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I raised an eyebrow. “Okay?”
I grabbed my coffee and turned around, leaning against the back of the chair as they spoke in hushed tones.
“What the hell are you doing, Ashton? You literally can’t afford to turn him away!” one of them said.
“Yeah! Do you not remember your situation?” the other one said.
“Of course I remember my situation, but I’d rather move back in with my parents than to be roommates with this cocky asshole!” she spat in a low tone.
“You do know I can still hear you, right?” I said over my shoulder and took a sip of coffee. They were quiet for a split moment before one of them sighed.
“Ugh fine,” she muttered before clearing her throat. “You can turn around now.”
I turned back around to face them. “Man, you have a pretty strong name for me despite the fact that I’ve apologized,” I said with a smirk. She rolled her eyes.
“Your apology doesn’t make you any less of an asshole. I mean you were a self proclaimed one at the repair shop, weren’t you?”
“I didn’t say those exact words, but I’ll let you have that,” I said. “So about this roommate situation. What’s the deal with that?”
“Exactly what it said in the ad,” she answered. “I obviously know you have a job, so I guess I just need to look over your background check.”
“Right,” I said, pulling it out of my back pocket and handing it to her. “I can guarantee I meet your ‘not a creeper’ requirement.”
She scoffed as she unfolded the paper. “I knew you were a creep the moment I met you,” she stated matter-of-factly.
“Whoa,” I stated, holding my hands up. “I can take you calling me an asshole, but miss me with the creep shit.” A sexy smirk pulled at her lips before she looked down at my background check, her friends leaning over to look with her.
After a few moments, Alex shrugged. “Looks good to me. I think you should let him move in,” she said. Ashton looked at her in disbelief.
“But you said I shouldn’t take the first offer, especially if it’s a guy,” she objected.
“Well, I didn’t expect O to be the sexy mechanic, so why the hell not?” she said. I winked at her, watching her blush before I looked to Ashton.
“So what’s it going to be, A? I’m already prepared to pay two months in advance if that’ll help your decision,” I said.
She raised an eyebrow. “Why are you so eager to pay me?”
“Why are you so adamant on giving me a hard time?” I asked with a smirk. She rolled her eyes. “I’m just ready to get out of a hotel room and eat real food instead of fast food. So if I need to pay more in advance to do that, then that’s what I’ll do. What do you say?”
“Two months in advance would be $1,030. Are you sure that’s what you want to pay?”
Now it was my turn to roll my eyes. “I know how much two months in advance would be, Captain Obvious. I wouldn’t have offered it if I wasn’t prepared to pay that.”
She scowled at me until her friend cleared her throat. I almost laughed at her attempt to smile, which looked extremely uncomfortable for her.
“Fine,” she said. “But if you’re too much to deal with, this situation will be over as soon as your two months are up.”
“Deal,” I said with a grin, holding out my hand. She just looked at it and looked back at me, still frowning. “Right. Baby steps.”
“Exactly,” she said.
I looked down at my watch. “I have to get back to work. When will I be able to move in?”
“When I have the money in my hand,” she answered.
“So after work then?” I grinned when her eyes widened. “I mean you said when the money is in your hand.”
She looked to her friends, who only shrugged in response. “Um, sure, whatever,” she finally said.
