithout wasting another minute, weget to work. The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
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