“That’s interesting.I would think you’d be spending less money onnecessitiesand more time figuring out how to get your daughter back.”
Her brow puckers.“Oh, I am, but there’s only so much I can do.I hate this waiting around, but the court hearing isn’t for another month.”
A month!Freaking hell.
“The most important thing Jaeger and I can do now is create a loving home for our daughter.”
No.Way.This has got to end.She’s using him.“Where’s Jaeger?”
“In his outhouse.”
Woodshop, dumbass.
I’m not leaving Kate in Jaeger’s office.She might decide to use his credit card to purchase a hot tub or a tropical island.“Do you think you can show me the way?”I ask sweetly.“I always forget which door to use.”
Kate smirks.She knows I’m full of shit, but she lowers her slender, mile-long legs and saunters into the living room and out the back door.We pass her fancy sports car, and I do a double take at another luxury vehicle in the drive, this one red.Who’s here now?
Kate raps on the woodshop door and walks inside, clearly having no problem barging into his private space.It pisses me off, until I see Jaeger—with another woman.
He’s sitting on the couch with a beautiful brunette standing between his legs in nothing but a bra and a short black skirt.The same woman I saw him with at Blue the night I went home with Drake.
“Jaeger!” Kate exclaims in a nasally, high-pitched screech.
Okay, I can be understanding—my boyfriend is living with his ex-girlfriend—but this is taking it too far.“Sweetie, you seem to have one too many women in the house.”
Jaeger glances over, his face startled and confused.He didn’t budge when Kate yelled, as if he’s grown accustomed to tuning her out, but my comment grabs his attention.“Cali?”
The woman in front of him eases back, making no move to cover her chest.She’s in a pretty black bra with perfect abs—noticing meaningless details helps keep me from fleeing the scene in a huff of indignation.I’ve had my fill of crap, but I love Jaeger, and the expression on his face is one of shock.He’s as surprised as me, and I don’t think it’s because I walked in on him.
Jaeger stands and staggers to me.He grabs my hand, angling toward the woman.“Danielle, this is my girlfriend, Cali.”
Kate snorts beside us, her face contorted in annoyance.Jaeger doesn’t introduce her.
Danielle lifts her purse from the floor beside the couch and casually pulls out a silk tank.She turns and slips on her top as if she dresses in front of an audience every day.“I see I’ve caught you at a bad time.”She walks over and squeezes his thick bicep.I’m tempted to bite her hand like a rabid animal.“Call me later.”
I’ve gotta hand it to the woman—she’s got balls.
Jaeger watches Danielle leave, then looks at me.His eyes widen.“What?She ambushed me.I had no idea what she was up to.”
“Jaeger!”Kate screeches.I’d forgotten Kate, and at this point, I’d prefer to tune her out too.“How can you do this?Think about our daughter!”
“Kate,” Jaeger says curtly.“Give me a moment with Cali.”
Kate leaves and slams the door on her way out.Jaeger marches to one of his worktables.He shoves tools into a drawer and bangs his fist on the table.“What the fuck!”
“Yeah-h-h,my thoughts exactly,” I say.
He stalks over, linking our fingers.“Come on.Let’s get out of here.We’ll go to your place.”
“Wait.”I tug on his arm to stop him.We will go to my place and talk, because I have a few questions for him about that woman, but first—“You can’t leave Kate alone in your house.When I arrived, she was shopping online with your credit card and claiming you as herhusband.”
“Motherfucker,” he mumbles.
Jaeger is judicious with his expletives.He must really be pissed.
After spending his day searching for Kate’s sister in Reno, getting ambushed by the lady from Blue, then discovering he’s being ripped off by his ex-girlfriend, I guess I can understand.
We walk to the house and Jaeger flings open the back screen door, catching it a second before it smashes me in the face.He stalks across the living room toward the hallway.Kate moves around the kitchen island with a bag of cookies in her hand, tracking his progress.At the end of the hall, Jaeger pulls out a key, then closes and locks the door to his office.
