“Okay, what time?”
“Six-thirty?”
Jack inclined his head.“I’ll see you then.”He didn’t release his breath until he was inside his house.Well, things were starting to turn up for him.Not only had she agreed to see him again, he was going to get a scope of her house.
Chapter 17
Jack knocked on Andrea’s door promptly at six-thirty.He felt guilty leaving Andrea to clean up her house mess by herself, but he wasn’t going to push himself on her.If anything, he should have suggested dinner at his place, so she didn’t have to clean and cook.
The door opened a moment later with a flush-looking Andrea greeting him.She wore a floral top and jean shorts.She hadn’t put any shoes on, revealing her cute pink toenails.“Hi,” his gaze raked over her body, “You look incredible.”
He wasn’t sure what to wear, but he figured casual was best.He opted for a plain blue shirt and cargo shorts with flip flops.
Andrea looked down at herself as if she didn’t remember what she was wearing.“Thanks, come on in; dinner is just about ready.”She stepped aside to let him enter.
“It smells great,” he complimented, closing the door behind him.
“Thanks, it’s lettuce wraps.Nothing fancy, but they are good,” she said, stirring the saucepan of meat and vegetable mixture.
“I can’t wait.”Jack followed her into the kitchen and sat down at the end of the island.“How did the rest of cleanup go?”
“It took longer than I thought it would, but it’s done.”
“I hope it didn’t put you out having to cook after cleaning up by yourself,” he mentioned, a furrow forming between his eyebrows.Now he felt like an ass leaving her to clean up the mess alone.
“No, it’s fine.I promise.”
“I feel bad you had to clean up on your own.I would have stayed and helped.”
“I appreciate it, but it’s fine.It was my mess to clean up.It wasn’t even the water that was the worst but making sure nothing got ruined.”
“Did it?”
“No, thankfully.I don’t keep anything important on the floor, and the bathroom got the worst of the water.”
“That’s good.Is that The Rat Pack playing?”He’d heard the soft melody of music in the background but hadn’t been paying much attention to it.
“It is.I’m a sucker for oldie music.”She paused in her stirring.“I can change it if you like.”She pulled her phone out of her back pocket and started scrolling through it.
“No, it’s great.I like The Rat Pack.”
“Okay.”Andrea smiled and set her phone down on the counter.
Jack pulled out his own phone from his back pocket.“Is yours on Pandora or something because I have a whole playlist of theirs on Spotify if you want to play mine.”
“This is fine for now.Maybe we can listen to yours later.”
“Okay.”Jack set his phone down next to hers almost touching.“Is there a spare bathroom to use, or does this house only have one?”
“Oh, you can use the guest.It’s down the same hall across from my office.”
“Thank you.”Jack slipped from the stool and headed down the hallway.He found the bathroom, but instead of turning left into it, he went right into her office.
He told himself not to feel guilty snooping on her like this.That it was a matter of national security.It didn’t make him feel any better.
It was a simple office with a four-shelf bookcase and desk.There was a painting on the wall across from the bookcase, but other than that, there was no other furniture.He glanced over the bookshelf.No photos, only a few knickknacks and books.
Jack thumbed through a few books to see if anything was tucked into them, but it was just book pages.He moved his focus to her desk.Everything was neat and in order on it.He made a mental note of where everything went so he didn’t get found out later.
