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Monday, she’d start with a doctor and then go from there.
“I know. Thank you for that. For reminding me. I don’t normally feel vulnerable and here I am.”
“I think we all feel it in our lives at some point,” he said. “Shower, then food. Then we’ll do whatever you want this weekend to take your mind off of it. I can think of one thing.”
She laughed at the adorable grin on his face. “What is that?”
“Well,” he said. “I don’t think we need to worry about condoms anymore...”
Screw it. This was one thing the two of them had first and she wanted to hold onto it.
She dove on him. “No, we don’t. Take my mind off of it now.”
“Gladly,” he said, rolling her over and lying on top of her, his mouth going to hers, and she held on tight because there was part of her that just didn’t want to ever let go.
31
Excitement Was Setting In
Royce walked into his father’s office Friday afternoon. He was meeting with Elise and his father and it wasn’t going to be about work. He’d called this meeting and told them it wouldn’t take long. It’s not like he had a ton of time to give them anyway.
Chloe had been to the doctor a few days ago and it was confirmed and she had a due date of November first.
If the excitement was setting in he was keeping it to himself. He could see she was still on edge and nervous, but once they got their relationship out in the open it would be easier. Then the two of them could discuss about the future and he could be there for her more. Or at least work on a plan for it.
“Where is Elise?” he asked. He knew his sister was here, but she was normally in the office before him.
“She’s on the phone,” his father said. “She said she might be a few minutes late. She is dealing with vendors for the new house build.”
“Yeah,” he said. “Things are coming down to the wire for some of the builds and I’m over the last minute changes.”
“That happens in construction,” his father said. “You know that. At least with the office building it isn’t happening as much. But I know you are stretched thin. We should sit down and figure out a schedule shift for oversight on everything. Or maybe look at promoting someone.”
Something to talk about. “The commercial building isn’t that bad with last minute changes because one of our partners are lawyers and they make sure nothing can change after a certain date. I have to admit I wasn’t sure how this relationship would work out when you brought it up over a year ago, but it’s been great.”
“It is,” his father said. “Good for business. Maybe too good with how busy it is and we haven’t even gotten into the crazy part of our season. We are making money on the work as we have to get paid for the supplies and labor at a discounted rate and then the rest gets built into the rent.”
“We are doing more work than any of the other partners,” he said. Which was what he had feared going in, that this would be lopsided. “So we are actually losing money if it were other clients.”
He didn’t play with the numbers all that much but knew how it worked. This was a long haul investment for them all. Elise was on top of it, so if she said it was working then he’d have to believe her.
“Sorry I’m late,” Elise said. “It’s that new build in the development. I told them last week we can’t make any more changes and the wife just called and said she changed her mind on the cabinet color. I said I’d try, but this was it.”
He was glad his sister dealt with it all. “Did you get it changed?”
“Yes. But I’m going to tell her how many strings I had to pull and no more. I can’t pull anymore anyway. I had to all but promise to name my firstborn after the rep to get it.”
His father laughed. “What’s the name?”
“Francis. I guess it could be either a boy or a girl, but I can’t stand it. I had to make nice though. Good thing there are no kids in my future to worry about it. What did you need to meet about, Royce?”
Figures his sister would crack a joke about that at this time.
“This isn’t work related,” he said. “I wanted you both to know that I’m dating someone.”
Elise started to laugh at him. “And who is this person?”
He rolled his eyes at Elise. He should have told her what he was going to do, but he’d talk to her later. “It’s Chloe Grey,” he said.
