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Adam sets the books down on my coffee table.
“AndI…brought breast milk,” Vanya says.
Everyone stops and stares at her.
She snorts. “Just kidding. I didn’t have time to cook or pick up books, so I brought some makeup from the brand I represent.”
My heart feels squishy and that makes me uncomfortable. “You guys really didn’t have to.”
“And yet, that’s the time when we reallyshould,” Sunny says with a wink.
“I don’t know what to say.”
“No need to say anything.” Dawn waves me off.
“We’re not here to talk your ear off either. We just wanted to drop these off and check on you,” Dejonae adds.
Vanya nods. “Now that we’ve done both, we’ll let you get back to resting.”
“Take care of her, Rowan,” Dejonae warns, wiggling a dark finger. “You too, Adam.”
“Always.” Adam shows them to the door.
It feels like all the energy gets sucked out of the room when the women leave. Despite not staying long or saying much, they seemed to have filled the apartment—and my heart—with light.
The problem is that my heart’s made of ice and all that light and heat is melting it.
“Why would they do that?” I ask Adam when he comes back into the room.
“Do what?”
“Care about me.”
His eyebrows pull tight.
“I don’t know them. The only person I have a slight connection with is Dejonae and it’s only because of your work with Sazuki. The other women met me once. Why would they come all this way just to check on me?” I sit up straight. “You think they want to do business with Vision Tech?”
“No, Nova. I think they just wanted to make sure you’re okay.”
I purse my lips. “There has to be another reason.”
“Other than the fact that they like you and want to be friends?”
“Aha.” I point at him. “So it’s because of you.”
He gives me anare you seriouslook. “Darlin’, what part of what I said made you jump to that conclusion?”
“You’re therealowner of Vision Tech. They think they can get to you through me.”
“No, Nova.” Adam frowns. “Is it so hard to believe that you’re lovable?”
“Me? Lovable?”
I know myself. And I know I’m not the giggly, overly-emotional type. I also know that when it comes to making friends, I tend to be awful at it. Like forget my best friend’s birthday awful. Like back out of all social gatherings at the last minute awful. Like stay in for days watching cheesy old rom coms rather than talk to another human being awful.
Me and other people? We don’t get along.
The only person who knows me well is Adam and that’s because he’s my boss and we have no choice but to spend all our time together. If it wasn’t for Vision Tech, I wouldn’t have gotten this close to Adam at all.
