Unexpected Desire: Trapped With My Bad Boy Roomie

ty garage. All over campus, the magnolias had

ntrance, a tire-pressure warning s

n't dare drive all the way to a dealership farther away, so she loo

with its owner, Oliver Stewart, wh

ned into an enormous auto shop. The newly renovated five-hundred-square-meter busines

e. "Who opens an auto repair shop in front of a university?

d a completely different story. Luxu

gan treating it like a place to spend their free time, showing up i

ghly of Oliver either. After all, b

initially come from not

ts whenever Elena walked around campus, and even so

s a flirt who had women consta

became. In her mind, a man who flirted that c

der the business across the

ing her to reconsider. After a short hesitation,

ere was still enough air left fo

ard lights and carefull

ere nowhere to be seen. They apparently preferred coming after d

when she noticed Oliver. He was dressed in a dark gray work uniform and had just sl

shifted beneath the uniform. Grease stained his neck and for

. Standing there, he looked

ena's face was the first thing he saw, its cool,

ttled heavi

stern he looked like he wa

ed the repair area. Ther

t was already late morning, yet aside from the receptionist s

e suspicious. If Oliver treated his business this ca

on grew colder as she stepped backward. If neces

voice stopped her. "Why are you leaving?

be rude. Keeping her voice calm, she explained, "The tire-pre

toward the entrance. "C

nted to inspect it, whic

wasting time waiting for a tow truck

ly, she gestured toward the

parked in a spot be

ar once before crouching b

her. How had he known wh

king a small flashlight from his p

just after I drove thr

tire. "A small puncture usually lets the air escape gradually. You won't notic

ed. He actually seemed to kn

asn't looking. She had skipped breakfast and had a

ard it. "It's on the tread, so a patch will work. But the nail is

rself. When she straightened, di

htness intensified. Her brows knitted slig

take?" she asked, her vo

it now. It wo

uld say anything else, her sight began to swim

car for support, but her hand missed the door hand

stabbed through her ankle, and before she could

hing her in his arms befor

she whisper

ed one arm beneath her knees, lifted her with ease, and

Fowler, jumped to her feet. "

ver carried Elena over to the sof

ht a

e on the round table, so Lucy dissolved

e Lucy quietly wondered what was going on be

e Elena's brows tightened an

ctically leaning against Oliver, a

just fainted, and you're already trying to jump up. Yo

ured, her throat dry

disliked him for so long, yet he was th

le nearby. Oliver picked out a packet of cookies

ger to create some space between them. Being this close to

ght foot down, however, a sharp bur

d back onto the sofa. Looking down, she reali

ness and sudden loss of consciousness. Now that her senses

ly prepared an ice pack before r

ly grabbed the ed

t scoff. He picked up a cushion and threw it toward the othe

sitioned the cushi

she had read

aking it broad enough to cover the swollen area whi

n her ankle, she made herself eat the cookies and ban

emoved, the tire patched, the wheel balanced, and the pressur

nd tossed Elena her car keys. The timing worked out p

iver calmly displayed his WhatsApp username. "Ad

then asked, "How m

hands into his pockets. "Nail removal, tir

lly been necessary. He could simply have given her the bank information directly. She glance

of seconds before answering witho

his hand was probably meant

er phone away when

see the caller ID on her s

ere are you?" the man on the

rrange another day." Her expression became compose

immediately offered to come

ke down, and I'm at the auto repair shop across from

am Brown replied. "I could use a car wa

d he mean by that? Was he seriously going t