Page 25 of Family Bonds: Coy & Angel

“Glad I can help.”

“Yep,” he said. “And I can tell your brother tonight that you did a great job because if he texts me one more time and asks how you’re doing I’m going to block him.”

She frowned. “What a jerk.”

Coy laughed and bumped his shoulder into hers in the hallway. The shocked look on his face told her that he hadn’t meant to do it. “Sorry,” he said. “Guess I was thinking of you as Spencer’s sister that I always talked to and not my employee. I won’t do it again. No reason to have gossip in the office that you’re getting special treatment or anything.”

“It’s fine,” she said. “What were you going to say before you apologized?”

“What?” he asked.

“You were laughing and bumped my shoulder. You were going to say something about Spencer I think?”

“Oh yeah,” he said. “Spencer knows you’re going to do a great job. He’s just excited and nervous for you at the same time. He’s like a parent watching their kid on training wheels.”

“He’s not my parent,” she argued. Talk about frustrating.

“As I’ve pointed out a few times,” he said. “Don’t worry. While you’re here in my office, I’m team Angel, not Spencer.”

And that was exactly the reason she fell in love with him so many years ago.

8

HIS MIND HAD CHANGED

His mother better behave today!

Two weeks later, Coy was driving to his parents’ house for dinner with them. Angel would be over shortly.

His mother was adamant she had to meet Spencer’s sister.

He found it hard to extend the invitation and not have it seem odd.

Something in his mind had changed in the past two weeks and he wasn’t sure what the hell it was.

Angel wasn’t just Spencer’s baby sister anymore.

She wasn’t only his employee either.

She was a combination of both and then something more he couldn’t put his finger on.

From the comfort he felt with her at night in his office talking, joking and laughing while they finished their notes.

The confidence she exhibited in her job just two weeks in.

Best hire of his life, he knew it hands down, and for some reason couldn’t figure out why his best friend had been so worried about it.

He was going to offer to pick her up but decided not to last minute. She’d talked about driving around the island and finding her way so he was going to let her do that.

Though Spencer wanted him to watch out for Angel, he wasn’t going to hold her hand. It wasn’t his way.

There was no reason for it either.

Angel was thriving on her own that he could see and maybe it was a joy to watch when he’d always been told things that made him wonder how Angel could get out of her own way at times.

To him, this was more over protectiveness from family members.

“Hi, Mom,” he yelled going in the door of his childhood home and walking to the back. “Your youngest son is home.”

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