Page 48 of Family Bonds: Coy & Angel

“Don’t worry about it,” he said.

“I’m not,” Spencer said. “Shit, someone is calling me. I’ve got to take this. I’ll talk to you soon.”

“Bye,” he said.

Coy tried to find something to take his mind off of last night and nothing was working.

He had to fix what happened. He couldn’t let it go.

He grabbed his keys and left the house. Thankfully he’d heard the apartment number Angel had and went to see if she was home.

Her SUV was parked in front, but he realized he couldn’t get in and there was no way he was going to call his father to get the code to punch in to get through the security door.

He hit the buzzer hoping she’d answer.

“Hello,” she said.

“It’s Coy. Can we talk?”

There was a moment of silence. “I’ll be right down.”

He waited impatiently and hoped he didn’t lose the courage to confront this issue. “Sorry for just coming over like this. We’ve got to talk.”

“Yes,” she said. “We do. Let’s wait until we get inside.”

Which was his plan all along. Too many people knew who he was even if they weren’t sure who Angel was.

When they were inside, he said, “I shouldn’t have kissed you last night.”

“I believe I kissed you first,” she said, crossing her arms.

She looked pissed. “What are you mad about?’

“Did you want to kiss me?” she asked.

“I said I was sorry,” he said.

“That isn’t what I asked.” She held her hand up when he went to talk. “Let’s say I’m not Spencer Jansen’s sister. I’m just Angel that you met and started to get to know.”

“You work for me,” he argued.

“Ignore that fact too,” she said.

“It’s hard to ignore any of those things.”

“My God, you’re stubborn on top of being slow,” she snapped.

His jaw dropped. “Slow?”

She threw her hands up in the air. “Coy, I wanted to kiss you. Maybe I’ve wanted to kiss you for years. That’s right. Years!”

“You have?” he asked.

“Slow. Clueless. What other words can I come up with?”

“Let me catch up,” he said. Things were processing in his head. “I’ll admit the past few months I’ve noticed things changing between us.”

“So you wanted to kiss me too?” she asked more calmly. “Be honest. Don’t answer as Spencer’s best friend or my boss.”

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