Free Reckless Together: A Contemporary New Adult College Romance (The Reckless Series) by Gina Robinson Page A

him. I turned to the girls. "Do you mind if Dex and his mom hang with us for a while on Mom's Weekend?"
    Nic shrugged as if it didn't matter to her.
    I spoke to Dex. "You can hang out with Nic and me and our moms at the craft fair."
    "Thanks, Ellie! You won't regret it. I promise. I owe you one." Then he laughed evilly.  
    I recognized his prankster laugh. "What are you planning?"
    "Nothing. Just a little surprise for Mom."
    "Dex—"
    "Don't worry. Mom can take care of herself."
    I didn't like the sound of it.
    Dex changed the subject. "Will Logan and his mom be joining us?"
    "With any luck, no."
    Dex laughed again. "That's too bad." He seemed lost in thought. "Are Nic and Tay there? Are any of you crafty?"
    "We're plenty crafty."
    "I mean like in crafts crafty."
    I shrugged. "We like Pinterest."
    "Good enough. You wouldn't happen to know where I could get some invisible-ink fabric paint?"

Chapter Eight
     
    Logan
    Logan sat at the kitchen table with a pile of engineering books in front of him, untouched. He should have been studying. Instead, he'd been poring over the day's mail. Two substantial, exciting job offers had arrived. He'd been expecting them—hoping for them, anyway. He should have been thrilled. He was. He would have been ecstatic, except he knew they'd make El sad.
    One was an offer from a high-tech firm in Silicon Valley. Another from a company in South Carolina. He'd been so damn eager to get out of this university and away from his dad, and even the torture of being so near El and not being with her, that he hadn't applied at any of the premier high-tech companies in Seattle or Portland. Now he was regretting that decision big time.  
    It was way late in the game to line up a job in Seattle immediately after graduation. The best companies had started interviewing in January or earlier. It wouldn't be impossible to get a job with one eventually, not for someone with his credentials. But it would mean moving back home for as many months as it took and taking crap from his dad for everything, including turning down two good offers for no good reason. Big-time shit. Unacceptable.
    Now that he and El were back together, he was rethinking his post-graduation plans. He wanted to be near her. But could he turn down these opportunities? Was it even smart to let a girl influence his plans? El was different. But.
    Whatever he decided, El wouldn't be thrilled to see these offers. He'd have to tell her about them. But he didn't look forward to it.  
    Almost as if he'd conjured her up by thinking about her, El called just as an email from her came in. Logan couldn't help smiling as he answered the call and slid the offers beneath a pile of junk mail on the counter. "Hey, I was hoping you'd call."
    "A real man of action! If you wanted to talk to me, you could have called. What's the matter? Are your fingers broken?" Her voice was filled with tease.
    "Cramped from writing out equations and solutions."
    "Poor baby." She laughed. "That's a lame excuse, by the way."
    "I'll do better next time."
    "You better. I've been dying to hear how your first day back on the job with my dad went."
    "That's the only reason you called?"
    "One of the reasons. Are you going to keep me in suspense?"
    "Maybe. Maybe I'll make you drag it out of me." He put a hint of innuendo in his voice.
    "Drag it out of you? That sounds promising." She laughed. "I have my ways."
    "My first day back was just fine. Normal. I joked around with Jason. Karen seemed happy to see me, too. I went out on a few calls. There's not much more to tell. What's this you just sent me? Planned our weekend already? That's so girly."
    "You may not have noticed, but I am a girl."
    "Oh, I noticed." He took a deep breath, trying to hold his interest at bay. "I'm thinking about that now."
    "Don't tease."
    "I'm a horny guy. I never tease. Come over?"
    "It's late."
    "Spend the night."
    "There's an enticing idea. I was hoping you'd ask. Bre is still in major depressed mode. Going