“Fine. I like her, and I’m sick of seeing you home alone every Friday night. If I find a woman, it’s going to impede my dating potential.”
Where does he come up with this stuff? “Oh, really?”
“Yeah, what if I want to watch a movie with her one night? How am I going to steal a kiss if you’re sitting next to us, stealing all the popcorn? Or, if I arrange for us to work on a class project together? Or I offer to privately tutor her?”
“She doesn’t need that kind of tutoring.”
His grin gets huge. “She might. I might find that I like the sweet and innocent ones.”
“Creed.”
“In a completely respectful way. But wouldn’t it be cool if I could fall in love with a girl and be her first and last kiss?”
“Here’s a question for you as you ponder that: don’t you think she might want the same thing?”
Creed opens his mouth, then shuts it.
***
Would Greer have felt uncomfortable if I had invited her? There are people everywhere in my house, talking in little clusters. She seems friendly and outgoing, like she could get along with everyone. Maybe I hurt her feelings.
Even The Cake Lady was invited. But in my defense, how was I supposed to know that The Cake Lady was close friends with Dylan?
“Have you seen my wife?” Rogue walks over with a grin on his face.
“She’s beautiful.”
“I know, but seriously, have you seen her? I’ve been looking around for the last fifteen minutes.”
“What that guy said is really messing with your head.”
Rogue nods. “She’s probably in here somewhere.”
“Let’s check my security. It’ll be faster.”
“Thanks.”
We walk over to my office and close the door before turning on the feeds.
“There she is.” Rogue points to the bottom screen. “But that’s not your deck. Does Dylan know your woman?”
It sure looks like it.
“You know spying on a woman you aren’t even dating counts as stalking, right? She might think you’re creepy if she finds out.”
“I just forgot to change the cameras.”
“Sure, you did.” He raises an eyebrow at me.
Rogue isn’t wrong. I turn the camera away from her backyard, leaving the front one since it has a view of my yard too.
There’s nothing wrong with making sure that she’s safe.
Breakfast For Three
Greer
“I can’t tell you how happy I am to have met you, and to have people nearby who I actually know. When Rogue talked me into moving here, I was more than a little nervous, but I figured I’d be close enough to Cordelia and Urbium to have at least a couple of friends. It’s so nice meeting you and knowing someone else in town. Especially since you live next door to my husband’s best friend.”
