Damn. Even exhausted and stressed her smile lit up her face. She moved past him and he stared after her.
“Are you drooling?” Kellan asked.
Eli turned to him in shock. “Did you just make a joke?”
Kellan blinked at him. “No. You really do seem to be drooling.” He pointed to a corner of his mouth and Eli rubbed at it.
Jesus. Had he been drooling? That was embarrassing.
Then he realized that Arabella had stopped by the elevator and had turned to look at them.
Her stinky dog had turned to look at them both too. Great. They were getting in another enclosed space with the stinkiest thing on the planet.
“You remember when Shaw got sprayed by that skunk?” Eli asked.
“Yes. We threw tomatoes at him because you thought tomato juice would help, but all it did was make him angry. And Mrs. Evans, because we stole her tomatoes.”
“Yeah, well, that dog stinks, but when he farts, it’s nuclear,” Eli said as he strode toward the elevator. “They smell worse than that skunk.”
“Impossible,” Kellan replied.
Kellan had never smelledsomething so wretched in his life. He was actually choking and tears were streaming down his face. He prided himself on the control he had over his body and mind.
That seemed to have disappeared.
All due to a dog’s fart.
“I’m so sorry,” Arabella said, clearly looking distressed.
Over her shoulder Eli was grinning at him.
“What the hell has he been eating?” Kellan asked.
“I don’t know. I guess maybe dead animals?” she said.
They’d ended up getting a rope from the back of Eli’s car to use as a lead and Eli was carrying one of Arabella’s bags for her.
Her car was packed to the hilt.
Which made sense if she was moving here. He just wondered why she was on her own.
No. Not your business.
You made sure she was safe for the night.
Which is more than he had wanted to do.
He was simply doing what his brother wanted.
That was all.
“This is your room,” he said, walking past her to stop in front of a door.
Which just happened to be next to their rooms.
Eli shot him a look. But instead of questioning him, he simply nodded.
Good to know they were on the same wavelength when it came to this girl.
