Kresley began fanning her face and stated “so noted. I’ll make sure I put that info into my brain for future reference. But for now, I really need to try to sleep some. But I want you to know, Cade, that I am so glad today happened. Not the way it happened, but I’m glad all the same. Because it allowed me to meet you. I like you and want to get to know you.” The blush on Kresley’s face was a tomato red. Cade’s knuckles rubbed over her blushing cheek.
“You have nothing to worry about Red. I’ll protect your heart while I’m doing all I can to capture it for my own. Now, give me your cell number so I can have it. Respond to the text I’ll send when you get locked up tight upstairs and the door has been locked and secured. I’ll call in the morning and let you know I’m on my way so you can watch for me to let me inside. Goodnight sweetheart, I can’t wait to see you tomorrow morning”, Cade sincerely stated.
Kresley gave him her cell number and heard the ding from her phone in her pocket right after. She looked and saw it was an unknown text from someone sending a kissing lips emoji. Kresley just shook her head and laughed. She responded back with Cade standing right there the bird finger emoji. Cade looked and laughed hard. He gave her a quick peck on the lips, told her to lock up tight and left without a backward glance. Kresley quickly shut and locked the door, setting the alarm. She eased through the dark warehouse and made it to her steps. She walked up them, noting how much darker they were. She hadn’t noticed that before.
Once inside her apartment, she locked the locks and alarmed the system. Kresley then took out her phone, took a picture of the locks and alarm and sent it to Cade with the words “see, I can follow orders”. Cade soon replied with “we’ll see how much you can follow orders later on” and added a wink emoji with it. Kres sent back an eye roll emoji and stated goodnight. She then walked to her bedroom, took off all of her clothes and got into bed naked, ready to fall asleep quickly. Her last thought before dozing off was of Cade, laying there with her, rubbing her back and looking into her eyes from his beautiful blue depths. He seemed to be such a wonderful man. And with that last thought, Kresley’s eyes closed and she slipped into a dreamless sleep.
Chapter Seven
What a jerk! Cade Grantham was a pain in the ass jerk. Kresley was irritated this morning and it was mostly because of Cade. It all started at 7:00 with a text.
Cade: Good morning beautiful. Hope you slept well. Won’t be there at 8. Have to take Aunt Mae to run an errand. How does 9 AM sound instead?
Kresley: Seriously? Don’t ever text me this early unless there is a big emergency, life and death and all that crap.
Cade: Uh oh. Sounds like someone’s a grumpy bear in the morning. Want me to bring breakfast instead and you go back to sleep?
Kresley: *thumbs up emoji*
Cade: glazed plain or chocolate glazed? Or cream filled? Maybe raspberry filled? I know! What about powdered sugar?
Kresley: I. DON’T. CARE. Going back to sleep now. Bye Cade. One more text and Big Sexy will be retired from the vocab.
Cade: Kres the Kranky is my new nickname for YOU. And since I was typing this as you sent your last, this doesn’t count as “one more text”. See you at 9 sharp baby.
Kresley: *turd emojis*
Kresley put her phone back after changing her alarm to 8:30 and went back to sleep. A banging on her door woke her up at 8:59 AM. Dang it! She had either slept through her alarm or didn’t actually turn it to active before going back to sleep. Cade would be here any minute and she probably had one or more of her sisters banging on her door. Great, just great. Good morning Kresley!
She sullenly got up from bed and put a long tshirt on with a pair of men’s boxer shorts, then moved through her bedroom across her apartment to the door. She looked through the peep hole and saw that it was in fact Francie, Gertie, Birdie and Grace. Oh, joy. Kresley turned off the alarm system and opened up the door without any greeting and turned around, heading to the kitchen. Coffee. She needed it as much as she needed oxygen to breathe.
“Well good morning to you, too, sunshine”, Francie stated, watching Kresley struggle to get her coffee maker set up. “All of us were worried about you and wanted to check on you first thing this morning. Grace told us to wait until you showed up down stairs, but we all know that wasn’t going to happen. So how ARE you doing?”
Kresley turned around as she waited on her first cup of coffee. All of her sisters and Grace were sitting at her kitchen granite counter, watching her silently. Kresley sighed. “I’m okay. Headache is gone and feeling a little sore from the push against the wall, I guess. I slept hard last night and would have slept longer if not for 7 AM text messages and sisters beating down my door.”
“Who text you at 7 this morning?”, Birdie asked, walking over to Kresley and giving her a tight hug and telling her to sit down. Birdie began making Kresley’s coffee just as she liked it, 3 sugars, 2 creamers and stirred with a cinnamon stick.
“Cade woke me up with
