Page 25 of Billionaire Unforgettable: Tanner

“And worked for a great company in Boston to get her experience,” he informed me.

“That’s fantastic,” I replied as I stopped near the door of my small apartment building. “This is me.”

I hadn’t known Lauren well, but I’d seen her occasionally when she visited Tanner. I’d always liked her, and I was so happy that she’d reached her life goals.

“So what time are you coming to the house tomorrow?” he asked like the visit was a done deal. “If you come early, we can ride while it’s warm enough, and I’ll throw some food on the grill afterward. I still suck at cooking, but I can grill.”

I knew that meeting with Tanner again could be disastrous.

We had too much history to start over again as friends.

But I also dreaded spending the day alone after a morning visit with my mom.

My mother had a more active social life than I did, and she had an event to attend at noon.

“I’ll never hurt you again, Hannah, and you’re perfectly capable of smacking me in the head if I do something stupid.”

I laughed. “Okay. I’ll be at Mom’s for breakfast. I’ll head over to your place about eleven.”

I might end up regretting it, but I was a much wiser woman than I’d been seven years ago.

If being around him started to screw with my head, I’d leave and not look back.

But as of now, it did seem like he’d changed, and I didn’t want to dwell on our past forever.

I wasn’t sure if Tanner Remington and I could really be friends, but it would be kind of nice to have something to do on a Sunday in Crystal Fork.

I was still physically attracted to him, but I was a thirty-four year old woman. I could learn to control my hormones, right?

I finally let go of his hand as I dug out my keys for my ground floor apartment.

“I’ll see you tomorrow,” Tanner said in a satisfied voice.

“Tanner?” I said as he started to leave.

“Yeah?”

“Thanks for listening and letting me cry on your shoulder. I think I needed that.”

“My shoulder should have always been there for you whenever you needed it,” he answered regretfully. “But it will always be there if you need it in the future.”

I smiled as I stood at the open door of my apartment. “I think I’m done crying over that time in my life now. I think we’ve both moved on.”

“That’s good,” he rumbled as he turned to walk back to the bar to get his vehicle. “I’d much rather make you smile in the future.”

I smiled wider.

Tanner had always hated to see me cry.

I closed the door and leaned my forehead against it, feeling a lot lighter and more optimistic than I had since I’d returned to Crystal Fork.

Hannah

“Igot a call on my way here today,” I told my mother as we were eating breakfast at her house the next morning. “From Annelise Kendrick. She said she’s desperate to get her hair cut and her nails done for an appearance in New York. She wants to fly in and out the same day, so she won’t have a lot of time to get anything done in New York. She asked me to come to her place tomorrow.”

I’d nearly choked when I’d answered the phone.

I was used to having influential clients, but not someone as uber famous as Annelise Kendrick.TheAnnelise Kendrick.

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