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Serenity: I feel the sarcasm from here
Kat: don’t act like you have no queso at those fancy coastal spots you stop
Serenity: I’m innocent
Tori: Bet. I’m in.
Shaye: Count me in too, I could use some girl time. There’s too much building happening over here, my head needs a break.
Kat: You guys are the best. Meet me at Raven’s nest at five? I’ll drive us over to Lancaster.
That gave me an hour to get ready. At least it was a nice distraction from the alpha who couldn’t take no for an answer.
Walking to my car after getting dressed had me tense all over again but thankfully, Warren was nowhere in sight. I slipped into my car and breathed a bit easier, letting my worries fall away as I drove to the coffee shop.
Kat was already waiting outside with Shaye when I parked. She held out an extra coffee cup for me.
“Thanks for saving my ass, guys. I hate shopping alone,” Kat said with a heavy sigh that blew her auburn hair out of her face.
“Do you have any ideas yet?” Shaye asked as Kat started walking to her little red Ford Focus. She climbed inside before answering, waiting for us to get in, too. I slid into the front when Shaye insisted and she sat behind me.
“None. He’s not exactly hard up for money and he’s so freaking easy to please,” Kat said. “If he really wants something he gets it for himself and honestly is just a minimalist in general.”
“Then what’s something he secretly wants to indulge in?” I asked, hoping we could narrow something down. Otherwise we’d be wandering around the mall for hours like we did at Christmas time.
“He gardens, fucks me like a pro, and drinks tea,” she grumbled. “He’s a silver fox who knows what he wants.”
“We’ll just browse then, and maybe something will jump out at you,” Shaye said easily.
“Good plan,” Kat agreed as she turned the music up. We drove toward the mall and sang along, my mood a whole lot lighter than it was before she texted.
Shopping with Kat ended up being exhausting. She was tireless and found something new to drag us to every few minutes. Halfway through the ground floor of the two story mall and she already had some things for her and for Grant.
We were just passing a candy shop when I started to turn inside and froze. Shaye ran into me and cursed, managing to keep us both on our toes.
“What’s wrong?”
My mouth opened to answer her but the man I had zoned in on was turning, his dark coat and brown hair nearly sending me into a tailspin until I saw he was a different person.
She looked at me like I lost my mind when I sagged in relief.
“What’s going on, Tori?” she asked in a low voice. It was full of concern and I swallowed hard, not sure what to say.
Deep down I knew it wasn’t fair to think Warren was at every turn just because he’d tricked me into a date. Or that he kept messaging. But at the end of the day, his persistence had me on edge.
“I keep thinking I see my ex,” I admitted before shaking my head.
“That’s not just seeing him at a distance,” Shaye said. From the way she was narrowing her brown eyes on me, I knew she was way too perceptive.
“I’m just in my head. After the raccoon incident, I was taking trash down and came back to rose petals outside my door. It’s not Felix. I saw a man in a dark coat walking away after and he was broad with dark hair.”
“Do you think it was Warren?” She was frowning now and I had to look away from the concern in her voice. It only amped up my own internal panic.
“It could be.”
Chapter
Six
