“Is she not?”
“I appreciate the concern, Miles, I really do?—”
“But you don’t want to talk about it,” Miles finishes for me. “And I get that. However, I don’t see how hooking up with someone can be bad. Is she underage?”
I jerk back. “What?”
“I’m just asking. Otherwise, what could have you so tight-lipped?”
I really don’t want to explain this, but at the same time, I don’t know who the fuck to talk to. Nathaniel will lose his shit since we also employ Anchor Light, and I don’t want Tessa to lose her job. I’m not talking to my daughter about it, and I’m not even sure that any of this even is a damn thing.
“She is my publicist.”
His eyes widen. “The one at my house right now?”
I nod. “The same one.”
“Did you know she was when you slept with her?”
“No!” I say with a huff. “I didn’t know her damn name. We met at the bar, flirted, and…we spent the night together. Then, in the morning, I found out who she was.”
“Okay, so what’s the issue?”
“She works for me. I don’t sleep with employees,” I explain.
“Yes, but she’s not your employee. She’s a contractor who works for you.”
I roll my eyes. “Semantics.”
“They matter,” Miles says with a shrug. “I’m just saying. You didn’t know who she was when you slept with her. She’s a grown woman and you had consensual sex. I don’t think you need to be so worried about it.”
“She’s also staying at the ranch in my damn house.”
He barks out a laugh. “I’m starting to think you’re just trying to make your life harder. Penelope said Tessa was staying at Mrs. Thornberry’s, which is almost as bad as the Brickman shit shack.”
I nod. “No shit. So, I told her to stay with me.”
“Again, you’re not doing anything wrong. Ease up, Killian. You’ve got enough real issues going on in your life, don’t make this into one.” He clasps my shoulder. “You’re both adults and it’s not like she’s staying in Ember Falls forever. So, get through this week and it’ll all be behind you.”
He’s right.
Tessa isn’t staying in Ember Falls and we’re not going to make the same mistake again.
Unfortunately.
“Thanks, Miles.” I approach the subject I wanted to talk with him about earlier, but didn’t want to say it in front of the other guys. “Penelope’s brother, he works in top secret security, right?”
“Clearly it’s not all that the top secret, but I know people. Why?”
When his fiancée was in trouble, he went to Virginia Beach to find her brother and then, though I don’t know how, they were able to locate her. He made a few mentions when we’ve hung outabout her brother being a SEAL and doing security for an elite company. That’s who I want working for me.
“I might need his help. Will you do me a solid and reach out to him?”
Miles nods. “Yeah, no problem. Is it Travis?”
“Yes, we need to find him.”
“I’ll call today and let you know what he says,” he promises.
