Page 48 of Something Borrowed, Something You

He shrugged. “Just looking at you.”

“Well, don’t do that.”

“Don’t look at you?” He arched a brow. “It’s kind of hard to sit across from someone and have a conversation without looking at them.”

“I meant don’t look at me like that.”

“Like what?”

“All smoldering and stuff.”

“I’m smoldering?”

I exhaled. “Can we just have lunch as friends? No sex talk, no you looking all sexy and staring at me, no pressure.”

“Does this mean you’re turning down what I proposed earlier?”

“I haven’t decided on that yet.”

“Okay, then I’ll try not to stare. But the looking all sexy thing just comes naturally.”

We laughed, and it seemed to break the tension—until my cell phone rang and I looked at the caller ID. SUPER flashed on the screen.

“I’m sorry. It’s my building super. I need to take this.”

I answered, assuming it was Jimmy, the regular maintenance guy. “Hello?”

“My favorite tenant, I hear you need my services?” The voice on the other end made my skin crawl. It wasn’t the super. It was the creep who owned the building.

“Oh. Hi, Damon. I called the super this morning because of a small issue. But it’s not a big deal. I don’t think you need to get involved.”

“Are you home?”

“No, actually, I’m out.”

“What time will you be home? I’ll come take a look at that drain for you.”

I had no idea what time Izzy would be home, and I tried to avoid being alone with him at all costs. “Um… I’m not sure when I’ll be back. Probably not for a few hours.”

“How about five?”

Ugh. Why couldn’t the super just fix it for me like he’d do for every other tenant? “It’s really not a big deal, Damon. Jimmy can fix it when he has time. I can use the bathroom sink for now.”

“I’ll see you at five.”

“I might be a little later.”

“Call me when you’re back at home.”

I managed to stifle a groan. “Fine.”

After I hung up, I couldn’t hide my frustration.

Hunter looked concerned. “What’s up? Everything okay?”

“Do you remember when I told you my husband’s best friend was nice enough to help me find a place to live? But in exchange for that, he thought I should sleep with him?”

“Yeah.”

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