Addie was exhausted. Stop-the-car-and-fall-asleep-on-the-side-of-the-road kind of exhausted. And the park had only been open for a bit over a week!
One week and two days, and every one of those days had been busy. Although they were closed on Mondays and she’d had Wednesday off, it still felt like a lot.
At least she’d kept up with the busyness. No, not just kept up—she’d kicked ass, and there’d beena lotof things to smooth out. Booking system errors. Late bookings. Twice the website had crashed, and she’d had to spend hours figuring out why and how to fix it.
But…she was glad the guys had a busy park. After all the work they’d put into it, they deserved it.
She took a right turn, her mind going to Noah. During her break today, shemayhave passed the rock-climbing wall because she’d known he’d be there. And shealsomay have watched him for a solid ten minutes. He’d climbed beside an older woman who clearly had a fear of heights.
Addie’s heart fluttered at the memory of how gentle he’d been with the woman. At the way he’d leaned in close to keep her calm. Addie hadn’t been able to hear what he’d said, butwhatever it was, it had given the woman the confidence to keep moving.
Gah! Working with a man as good-looking and kind and capable as Noah was hard.
She pulled up outside the Chinese restaurant and climbed out of her car. The parking lot was busy. Certainly busier than she’d thought it would be for a Sunday night.
She was halfway across the lot when she felt it. That damn feeling of eyes on her.
God, what was that? It was a freaking constant lately, and shehatedit. She’d never felt this in Bozeman, and the first few weeks in Amber Ridge were fine. But now? Now she literally felt like she was being watchedallthe time.
She sighed as she stepped inside the restaurant and stopped at the counter. “Hi, I’d like to pick up an order for Addie.”
She’d ordered far too much food. Think, feed-an-army, get-sick-if-she-ate-it-all kind of too much, because leftovers were always a good idea. Plus, variety was nice too.
The lady turned away to find it when a male said her name from behind. “Addie.”
She turned.
Crap.
“Hi, Rhett.” Was it not enough that she saw this annoying man every day at work? He was the most arrogant person she’d ever met, and she was pretty sure half the time he was flirting with her. Not good flirting though, hence her uncertainty.
“Good opening week at the park, wasn’t it?” He bumped her shoulder.
“Yeah, it was very busy.” She tried to turn away, but he kept talking.
“I was talking to Cass. She told me you’re new in town.”
“That’s right.”
“You know, before I moved to Texas to work at Geronimo Adventure Park, I grew up here. I could show you around. Let you in on all the secret hangout spots.”
Was it awful that she couldn’t think of anything worse? Mostly because she hadn’t had a single conversation with Rhett where he wasn’t talking about himself or inadvertently hitting on her. “That’s kind of you to offer, but I’ve actually seen a lot already.”
“Uh, but you haven’t had Tour El Ferdinanze.”
Ferdinanze being Rhett’s last name. It took a lot to hold back the eye roll.
“Here you go.”
Thank God. Addie turned back to the counter to pay and thank the woman before taking her bag of food.
“Wow, that’s a lot of food for such a little lady.” Rhett gave her a one-sided smile. “You planning on sharing with someone?”
“Nope. This little lady likes to eat. I’ll see you later, Rhett.” She walked around him.
“Wait, where did we land on that tour?”
“I really don’t need a tour, and I’m a bit busy at the moment.” Busy? Ha. Her plan for tonight was to eat copious amounts of Chinese food while watchingThe Bachelorand finishing it off with some Huckleberry Chocolate Swirl ice cream. Yep, her chocolate addiction was alive and strong.
