Page 39 of The One Who Got Away
“Hi.” I brushed my thumb over her lower lip with the trio of freckles. “I missed you.”
“Guess I gotta let you miss me more.” Her eyes twinkled as she tugged at my shirt. “Come inside.”
I didn’t want to miss her more.
Just the words made my stomach twist. I followed her, my eyebrows shooting up at all the black bags lining the hall.
The dining room was piled with stuff in various boxes. “Whoa.”
“I know. Mom has been on a tear. She discovered Facebook Marketplace and sold...a lot.”
“I see.”
She dragged me into the kitchen and hopped up on the kitchen island. She opened her legs, drawing me in closer. “I’m sorry about yesterday.”
“I’m not.” I gripped her hips.
“Not that part. That part was amazing.” She draped her arms over my shoulders. “And I can’t wait to do it again.”
“Yeah?” I grinned against her mouth before I kissed her.
“Definitely.” She toyed with my hair. “I’m exhausted, but I’m happy to see Mom so hyped.”
My grip increased and her eyes flared.
“I would really love to drag you upstairs and get you naked.”
I swallowed hard. “Me too.”
Footsteps on the stairs had me stepping back.
Eloise hopped down just as her mom hurried into the kitchen. A large envelope fell on her way down.
I bent and saw the name on the company with Eloise’s name on it.
“Oh, I thought I heard voices.”
I looked up, holding the packet. “Hi, Melody.”
“Eloise told me she asked you to come over. You didn’t have to come so fast.”
“I was actually on a job over in Hunter’s Run.”
“Right next door practically,” she laughed.
“Uh, El. What’s this?”
I shouldn’t have pried, but my stomach was twisting. “Are you going back to Chicago?”
“What?” She frowned. “No, why?”
I turned the envelope around so she could see it.
“Oh, I suppose I should open that huh?” She took it from me and tore open the side. She slid out the papers and skimmed them, then shot them into the recycler.
I frowned.
“What? Was just an invitation to the Video Game Expo. I was supposed to go with my team, but they’re not my team anymore.”
