She gasps, her cheeks tugging up in a smile even though her mouth is full. “Really?”
The question comes out garbled due to the food, but I’ve quickly learned Anna-speak while she’s eating.
“Yep. I felt like it was the right thing to do.”
She nods her agreement.
“I hope she leaves him. She’s been with him longer, and he married the other woman.”
“So messed up.”
“I agree. Now I have to figure out how to tell Wren.”
“Tell Wren?” Her brows draw together in confusion. “Didn’t you tell me you two don’t talk about work?”
“This isn’t work, really. My job with Jones was over the night he came to my door with the intent to kill me.”
Her nose scrunches because she had Russians trash her apartment after she fled when she thought her ex-best friend had been murdered next door.
“We promised not to lie to each other, and since most of the stuff we’ve fought about were lies of omission on his part, it doesn’t feel right to keep it from him.”
“That’s mature,” she says as she leans back in the booth, finally taking a break from stuffing her face. “What do you think he’s going to say?”
“I don’t think he’s going to be upset. I think I’m going to have to stop him from ruining Theold’s life when he hears all the details.”
She laughs. “He is a piece of shit.”
“I get the feeling Rebecca will be the one to set his world on fire, I just provided the kindling.”
Lunch carries on with a ton of laughs, but it ends as quickly as it begins. Anna gets a call from Deacon about the same time my phone flashes with a text from Wren. We make plans to meet again in a few days and go different directions when we leave the café. She’s heading to the office, and I’m heading back to the apartment.
Wren: I have a surprise for you. Come home. I’m heading there now.
I have to roll my eyes.
Me: Your last surprise was a dick in a box. I’m not falling for that mess again.
The three little dots appear and disappear several times before he sends me a heart emoji.
I used to feel like an idiot walking through the reception area of our building. It was almost like people could read my filthy thoughts, but things have shifted. Wren values me, listens when I talk, and he also just happens to dole out orgasms likes it’s his life’s mission to make me come.
I pull the access card from my back pocket and plug it into the machine, beyond grateful that it makes the elevator shoot to the top rather than chancing getting interrupted by anyone else.
I’m still all smiles when I open the door to the apartment, noticing Simon curled up on the couch and Puff Daddy staring at him from the other side of the room like my fat cat will pop up at any second and try to eat his face off. I’ve spent nearly every second in this apartment since Wren hunted me down in California, but those two are no closer to getting along.
I don’t bother calling my man’s name as I make my way through the apartment, and I don’t stop the eye roll when I find him sitting on the bed with a gift-wrapped package on his lap.
He winks at me as I cross the room and lift the lid, and yep… a dick in a box.
THE END
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