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    Old Enemies Make the Best Lovers
    Old Enemies Make the Best Lovers
    Old Enemies Make the Best Lovers
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    Old Enemies Make the Best Lovers

    By Kate Sebastian

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    Christy Martinez may have been a nerd and the number one victim for the mean girls in her high school, but she’s since grown up, gone to college, and carved out a successful career for herself. Now in her late 20s, she’s put high school behind her, only to be blindsided by a blast from her past.

    She and her friends have planned a much-needed vacation, but she finds out at the last minute that they’ll be joined by uber rich and gorgeous Kyle Quinto. He just happens to be the guy who played a cruel trick on her in high school, breaking her heart and making her a target for bullying in the process.

    Can Christy forgive and forget? Because Kyle is a whole lot of hot.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKate Sebastian
    Release dateJan 22, 2016
    ISBN9781310107931
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      Old Enemies Make the Best Lovers - Kate Sebastian

      Old Enemies Make the Best Lovers

      Kate Sebastian

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      © 2014 by Kate Sebastian

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      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author, except for the use of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Contact the author by e-mailing katesebastianauthor@gmail.com.

      Cover art for this edition was designed by Gail Villanueva.

      Chapter 1

      Christy cursed as she tried to maintain her hold on the bags of groceries she’d bought on the way home while fumbling her key into the lock of her apartment door. Then she heard her mobile ringing from somewhere in the depths of her purse, and that started a whole new round of cussing. Finally getting the door open, she quickly dumped the groceries as well as the laptop and folders she’d brought home from the office on the kitchen counter in order to rummage through her bag for her mobile.

      She found the offending device right after the damned thing had stopped ringing but blew out a breath of mixed frustration and relief when she saw the caller had been Tracy, her best friend. She’d been worried it was the office again with yet another urgent matter that had to be seen to before she could eat her dinner. 

      She had pulled out her Bluetooth headset and was just about to return the call when her phone buzzed in her hand and started ringing again. Hey, Trace, she said, moving to the groceries she’d abandoned in her rush to answer the phone. Then started sorting through them and putting them away. What’s up?

      Christina Marie Martinez, you’d better not still be at work! her friend mock-scolded over the phone. It’s almost nine o’clock! I swear, you need to get yourself into Workaholics Anonymous or something.

      Relax, she said. I just got home. I’m putting some groceries away. Then I’m heating up a late dinner. She cast a guilty look at the stack of paperwork and the laptop she’d left by the groceries and decided not to mention that she’d planned on a working dinner that night. 

      Girl, this is exactly why you haven’t had a man in, like, forever. You don’t get out of the office enough!

      It hasn’t been forever, Christy argued, knowing it might as well have been. In the three years since her last relationship had ended, she’d had two promotions; but lately, she’d been relying a little too heavily on her battery-operated boyfriend, a sure sign it was probably time to start dating again. 

      Whatever, Tracy retorted. If that asshole Mark hadn’t gotten a complex about how you were smarter and more talented than he was and started chasing after the bimbos in his office—

      Ah, what was it that you’re calling about, Trace? Christy hastily cut in, knowing her friend would happily go on for half an hour or more on the topic of her ex unless her rants were nipped in the bud. I’m kind of hungry, and you’re keeping me from my dinner.

      Oh, right! There was a pause. Well, um, it’s about this weekend.

      What? Christy groaned. It was a long weekend; and she, Tracy, and Tracy’s boyfriend, Victor, had been planning to take a trip to Cape Santiago, a beach town they’d first visited together in college and had continued to return to every couple of years. Don’t tell me you’re flaking on me! I mean, I know I’m going to play third wheel to you and Victor. But I swear, you’ll only have to see me at mealtimes—and not even then if you want to make a date of it or something.

      No, no—nothing like that! It’s actually great news! Victor came home with the news that an old college friend of his offered him a stay at a five-star resort. It’s just past Cape Santiago. And when we said we’d be going with a friend, he agreed to book a second room for you in addition to the honeymoon suite—the honeymoon suite!—for Victor and me.

      Christy chewed on her lower lip at her friend’s words. That’s great, Trace, she said slowly, heading for the couch and sinking into it. But I don’t think I can afford a stay in a five-star resort with just a week’s notice.

      Christy, that’s the thing—we’re getting to stay there for free! Tracy laughed. Victor’s friend owns the resort, or his family does anyway. And he said that the rooms he reserved for us didn’t have bookings scheduled and were unlikely to get any at this late date. I was calling to tell you so we could cancel our reservations for that other resort.

      Hmm.

      What? That’s your disapproving ‘hmm,’ I can tell.

      What’s the catch, Trace?

      Why does there have to be a catch? Tracy hedged.

      Okay, out with it, Christy said, knowing that tone in her friend’s voice. 

      Well, Tracy said, drawing out the word, I also called to tell you that Victor’s friend would be there this weekend too.

      Christy rolled her eyes even though her friend couldn’t see her. Tracy, are you trying to set me up with your boyfriend’s friend?

      No, no, Tracy said. Nothing like that. Apparently, he’s just moved back from spending the past two years in Chicago, and he wants to reconnect with old friends. So it means that you and I can have some time for girl talk while the guys go and be guys over beer or something. Then slyly, she added, Why? Do you want to be set up?

      I’ll find my own men, thank you, Christy said with a laugh. But let’s put it this way: if he’s as yummy as your guy is—

      Hey! 

      Just an observation, Christy reassured her. "Anyway,

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