Page 45 of Stealing Home

Ty and I walk over to the elevators. I’m annoyed at him for what just happened. I know he isn’t the biggest fan of Sean’s, but he shouldn’t be interfering with my friendship like that. The elevator doors open and we step in. Ty hits the floor number and just stands there.

“What was that about? If you have plans, that’s cool. Just because you don’t like the guy doesn’t mean you can dictate my plans.”

“You have plans, you just don’t know it yet. You’ll thank me later.”

“What fucking plans?”

“You’ll see in a few minutes.”

I huff. I’m mad now. What the hell is going on? This is not normal for my brother. He’s pretty much a straight shooter,so him being evasive just makes me think he doesn’t want me hanging with the group that was going to dinner. To be fair, they tend to get in some trouble with the media, but it hasn’t been anything crazy.

The elevator dings and the doors open. I didn’t even pay attention to the floor number and I haven’t seen the keycard holder to know the room number. I follow Tyler out and down the hall. I look around. It seems the rooms are further apart on this floor. I don’t see any of our teammates either.

Ty stops at the door and turns around. He looks over at me and now I’m starting to think something is wrong.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” I ask him, dripping with annoyance.

“Just wanted to see your mood first.” He tells me.

“Huh?” Now I’m confused.

He doesn’t answer me, instead he just turns around and puts the keycard to the reader. The door beeps and unlocks. He opens the door and walks in. I roll my eyes and follow him.

“Hey Handsome! I’ve missed you.” I hear Heather before I see her.

I stop in my tracks. Heather’s here? Why is she here? Is Adriana with her? I haven’t heard from her since she said she needed time. I wanted to just say hi and see how it was going, but didn’t want to push. I shake my head to snap out of my thoughts because I have to continue walking into the suite before it seems weird.

I walk the rest of the way into the hotel room and see it’s actually a suite with two rooms. In front of me, Heather and Ty are embracing each other. I hear a door close to my left and turn my head. She is here. I don’t know if this is good or bad because we are in Colorado. And this is where she’s from and that dumbass that hurt her is still here. What if she came with Heather to see him? What if she tells me she’s getting backtogether with him? Wait, there are two bedrooms in this suite. That means there are only two beds. Where am I going to sleep? Where is she going to sleep? Why am I worried about this? It’s not like we are dating, so we aren’t sharing a bed. She hasn’t even given me a sign that she wants or is interested in that.

She looks beautiful in her jeans that fit her perfectly without looking like they were painted on. She has a pink zip on that makes her skin glow and a black shirt underneath. And a pair of black chucks on. She’s comfy and I love that she doesn’t feel the need to dress up all the time, only when the occasion calls for it.

“Hey there.” I say.

“Hey Cole.”

“Hi Brother!” Heather says and comes to give me a hug.

As I hug Heather back she whispers in my ear “Good surprise?”. She planned this. All I can do is squeeze her a little harder and nod my head so I don’t give our conversation away. Now it makes sense that Ty didn’t leave any room for me to say I didn’t have plans. Suddenly, I’m no longer annoyed at my big brother.

“No hug for me?” Adriana asks as she puts her hand on hips.

“You get a hug too.” I tell her and pull her into a hug.

“When did you two get in?” I ask as I let go of her.

“About an hour ago. We wanted to make sure we got here before you two did to surprise you guys.” Heather tells us.

“You knew about this?” I ask Ty.

“Kind of. Heather mentioned they might come out. I only got confirmation right before we took off today.” Ty clues me in.

“Are we a good surprise?” Adriana asks.

“The best.” I tell her.

“What do you ladies want to do for dinner? Room service, or do we go out?” Ty asks.

Adriana and Heather look at each other and nod.

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