Page 36 of Love at First Flight
Gunner let out a groan, “But, Siren, I don’t want to go.”
She laughed, “You have to. Someone has to make the big bucks.”
He snorted, “Fine. You win. I love you my Siren.”
“I love you too. Pick me up later.”
He kissed Arielle really quick, and then left.
Arielle let out a sigh and Kadence smiled, “Come on, we have work to do. I told Rickie she could hang out with us.”
Arielle grinned, “Yeah? Okay. Tell us all about Gunner and Raiden as kids.”
Rickie laughed, “Oh, I am going to like you. Yes, yes I am.”
She told them all about the shenanigans the boys used to get into as kids and Harrison, Dirk and Owen were all laughing along with them.
Harrison even told them a few stories of when they started out on their own.
Kadence’s stomach hurt from laughing so hard and by the time they were done with their work for that day, a lot had been done in the shop.
The new cabinets were up, as was all the shelving, the painting was almost done and they had new stations going in for sewing.
Arielle had given her two cents in and Dirk had written them all down and told her that the stations would be exactly to their liking and how they wanted them to be.
It was a very productive day and Kadence absolutely adored Rickie and the men who worked for and with Raiden.
He was the owner of the company, yes, but he still got down and dirty with them.
Still worked on site with them and still helped in any capacity.
She loved that he never treated his employees badly and that he didn’t think he was better than them.
In fact, Harrison told them that Raiden paid them all so well that they were even more loyal to him and would never cause him to question them.
She didn’t doubt it either. She had seen how efficient they all were and she loved it.
She thanked the men and then she, Rickie and Arielle all went to their small bungalow that was slowly losing all of their things.
Kadence grabbed a few more outfits to bring to Raiden’s and Arielle did the same for Gunners.
When they were ready, they sat on the couch with Rickie who had a forlorn look on her face.
Kadence touched her knee, “Hey, what is with the face?”
Rickie shook her head and Arielle stopped her, “Uh, uh. You are one of us now. Come on, tell us what’s going on.”
Rickie let out a sigh, “Okay, but I am kind of embarrassed about it.”
They waited and Rickie said, “I am sort of in love with Steele.”
Kadence felt her eyebrows raise, and Rickie nodded, “Yeah, that Steele.”
Arielle sat back, “Does Raiden know?”
Rickie shook her head, “No one does. Aside from you. I don’t know what it is about him. Why he is so perfect to me, but he is. Like I can’t handle it. When he came into the bank for the first time he was such a powerful man, so tall and imposing, but he isn’t that way. Not really.”
She shook her head, “He is sweet, and kind and yet he knows how to get the job done. They have been setting up the new system for a few weeks and every single day he comes in, my heart flutters and I want to see more of him. I don’t understand it.”
