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But being trapped in that state of disbelief had me anxiously waiting for anything from Connor. A call, a knock on my door, an owl to arrive with a letter...literally anything. I needed that confirmation even though he’d given me more than enough of one before he’d rushed off to work.
Ridiculous and insecure, I knew. But again...this was Connor Green. My lifelong crush. It was hard to accept the man you’d dreamt about for years was now your reality.
So when he’d texted me a couple hours after I’d gotten to work this morning, I’d nearly dropped everything—literally—in my attempt to pick up my phone and read the message.
It hadn’t been anything telling in terms of the night I’d been agonizing over, just a short text that said he was on his way home and going to crash when he got there, but his words had meant everything.
Because he was letting me know where he was. He was letting me know he would be there.
I’d never been so desperate to get home and had considered faking another round of cramps, but knew my dad probably wouldn’t buy it again. More than that, I knew Connor needed sleep.
So, I’d settled in for the longest, most unproductive day of my life.
“Jesus,” I cried out and impulsively launched my wireless mouse across the office when someone yelled my name and loudly clapped directly next to my ear that afternoon. I blinked quickly, noting on a delay that my computer had come back to life when I moved, and absentmindedly wondered how long I’d been sitting there daydreaming when I saw a half-finished game of solitaire on the screen.
Turning in my chair, I leveled a glare at Dakota. “What the fuck are you trying to do? Give me a heart attack?”
He smirked as he bent to pick up my mouse and tossed it to me. “Not my fault you were somewhere else and didn’t see me walk in here.”
I started clicking on the old game and rolled my eyes. “Can I help you?”
“I’m just making sure you got all your shit done.”
“And what shit would that be exactly?” I asked dully. “Playing games on the computer, or the hour I actually spend doing my job?”
A brief, silent pause was the only warning I had before he kicked my chair, sending me rolling away from my desk until I hit the wall. And I just let it happen because this was apparently their thing now. “What is it with you and Dylan kicking me away from my desk?”
“We wouldn’t do it if you weren’t such a bitch.”
I kicked at him but couldn’t reach him from where I was. “Fuck you too, big brother.”
He just lifted his head, taking the insult, his unmoved smile letting me know he was enjoying the back-and-forth. “Back to your job...did you get all the reports done for the day and get everything ready for the weekend?”
I dramatically waved to the computer. “Yes, I finished everything forever ago.”
“Funny how you seem to do everything, but I only ever see you playing games.”
A snort left me as my eyes rolled.
My dad owned a private security company that Craig had bought into when he got married. The rest of my brothers had started off doing security work when they were old enough but now worked for them on the business side of things, and I basically sat there. Uploading reports and pictures for our clients so they knew what was happening at their sites and making sure our officers had whatever they needed.
Not that I was complaining.
“I’ve been doing this since I was thirteen because I was mad I was the only one who didn’t get to go to the office,” I reminded Dakota. “I could do this shit in my sleep. Now, if you’re done being an asshole, I obviously have a game I need to get back to.”
Dakota grabbed the mouse from me as he started for the hall, flipping me off as he went.
Asshole.
Just as I stood to go fight him for it, my phone vibrated in my pocket, and I hurried to grab it as I sank right back into the chair. And there it was...the wings in my stomach and chaotic racing of my heart and ridiculous smile on my face when I saw who the message was from.
Connor G
Good morning
Me
You mean afternoon? How’d you sleep?
