Total pages in book: 110
Estimated words: 102620 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 513(@200wpm)___ 410(@250wpm)___ 342(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 102620 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 513(@200wpm)___ 410(@250wpm)___ 342(@300wpm)
Theo looks up at me and smiles. “Looking for someone?” he asks, and I shake my head.
“Nope,” I lie. “I brought donuts for you and the guys.” I show him the two boxes in my hands. “I just don’t know where to put them.”
“I’ll take those for you.” He comes to me, grabbing the two boxes out of my hands. “We’ll try to keep it down as much as possible.”
“No worries,” I assure him, turning and heading back upstairs. I’m at the top of the stairs when I see my bedroom door open, and I know I shut it before I left. I walk into the room. “Hello,” I call and walk to the unmade bed. I stick my head toward the bathroom when I see someone walking out of my closet.
“Sorry,” he says, walking past me, “thought I left something.” He doesn’t finish. He just closes the door behind him.
I put the coffee down on the desk, taking out my phone and calling Caleb. He answers after one ring. “Hello.” I don’t know why, but I can see him smiling through the phone. “What can I do for you, Sierra?”
I roll my eyes and look around the room, feeling uneasy. “Hey, can I just ask that no one come in my bedroom?”
“I’m sorry, what?” he asks, confused. I close my eyes and put my hand on my forehead, wondering if maybe I’m making a big deal out of this. I walk to the bathroom and see the towel I used last night is still hanging where I left it. As I walk toward my closet, I see one of the top drawers is slightly open.
“I just got home from getting coffee and found one of your guys in my bedroom. I get it’s a construction area and all that, but can they not come into my bedroom?”
“I’m sorry, Sierra,” he replies, his voice tight. “No one should be in your bedroom. Especially since that part is done and completed.”
“Oh,” I say softly.
“Do you know who it was?”
“No clue,” I answer. “He was dressed like you.”
“Like me?” I can hear the snicker. “Like I was dressed yesterday when you were checking me out?”
“You mean when I was looking at my moving truck?” I close my eyes and pull out my office chair. “Anyway, this chat is great, but I need to call someone to hook up a security system.”
“I have a guy,” he says, and I literally groan.
“Of course you do.”
“Yeah.” He chuckles. “It’ll cost you, but I’ll send him over.”
“What is it going to cost me?” I ask, not sure I really want to know, but then again, I probably need to know.
“You’ll know when I collect on it,” he teases. “I’ll take care of it.” I’m about to interrupt him when he says, “I have to go. Theo is calling me back.” He doesn’t even wait for me to answer before he hangs up the phone.
“Rude,” I blurt when I look down and see that he hung up on me. I put the phone down and finally take a sip of my coffee. It’s literally heaven on my tongue as I turn on my computer and start my work.
The day flies by, and when the phone rings beside me, I look down and see that it’s Lilah. I smile. “Howdy, neighbor,” I answer the phone, smiling and hearing her laughing.
“Howdy, neighbor yourself.” She finally stops laughing. “What are you doing?”
“I’m about to go and have hot sex with Chris Evans.” I lean back in my chair. “Why?”
“I was going to tell you to come and have dinner with us, but Chris Evans…” She trails off.
“I can be there in twenty minutes,” I tell her. “I’m sure Chris will be fine. Besides, I heard he got married, and I just can’t do that to his wife.”
She snorts. “See you soon,” she says, hanging up the phone. I grab my keys and my purse and head down the stairs. The house is totally quiet as I walk out and lock the door behind me.
I drive toward Lilah’s house with the windows open, the breeze coming into the car and whipping my hair around as I put one of my hands out the window and move it with the wind.
I pull up to the house, getting out of the car at the same time the front door opens. She steps out of her house with a huge smile on her face. “Hi,” I say, tucking the phone in my back pocket.
“I don’t think I’ll ever get used to you being so close.” She walks down the steps and comes to me, giving me a big hug. “It’s so good. How’s the house?”
“So far so good.” I let her go. “I have a bedroom and a bathroom.”
“Better than sleeping on the floor,” she quips, making me laugh. I see her eyes go over my shoulder and I look over to see a golf cart coming from out of the field. My eyes go to the guy who is sitting in the passenger seat. He is looking over at Emmett, talking as Emmett looks straight ahead at us. It takes him a couple of minutes to look forward. I try to look away when he spots me, and I see a slight smile on his face. Then I wonder if it’s for me or maybe he’s still harboring feelings for Lilah.