Page 70 of Broken Boss Daddy

“You?” I pointed to him. “There?” Then back to the house. “How?” I was dumbfounded.

Grant chuckled, shrugging his shoulders as he stared at the house adoringly. “It appears that we’re both quite blind to what’s right in front of us.”

“Blind? More like absolutely stupid! How could— You didn’t know this whole time, did you?”

“No.” Grant shook his head. “I only just figured it out myself. Though, I don’t know why I didn’t put it together sooner considering this place is half a block away from the park we went to all the time.”

I breathed out a laugh, wiping some hair out of my face. I was still in a state of shock.

Grant seemed amused at my stupefied state, if his continuous laughter was any indication.

“You can’t just stand there and laugh at me,” I huffed. “You were also dumb enough not to put two and two together.”

“Well, in my defense, I hadn’t been back here inyears.”

“And you think just because I’ve lived here my entire life I should’ve known?”

“No.” He smiled. “But I would’ve thought that you would remember me. You know, considering we were best friends for an entire summer.”

“Oh, shut it.” I swatted at him which had Abby smiling. “I can’t believe you’re the boy from next door. My mind is officially blown, likepoof.”

“In the flesh, apparently.”

“You look nothing like you did when you were a kid.”

“I would hope so. Do you remember how childish I looked? I still get shivers thinking about it.”

Knowing he was joking for my benefit, I joked, “Yeah, you were horrible to look at.”

“Jeez, way to pull the punches there, Flynn.”

Caught up in the moment, I moved closer to him. That moment was just perfect. “I know one little girl who thought you were the cutest,” I whispered.

“Yeah?” He closed the gap between us.

I blushed. “In hindsight, I probably shouldn’t have admitted that.”

Grant brushed my hand with his free one, and not for the first time, I admired his strength. He still kept a decent hold on Abby, and was walking around like she weighed nothing.

“No,” he said. “Because I know of a certain boy who had the biggest crush on this girl who lived next to his grandparents. It may have taken him a couple thousand years to remember who she actually was, but it still counts.”

Chuckling at his attempt at humor, I got lost in his dazzling eyes.

For a moment, we were back as those small children, running around without a care in the world.How did we not know?

“My mind is still trying to figure that out,” Grant replied, and I realized that I had asked that question out loud instead of in my head.

With a glance back at the house, I laughed on a sigh. “You know what this means, right?”

“What?” Grant raised a brow.

“It means that our ignorance levels are either incredibly high or seriously low. Whichever one accounts for the fact that we didn’t figure this out sooner.”

“Beats me. Although, I knew from the moment we met that there was something so familiar about you. I just couldn’t put my finger on it.”

“Me, too. I knew there must’ve been a reason I found you so annoying in that bar.”

“You did not find me annoying.”

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