He was just following the directions that I had given him. There was no way that I was going to have him stop. I did mention that he could tone it down just a little bit. Of course, once he found out that it annoyed her, he turned into the annoying brother she didn’t ask for.
Rebekah: I miss you
That was the last message I had received. She sent it late last night when she should have been asleep. My heart burst, reading those three little words. We might not have defined any relationship, but knowing she missed me gave me hope that the conversation would be a positive one when it happened.
Beau: I miss you too, Sweets
I turned my phone off and sat back, enjoying the flight home. I just hoped Rebekah would be waiting for me when I got there.
When we got backto the office, we took time unloading the trucks and putting away all the gear we took with us. We would take tomorrow off and rest before coming in and reorganizing the gear. It was important to be prepared for our next case.
I didn’t see Rebekah when we first got there, and my heart broke. Of course, I didn’t expect her to still be at the office when we got back. It was after two in the morning here, and she should have been in bed.
“Welcome back, Boss,” Seth greeted me, stepping into the room as I was dropping my gear on the table.
“Hey, man. It’s good to be home. You made sure Rebekah made it home safely tonight?”
“Uh, about that…” He trailed off.
I waited, knowing he was fixing to tell me something I probably didn’t want to hear.
“Bex knew that you were coming home tonight, so she refused to leave the office.”
“So, where the hell is she?”
“In your office. She hung out with me in the cave for a little while, and we watched movies. After trying to hide the fourth yawn, I made her lie down in the office. She passed out about five minutes after I sent her there.”
I sighed. The man in me was thrilled that she wanted to be here when I got home, but the Daddy in me was upset she didn’t listen to Seth. “Okay, man, thank you for watching over her while I was gone. I’ll take it from here.”
“No problem, man. It’s not like it was a big hardship to watch her. It’s like having a little sister around to bug and annoy.”
I laughed at his statement because I knew that he was right. “Trust me, I know. I was getting all sorts of threatening messages while I was gone. And it wasn’t me she was mad with.”
Seth grinned at my words; he knew exactly what he had been doing. It was this kind of relationship I wanted her to have with him. After saying bye to him, I made my way toward my office to collect my sleepy Little brat.
The first thing I noticed when I walked in was that she was curled up on the sofa. The next thing was that she was wrapped up in my blanket. A blanket I knew for certain wasn’t at the office when I left and it wasn’t the one I had originally bought to leave here. How she’d managed to get her hands on it, I was not sure. I intended to find out, though.
“Wake up, sleepy head. It’s time to go home,” I whisper, gently shaking her shoulder, careful not to scare her.
“Beau? Is that you?”
“Who else would be waking you up to go home, silly?”
“I don’t know, but yep, let’s go home.”
She lifted her arms toward me, and my heart soared. I reached down and lifted her into my arms. After shutting off the table lamp on my way out, I waved goodbye to Seth and Josh and took my girl home.
CHAPTER 14
REBEKAH
I tooka deep breath as I snuggled into Beau’s arms. I loved being carried, but there have been very few men in my life who have been able to do it without making it seem like it was such a hardship.
He placed me on the front seat of his truck and tucked the blanket I stole from his house around me snugly. I didn’t mean to break into his home, not technically. I was missing him, though, and I was stressed that something was going to happen to him while he was gone. I was seeking comfort, and I wouldn’t apologize for that.
I must have fallen asleep again because when I woke up, we were in the driveway of Beau’s house and not mine. “What are we doing here?” I sleepily mumbled as he reached across to unbuckle me before collecting me into his arms once more.
“I’m not ready to let you out of my sight yet, so I hope it’s okay that I brought you here instead. If you don’t feel comfortable, I can take you home.”
