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Are you going to keep asking questions, or are you going to answer mine?
The smile on my face widened, and I may or may not have giggled. Fuck that, it was a chuckle. A manly, rough, and deep chuckle. Easton Brooks didn’t giggle.
Easton
I have a million questions I want to ask.
What’s your story? Why did you end up in Harmony Haven? Do you have a boyfriend? Are you married? Do you like to come standing up, or do you need to be relaxed?I wasn’t dumb enough to ask her those questions in our first conversation. And Jesse wasn’t crazy enough to respond with interest.
Jesse
This rental was set up through an agency in town, so I have no idea who owns this house. But wouldn’t the agency be the one concerned with anything that needed to be repaired?
Easton
West will want to make sure he’s not considered a slumlord.
Jesse
So your brother is Westley Brooks?
I’ve heard that name before.
Easton
I’m sure you have, so I’m sure you understand why he asked me to check-in.
Jesse
Actually, I’m more confused than ever.
Psh. She and I both were confused, because I had no idea why I was spinning such a web. All I wanted was an excuse to get closer to her, know more about her. Why didn’t I just ask to take her out? I could even start with coffee, I was a gentleman after all.
She was different, though. It wouldn’t be as simple as it normally was for me. For the most part, I could just show up somewhere and have whatever girl I chose. But Jesse wasn’t that type of girl. I knew it from the moment I saw her, almost naked, and protective of her son.
Even if she had had clothes on, I would have found that look in her eyes attractive. There was something about how she had looked at me, and how she had let her guard down when she realized I was there to help. She had morphed into humiliation, but somehow had seemed so powerful and poised when we spoke in her living room. She was a damn deity.
Easton
How about you let me know when the little guy is awake, and I’ll come back and finish those stairs.
Jesse
He woke up a few minutes ago, so I took a hammer to the nails you had been whacking away at, and it’s already done.
Of course it was.
Easton
OK then. How about the fence? I have very recently become a master at fixing fences.
I saw the bubble indicating she was texting back, but no messages came through. After 10 minutes, I set my phone down, thinking I had finally driven her crazy enough to ignore my desperation. Of course, that didn’t mean I was done trying. It just meant I had to think of something else.
After watching TV and flaking out on my couch for a few minutes, my phone finally buzzed with another text message, and I practically pounced on it to see if it was her.
Jesse
I had to make a call first to make sure you were who you said you were. And since you are, I’m going to take you up on that offer because Max needs a safe place to play outside.
