Total pages in book: 58
Estimated words: 55641 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 278(@200wpm)___ 223(@250wpm)___ 185(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 55641 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 278(@200wpm)___ 223(@250wpm)___ 185(@300wpm)
“Fair point. If we ever have to switch up the schedule again, we’ll let you know right away.”
“Thanks.” I let out a shaky breath. My anger was fading, but I still couldn’t quite wrap my head around the fact that it was Hunter who’d been so good with my little cousins.
Hunter was watching me closely. Then he held out his hand. “Let’s start over. I’m Hunter.” I shook his hand, and he continued on. “I’m known as the youngest brother, even though the doctor pulled me out first.”
“He did?”
“Yep. But I said, ‘five more minutes’ so he put me back and grabbed Reid instead.”
I smiled at that, and Hunter noted my softening expression.
“And because I’m Hunter, I know exactly what happened in this spot the other night. Right outside this very room.”
My face flushed as I remembered how good it had felt to be held by him. To be kissed by him.
He smirked as he watched me. “Want to wait out here until one of your relatives passes by so we can do it again?”
I couldn’t help but laugh at his cocky question. “Maybe next time.”
15
PENNY
“He really surprised me today,” I told Lila later that same night. It was dark, but when she’d called, I’d headed out back to the patio to get some privacy.
“Hunter’s the bad boy, right?”
“Yeah, pretty much. But is it possible to be a bad boy who’s good with kids?”
“Apparently. Did it work all your lady parts into a frenzy?” she asked.
I laughed. “Something like that. But then he was different at the mechanic, too.”
Lila cut in. “I wish you’d let me send Gideon over to look at it.”
“He’s done enough,” I said truthfully. “Besides, my car’s kind of on life support.”
“But it works, right?”
“For now. Hunter followed me home in his car to make sure.”
“That’s good.”
“He also got them to knock twenty-five percent off the bill.” I shook my head slowly, still amazed by that.
“How?”
“I’m not really sure, and I was there. He was charming one moment, and stern the next. And stubborn throughout. And somehow it worked.”
“Well, mechanics listen to men more than they listen to women.”
“Yeah, sometimes.” But it felt like it was more than that. I’d really been impressed by Hunter today.
“By the way, you said home.”
“What?”
“You said that Hunter followed you home.”
“I meant here, to the house they’re renovating. Not to my place.”
“Yeah, but you called it home. A few days ago, you acted like it was a prison you’d been sentenced to stay in.”
I frowned. She had a point. “I guess I just know them better now.”
“And you like them more now, too.”
She said it as a fact, and I didn’t deny it. We weren’t in grade school, gossiping about boys. I could admit I liked the triplets without her thinking I was falling head over heels for them. Hopefully. “They’re good guys. And guess what? Reid said that views are up on the videos I’ve been posting. And they’re getting new followers faster than usual, too.”
“One of those new followers is me,” Lila said. “And yes, the stuff you’ve been posting is great.”
Pleasure filled me. This was Lila’s world, and if she thought I was doing a good job, that meant a lot. But I still tried to sound modest. “I don’t really know what’s different from the videos the former guy made. The triplets look hot no matter what they do.”
“I’ve looked at some of the older vids. Your guys are more animated now. They’re not afraid to show off their muscles.”
“Wasn’t that true before?” At least one triplet, if not all three, was usually shirtless in the videos on their channel.
“Yeah, but now it’s like they’re flirting more. Really hamming it up for the camera.”
I thought that one over for a moment. “Maybe they know that that attracts more viewers.”
“It does,” Lila agreed. “But it’s like they’re trying to eyefuck the camera now.”
“Well, maybe—”
“It’s because of you, Penny. They’re not flirting harder with their unseen audience. They’re flirting with you.”
“They don’t flirt,” I protested. Well, at least not most of the time. “They take their renovation work very seriously.”
“I get that, but those smoldering looks they’re giving the camera—those are aimed at you. That’s why views are up. The audience may feel that the triplets are trying to eyefuck them, but it’s actually directed at you.”
My voice was hoarse. “That’s not possible.”
“Of course not. Because when a woman stays a house with three hot-as-fuck men, that kind of thing can never happen.”
Okay, she had a point there, especially since it had happened to her.
“Anyway, I’m not saying that to knock your filming skills. You know I think you’re the best. But there’s an extra intensity to everything the guys do, and you’re the reason why.”
“Maybe,” I said softly.
“Definitely,” she answered. “The question is, what are you going to do about it?”