Total pages in book: 64
Estimated words: 63601 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 318(@200wpm)___ 254(@250wpm)___ 212(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 63601 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 318(@200wpm)___ 254(@250wpm)___ 212(@300wpm)
“It’s called being smart and creative.” She might’ve thought she was telling the truth but her parents were lawyers so…yeah…
“What should I do then?” Because he was going to go inside before I could figure out what he was saying if she didn’t boss me around faster.
“The powder room. Go open that window. It’s on the side of the house and he won’t be able to see it.” She gave me a shove to get me going. “Hurry.”
Everything she did was stressful…but I hurried.
I made it and opened the window just as he seemed to be winding down. I could barely hear him but it was clear enough to get the gist of it. “One last time. I apologize for being a dick. It’s been a long year. I have no idea what I did but you made your point. So either except my apology or mix it up. The stew was pretty good as far as being tortured with soup went.”
He was the most dramatic Dom I’d ever met, and if I hadn’t overheard him talking about wanting a little, I’d have never believed it.
“I’m done. I’m not going to feel guilty about throwing out the soup going forward because I’ve apologized.” He mumbled something about being a moron before there was silence.
When it stretched out for a few long moments, I wasn’t surprised to hear Olivia. “He went inside.”
Shutting the window, I headed back to the front of the house. “I couldn’t see him but I could hear him. What was he doing? What did he look like?”
Ignoring her dramatic facial expressions, I waited her out until she gave in. “Kind of like his normally pissy self but different.”
She had no ability to describe anything but clothes and women’s boobs…and anything I’d done wrong.
“Different how?” I knew she was smarter than that, so I decided to shut up and wait her out. It was completely against my natural instincts but it generally worked on her.
Yep.
I had to wait nearly a full minute but eventually she gave in.
Her family was nuts.
“Less angry looking and he was studying the neighborhood like he was plotting a heist. He was definitely walking through all the houses and trying to remember who lived in each one.” Olivia sighed as she glanced back toward the front window. “So, slow, but not terminally stupid.”
He was just stubborn.
I was going to have to watch out for that because he wasn’t going to back down now.
“What do I say when he figures it out?” Stepping toward the door again, I wiggled my way in front of her to get a better view. “He’s very smart. And stubborn. He’s going to figure it out.”
“You’ve got to be kidding? You’ve been doing this for weeks. As long as you stop, he’s going to forget about it.” Olivia was convinced she was right, but I knew Levi better than that. “Just ignore the drama queen and play dumb if he ever actually notices you.”
That was never going to work.
“Alright.” It wasn’t worth arguing with her over. “When did you say you had to go?”
She’d only come over to watch the delivery and see his reaction, and she’d made it clear she couldn’t stay long. I just wasn’t sure if she’d told me why.
“Now.” Pulling her phone out, she frowned and nodded. “Yep, now. Julie’s going to meet me for a late lunch and then I’m going to meet Pepper for coffee.”
Was that a good idea?
I hadn’t dated enough to be sure, but two different women in the same afternoon said bad idea to me.
“Have fun.” That not my monkeys saying raced through my head, but I just smiled and played dumb. That way she couldn’t somehow make her bad decision my fault when it blew up in her face like Mandy and Sandy had.
The fact that she kept mixing up their names was definitely her fault.
“I will.” Her wicked grin as she hurried through the house and out the back door made me really glad I was the completely gay kind of gay and wasn’t even curious about women. “I always have fun.”
Players usually did.
I was the just want a Daddy and a steady partner type, so my days were usually much more boring than hers, but less people screamed at me in public on a regular basis.
It was a trade-off I didn’t mind most of the time.
Occasionally I was stupid, though, and I couldn’t decide if this was one of those times or not.
Yep, I’d been stupid.
I totally should’ve left with her and just tagged along on her impending doom of dates because Levi was marching across the street right at me.
Oops.
What was I supposed to do?
Run?
Hide?
My roommates had all gone home to their families which was why Olivia had been spending so much time hanging out with me helping me make bad decisions.