Page 8 of Tempting Tessa

Sigh. “OK, I’ll let you plan what you want but I am not going to get up and sing!”

“Fine, party pooper,” she retorts back to me.

We end up all staying for dinner and grill again, as it’s such a beautiful evening. Ty is worn out, so we head home around 8pm. I had such a great day with Caroline, Luke, and Jake. It was exactly what Caroline had suggested it would be; a relaxed atmosphere without any pressure like a date would have been. After I get Ty to bed, I grab a glass of wine and sit down to catch up on my DVR for a bit when I hear my cell dinging that I have a new text.

Jake: It was great to spend the day with you and Ty. He is such a little character!

Tessa: Thanks, we had a great day as well. He was very impressed by you. All I heard about on the way home was that he gets to help with the hammer on Monday. LOL.

Jake: I will make sure to let my crew lead know to expect an extra set of hands on Monday morning. ;)

Jake: I hope you have a good night.

Tessa: You too Jake.

Cue the schoolgirl crush returning after that text exchange. I don’t know how I am going to get through seeing him here in my house next week wearing a tool belt and looking all sexy. My hormones are going to be through the roof.

Jake

Monday morning rolls around and our job at Tessa’s starts today. I will stop by to check on the progress mid-morning to see how demo is going. The roof crew should have everything stripped by mid-afternoon, allowing them to start to re-shingle the roof, and finish tomorrow. The inside crew is scheduled to be demoing the kitchen ceiling and floor this morning and then will start to replace the damaged sheetrock first, and then we will complete the floors. I decide to send Tessa a quick text to make sure everyone arrived and things are going well.

Jake: Just checking to make sure my crew has arrived and the dumpster was delivered in the correct location this morning.

Tessa: Crew’s all arrived and are working away. However, the dumpster company placed the dumpster right in the middle of my driveway. I don’t know if I can get my car out of the garage.

Jake: I’m so sorry about that. The driver must not have read the notes on where to put it. I’ll call them now to come and move it so that you can get out.

Tessa: Thanks, it isn’t a huge problem for today, but tomorrow morning I have work.

I immediately call the dumpster company, as this is unacceptable. They need to get over there ASAP and move it to the correct location. I get ahold of them and they assure me they will send out a driver to move it by this afternoon.

After dealing with what I need to get done with this afternoon, I head over to Tessa’s to check on the demo myself and to see her, if I am being honest. I just can’t shake this pull I have toward her. After spending Saturday with her at Luke and Caroline’s house, I would love to get to know her even more.

When I arrive, I first check in with my roof crew. Everything is going as planned with their demolition, so I head inside. I am almost immediately greeted by Ty wearing a hard hat and holding a hammer. He sure is a cute kid.

“Jake! Look, I get to help with the hammer!”

“Cool, Ty, have you helped demo anything yet?”

“No.” He pouts a little. “Mom says it’s too dangerous and I have to stay out of the kitchen. I can only watch from the living room.”

“Your mom is pretty smart, ya know. We wouldn’t want you to get hurt if something fell on you as they are tearing down the celling.”

Ty sighs. “I know, I just wish I could help.”

“I know, buddy. Maybe when they are putting in the flooring you can help with something.”

“Really!? That would be so awesome!”

Ty runs off yelling, “Mom, Jake said I might be able to help!”

I chuckle at his antics and go to find my inside crew. When I enter the kitchen, I find that they’ve run into some issues. It looks like they found another leaky pipe when they opened the ceiling that needs to be fixed. It will be an easy fix and shouldn’t slow us down much, but I do need to let Tessa know, so I go off to find her.

Jake: Are you around, I need to show you something in the kitchen.

Tessa: Yep, I will be right down.

As I wait for Tessa to come down to the kitchen, I continue looking over what my crew has done so far.

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