Fear flashed across his face. Good. He should have been afraid of me. I was more than willing to take this guy out on Pen’s behalf.
Would Garrett have to arrest me? Maybe.
Worth it.
“Give me a reason,” I growled. “Please.”
Sean swallowed hard and held his hands out in a gesture of surrender. I let go and took a step back.
Pathetic.
Without another word, I walked out, not bothering to close the door behind me.
CHAPTER 27
Penelope
The chicken-and-rice soupsimmering on the stove smelled delicious. Iopened the pot and gave it a stir. I figured Theo would be hungry when he got back, and the least I could do was make dinner.
I hoped the move-out was going well. I still felt a little bad about not going myself. But Theo had insisted he’d handle it. And after the way Sean had yelled at me on the phone that morning, I was glad I didn’t have to deal with him.
Theo had said help was coming, so I knew at least one of his brothers had gone with him. That was good. I didn’t have a lot of big furniture, but at least a few things would require two people to carry them. Considering everything Theo was doing—and had done—for me, cooking dinner wasn’t much. But it was better than nothing. And it did smell good.
For a second, my mind wandered to another way I could thank him. My vision blurred as I lost myself in a momentary fantasy involving me, Theo, the couch, and a total lack of clothing.
Blinking, I stepped back from the stove and fanned myself. That was not happening.
My hormones had other opinions, as did my lady parts, but they weren’t calling the shots. I was. And Theo and I were not sleeping together again.
I heard what sounded like someone pulling up outside. Was Theo back already? I thought moving everything out would have taken longer. The engine rumble grew, which seemed odd. Why was it so loud? I went to the front window to look.
It was loud because it wasn’t just Theo.
Theo’s truck pulled into the driveway while two more trucks, an SUV, and a blue muscle car parked outside the house. They were packed with stuff.
I went outside and watched, open-mouthed. Although I didn’t know his family well, I’d seen every one of them. It wasn’t just one of his brothers, either. It was all of them. And his dad.
Theo came over with a grin.
“No wonder you finished so fast,” I said. “They all came to help?”
“Of course they did.” He turned and raised his voice. “Most of her stuff can go in the garage for now. We’ll take it from there.”
The Haven men started unloading the vehicles. One of them—Josiah maybe?—tipped his chin to me as he carried a box into the garage.
“Thank you,” I called and turned back to Theo. “That’s so nice of them to help.”
“Yeah. They annoy me sometimes, but brothers do that. They’re good guys.”
My eyebrows drew in as one of his brothers carried a TV into the garage. “I don’t think the TV was mine.”
Theo shrugged. “It is now.”
“Did Sean give you any trouble?” “He wanted to, but no.”
“What did he do?”
One corner of Theo’s mouth lifted, revealing his dimple. “Threatened to call the cops. But Garrett was there, so we already had that covered.”
