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All men leave. That had been my mantra for so long.
How could I have forgotten that?
How could I fall for Hunter so fast? Sure, he’s great now, but we’re still in the honeymoon phase. How long before he leaves? How long before he gets bored of me?
I don’t think that I could survive him leaving me.
I love him.
A sob leaves my mouth at the thought, and I find myself blindly reaching for my coat and purse.
I end the call without saying goodbye and beeline it for the front door.
“I’ve got to go!” I call out to Anise as I twist the knob.
“Wait! Don’t you want to stay for lunch?” She calls out, but I’m already gone.
I run down the stairs and over to my car. My apartment is in the same complex as Anise’s, but I know I can’t sit at home and wallow in my thoughts right now.
I dig my keys out of my purse and hop in, cranking the engine and peeling out of the parking lot. I’m not sure where I’m going, but I don’t want to be here when Hunter gets back. I can’t face him yet. I’m not sure that I’ll ever be able to face him again.
How could I fall for him so fast?
NINE
Hunter
Whitand I have been grinning like fools all day and it’s all because we finally claimed our woman. I came over here so he could help me with the stuff that Anson sent over for us to work on. It wasn’t that hard. He was setting up a website and a few other things for their new security company. He asked if he could send anything else our way if they needed help, and Whit and I both agreed.
Doing that helped distract me from being away from Grier, but we finished up with that work an hour ago and we’ve been bored and antsy ever since.
“Think they’ll be done painting by now?” Whit asks.
He’s been checking his watch every five minutes since he got back to his house. I know that he’s anxious to get back to Anise. He’s been annoyed all afternoon that she wouldn’t let him stay and help paint. I had to restrain him at one point, too, because I know how important it is to Grier to have some girl time.
Even if it’s killing me to be away from her.
“Probably.”
We glance at each other, and then we’re racing for his front door. We’ve been holding ourselves back, trying to give them space but it’s not either of our strong suits.
Whit locks his front door and I sprint over to my truck. He’s not far behind me and I wave once as he hops into his own truck.
“See you there!” I call as I start the engine and back out of his drive.
He lives not too far from me, and it takes no time for us to head down the backroads and pull into the girls’ apartment building. I park and send a text to Grier that I’m outside. When she doesn’t answer, I hop out and jog up the stairs after Whit to Anise’s door.
He knocks, and she doesn’t look surprised that either of us are here.
“Hey, we’re done painting.”
“Good,” Whit says, pushing past her inside, and she rolls her eyes.
“Grier left a while ago,” she tells me, and I freeze.
“What?” I ask, already pulling out my phone to see if I missed a call or text from her.
There’s nothing, and I frown.
