Free Fear : A Bad Boy Mafia Pregnancy Romance Novel by Rose Cody

least for now, she was a kiss-less virgin.
     
    “You have got to be kidding me!” She huffs out gruffly as she listens to a high pitched sputter scream out from somewhere under the hood.
     
    “No! Please not now!” She shouts out as she feels her car begin to slow down.
     
      She turns the wheel, desperately attempting to park her car on the shoulder of the road before it totally gives out on her.
     
    “Made it… I guess…” She whispers to herself before shifting her car into park and resting her head on the steering wheel.
     
      She sighs to herself, taking deep breaths in and letting them out slowly as she sniffs back tears.
     
    “I was so fucking close. So fucking close.” She says to herself. “Is this night just never going to end?”
     
      She unbuckles her seatbelt and tosses the heavy metal buckle over her shoulder before opening the driver’s side door. Olivia pulls herself out of the car before walking around to the front on her tired, aching feet.
     
    “Yup, just my luck.” She says, tossing her hands in the air as she notices the hot steam raising from under her hood.
     
      She uses her sleeve as a glove, gripping the hood and lifting it. She swats the steam out of her face.
     
    “Who am I kidding, I can’t fix this.” She says to herself, a frog trapping her voice as the lump in her throat builds.
     
      She rushes back over to the driver’s seat, sliding back inside and shutting the door as she searches for her phone.
     
    “I just had it!” She says, looking under her coat and picking up her purse before rifling through its contents.
     
      She gasps, squealing in relief as she finally finds her phone. Olivia opens the screen and flicks through her contacts before finally coming across the number for the mechanic shop by her house.
     
    “Hello?” She says, as someone pick up the other line.
     
      The man’s gruff voice tells her she’s going to have to wait a while.
     
    “At least there’s someone on the way.” She says, clicking the screen off and tossing her phone onto the passenger’s seat.
     
      She sighs, staring out of her windshield onto the dark road before quickly locking her door.
     
    “You never know.” She whispers to herself  as she reclines her seat.

Chapter 2
     
     
      She wiggles her butt uncomfortably in the chair. Could these chairs get any harder?
     
      Olivia gazes around the small, brightly lit front office. She scrunches her nose at the harsh smell of gasoline that fills the air as she counts the dark smudge marks on the walls. How are there smudges that close to the ceiling?
     
      A tiny TV plays up in the corner of the room. Could be the weather channel, but it’s far too small to tell for sure. And quiet, too. There’s no way anyone could ever hear anything if they tried, the volume was far too low.
     
    “What are you in for?” The man next to her chuckles.
     
      She glances over to him quickly, noticing his dark, wool coat before smiling politely.
     
    “I don’t know yet, I’m not a car person.” She says, looking down at her shoes.
     
    “Yeah, probably why you’re here.” He says, sighing.
     
      She glances back, sending the man a quick glare.
     
    “Yeah, I guess.” She says.
     
      Olivia leans back into her chair and crosses her arms. Can this dude really not see that she’s not in the mood for conversation?
     
    “I’m not a car person either.” He says. “Why I’m here, too.”
     
    “Yup.” Oliva snarks lowly, nodding her head.
     
    “I uh…” He begins. “I didn’t mean to offend you, I was just saying…”
     
    “No, you didn’t.” She says. “I get it. I’m just kind of frustrated right now.”
     
      She turns towards him, smiling softly.
     
    “Sorry.” She says. “It was funny, I’m just tired.”
     
       He nods, his deep brown eyes squinting as he clenches his jaw into a soft smile.
     
    “That’s understandable.” He says.
     
    “Olivia Brooks?” She hears a