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“Thanks for driving,” he says.

“Sure.”

“You’ve gotten better over time.”

My lips quirk. “I wasn’t bad before.”

He snorts. “Okay. We got pulled over twice while you were driving.”

“But I didn’t actually get a ticket so it doesn’t count.”

Matías smiles at me and my chest warms. “Not sure it works that way.”

With a small shake of his head, he reaches into the back seat to grab his briefcase. After closing the door, he looks at me over the top of the car.

“Goodnight, Adrian.”

I nod my head. “Goodnight, Matías.”

And then I walk out of the garage, through the grass, and straight into my house.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

ADRIAN

I slept like shit.I tossed and turned, thinking about Matías. The Matías I knew back then, and the one that’s now my neighbor. Living next to him and working with him is going to drive me to the brink of insanity.

I like to think of myself as a good person who tries to do the right things. I’m far from perfect and I make mistakes, but I feel like my proximity to Matías is going to be the end of me.

Charlotte walks up to me as I’m pouring my coffee into my tumbler.

“Morning.” She kisses my cheek before opening the fridge.

“Morning.”

“You must’ve got in late. I didn’t even hear you come into the room.”

“It was after midnight,” I say, rubbing my eyes.

“Was it a good trip?” she asks, pulling a carton of eggs out and placing them on the counter.

“Uhh, as good as a work trip can be, I guess,” I say with a slight chuckle.

“Dad called,” she says, making my spine stiffen.

“Oh?”

“He wants to visit as soon as we’re settled.”

“Why?”

She huffs. “To check on me? To make sure we’re okay?”

“We’re not children anymore. I left Chicago to get out from under our parents, and now your dad is already wanting to visit?”

“Well, you don’t have to see him then,” she says, getting upset. “It’ll spark questions, but I guess I’ll deal with that.”

“We’ll talk about it later. I gotta get to work.”

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