Shit.
His lips twitched, like he nearly smiled.
“Hi. Come in. Unless you changed your mind about the pancakes, which would be… fine.” I said the last word as he stepped past me with a grocery bag I hadn’t noticed sitting at his feet.
“Are you baking something?”
I shut the door behind him. “A cake. I owe Abby one.”
He saw it on the countertop, partially decorated, and thankfully didn’t ask how long I’d been awake.
“Here.” He pulled my thong out of his pocket and handed it over.
My chest squeezed. “Thanks.”
I ducked into my room to put it with my outfit for that night, ignoring the stupid way my heart pounded. After I dropped the fabric on my dress, my fingers lingered above it.
A beat of hesitation passed before I lifted it to my nose and inhaled. My eyes closed as Finn’s scent filled my lungs, mixed with laundry detergent.
He smelled soright.
And he’d washed it for me. That was thoughtful.
Having breakfast together was his idea, too.
Did that mean anything?
Probably not. It was just too long of a drive to go there and back without stopping. And his wolf was probably pushing him to spend a little bit of time with me. Making pancakes in my house was sort of easier than meeting for drinks at a bar.
We were just friends. Barely even friends. That was going to have to be enough.
I dropped the fabric again and padded back out to the kitchen. Finn had already stacked my dirty cake dishes next to the sink and was mixing ingredients in a clean bowl.
He hadn’t wasted any time.
Definitely in a hurry to leave.
That was fine. I needed a nap after he was gone anyway.
I met him in the kitchen, picking up the piping bag. My cake was only half decorated, which he must’ve noticed, because he hadn’t put the bag with the dishes when he moved everything else.
“This one isn’t pink,” he said.
It was a pretty shade of violet. Fun, but not bright or crazy.
“I make them different colors based on who it’s for. Hot pink is a Jade color.”
“Abby is purple?”
“Mmhm.”
“What color was Stella’s?”
“Rose.”
“So, pink.”
“I didn’t say Jade’s was theonlypink one. I do love pink.”
