Breaking Through (The Breaking Series Book 3) by Juliana Haygert Read Free Book Online Page A

great! Good luck. I hope you get it.”
    “Me too. Although, if I get it, I’ll have to cancel my registration for the two classes I was going to take this summer. Which is no big deal. I had just signed up for them so I had something to do. It never occurred to me to apply for an internship after just one year of college.”
    “I’m sure you’ll get it. Your designs are incredible. She would have to be insane to pass you up.”
    I rolled my eyes. “Okay, okay. Let’s change the subject. I need to stop thinking about this interview, or I’ll bite my nails off. I probably won’t hear about it for another week or so, and I’ll drive myself crazy until then.”
    While we looked over the menu and ordered our lunch, Bia told me about her week. She and Garrett shared an apartment and went to vet school together—though he was one year ahead of her. I couldn’t imagine being together all day and all night, but they managed okay. In fact, I thought they always ended up cranky whenever they spent some rare time apart.
    Bia and I had just finished our post-lunch coffee when my cell phone rang.
    I looked at the screen and didn’t recognize the number.
    “Hello?”
    “Hilary? This is Fallon White. Hello again.”
    With wide eyes, I stared at Bia and pointed to my phone. “Hi, Fallon. Did I forget something at your studio?”
    She chuckled. “No, dear. I’m calling you to let you know you got the job.”
    I froze. “W-what?”
    She chuckled again. “The internship is yours if you still want it.”
    My heart skipped a beat before going into overdrive. “I do!”
    “All right, then. I’ll send you some forms via email. Bring them in when you start, the week after your spring semester is over, okay?”
    “Sure.”
    “Great.”
    “Thanks, Fallon.”
    “My pleasure, dear. I’ll see you soon.”
    I lowered my phone, but couldn’t stop staring at Bia.
    “You got the internship,” she said. Not a question, but I nodded even so. “That’s awesome! Parabéns !” Her voice was loud enough to make some heads turn our way. That brought me out of my stupor.
    “Oh my gosh, I didn’t think this through.”
    “What do you mean?”
    “My house is ninety minutes from here. I can’t come and go every day. It would be insane.”
    “Then stay with Garrett and me!” She sounded excited. She looked excited with those big, sea-green eyes shining bright.
    “I don’t know,” I said, trying to reason what the best option here was. I knew she meant it, and she would really like it, but I also knew me. I would feel like a third wheel on their well-oiled machine. I wouldn’t feel comfortable.
    Coming and going back from my house was out of the question, though. To spend three hours per day in my car coming and going wasn’t for me. There was also Hannah’s ranch, which was only twenty-thirty minutes from town, but like with Bia, Hannah had Leo and now that they were engaged … gosh, I didn’t even want to think about it.
    It would be better to stay in a hotel for the summer months or …
    “I could rent a furnished apartment.”
    Bia’s smile fell. “You don’t want to stay with me?”
    “I really, really appreciate the offer, but I prefer having my own place, even if temporary.”
    She frowned at me, her mind working, I was sure. “Okay, I understand, I guess.” She stood up, a smile on her pretty face. “Let’s go apartment hunting!”
    “Now?”
    She caught my hand and pulled me up. “ Sim, right now.”

Chapter Four
     
     
    “I’m so happy for you,” my sister said, embracing me.
    “Thanks.” I squeezed her. “I think it’s great that I’m going to be here this summer. This way I can help out more with the weddings preparations.”
    “That is great.” My sister let me go and turned back to the island-slash-bar that divided the kitchen from the dining table, where she was preparing a whiskey with coke for her and Bia.
    The guys’ large apartment was in a fancy building in the nicest neighborhood