Total pages in book: 69
Estimated words: 68500 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 343(@200wpm)___ 274(@250wpm)___ 228(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 68500 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 343(@200wpm)___ 274(@250wpm)___ 228(@300wpm)
I groaned at the explosion of flavor.
There were quite a few things I loved in this world, but cookies were right up there in the top three along with napping and having sex with…
I trailed off, not wanting to think about Felix or his exceptional anatomy.
I took another vicious bite, not paying attention to my surroundings when I did. Otherwise, I would’ve chosen to go a different way than I had.
But sadly, I hadn’t been paying attention, which was how I ended up in an elevator with Tammy.
I ignored her and took another bite of my cookie.
At this rate, it’d be gone before the elevator went down the two floors it took to reach the ER.
I was so focused on not looking at the woman that I missed what she was saying. And that she wasn’t paying attention to who was on the elevator with her in the slightest.
She was talking animatedly into the phone, using Facetime to speak.
“…yeah, but he’s hung up on someone else. I have to give it time,” she said, catching my attention.
I blinked, then turned to look at her.
Her face was downcast, and she was staring at the screen.
On the screen was a woman around her age with brown hair and green eyes.
She looked very similar to Tammy, so I assumed this was her sister.
I shoved the rest of the cookie into my mouth to keep the words ‘who are you talking about’ out of my mouth.
Instead, I huddled more into myself in the corner of the elevator and listened.
“Babe, you’ve been saying that for years,” Tammy lookalike said. “I think it’s time to move on. He’ll never see you as more than a friend.”
So now I knew that we were talking about Felix.
“No, I think all it’s going to take is time. He needs to forget about her,” Tammy replied.
The elevator dinged and a woman pushing a cart came in between us, hiding me further from Tammy.
Tammy didn’t stop talking, though, and neither did her sister.
“Do you really want someone who overlooks you for years, and notices you only when he’s finally alone with no one else to distract him?” She paused. “But didn’t you also just say that the girl he was with years ago is back? Don’t you think it’s coincidental that he says he’s moving here to Dallas, and all of a sudden the girl’s back working with him? That sounds planned to me.”
Agreed.
“He wouldn’t do that to me,” Tammy pointed out.
“He didn’t ask you to come. You came on your own,” the lookalike Tammy said. “Tammy, I love you to death, but you deserve someone who sees you first, and doesn’t settle on you because there’s no one else around.”
I agreed.
Not that Felix was focusing on me, but that she deserved someone who saw her. Who put her first.
If it hadn’t happened before now, it probably wouldn’t happen.
I’d never worried that Felix would cheat on me with Tammy.
Honestly, it was just her invasiveness that really annoyed me the most. How she always insinuated herself into our lives, acting like her opinions mattered when it came to where we chose to live, work, or spend our free time.
She just had no clue how annoying she was, and now she was still here, trying to stir shit up.
Though, this time it wasn’t like she was trying to insinuate herself into my life. Just Felix’s.
And it was apparent that he only saw what he wanted to see when it came to his best friend.
The doors to the elevator opened and there he was, the object of all my thoughts.
“Gotta go,” Tammy said quickly, hanging up before her sibling could reply.
“Hey, you ready for lunch?” Tammy chirped while she sidled up to his side.
“No,” he answered. “I ate earlier on the park bench outside.”
Tammy frowned, her lower lip curving outward in a pout.
I wanted to rip her lip off and feed it to her.
Jesus, there was just something about her that set my teeth on edge.
“Aw, man! I wanted to share my casserole with you. You would’ve liked it.” Tammy frowned.
“I had a burger and fries that would top any casserole you made, babe,” he told her bluntly.
Tammy harrumphed, and I chose that moment to unglue my feet and head out into the hall, too, since they were now turning toward the open bay doors that led outside.
I skirted off to the left, hoping they wouldn’t see me.
And I would’ve made it, too, but the doors crashed open so hard that everyone looked up.
“Babe!” Autry called out the moment he saw me. “This is life or death. We need to talk.”
My heart started to pound.
And, upon seeing the look on my face, he wrapped his thick, muscular arms around me before saying, “Not that kind of life or death. The kind of life or death of a circus. I’m sorry for scaring you.”