Natale, Richard - The Rushes [Avidbook, MM, Contemporary, Romantic Comedy/Drama, New/Young Adult] Chapter Three
Certain individuals have the rare gift of projecting certitude from the roots of their hair follicles to the tips of their toenails as if it was programmed into every chromosome of their body. In the wrong hands this kind of bold confidence can be misconstrued as hauteur. After all, behaving like the coolest dude in the room is the epitome of uncool. Excessive swagger may also bespeak overcompensation for deep-rooted insecurities (though the poseurs eventually give themselves away).
Only the truly self-possessed could carry it off indefinitely. Such a person was Clete Golliver. When he assertively strode into the conference room as if on a cushion of air, Carson almost for
