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“I still have an octopus to win over,” I say dryly.
Hannah blinks.
“Can you do it or not?” I ask her.
She nods. “I can. When do you need them?”
“Can you get them done tonight?”
“For $150 I can,” she says sweetly. When I look at her with a cocked eyebrow, she raises hers. “What? It’s a rush order. You have to pay rush order prices.”
“I don’t have any more cash on me, but I can bring the rest when I pick them up.”
“Okay,” she says pleasantly. “I’ll stop for the groceries I need after school.” She takes her phone out of her purse and holds it out for me. “I don’t have your phone number. You should probably put it in here so I can text you when they’re ready.”
I eye the phone, then say, “Why don’t you just DM me.”
Sighing, she says, “Always in the DMs.”
“What?”
“Nothing.”
Chapter Forty-Three
Parker
“Do you want some help?” I ask Antonia as I stride into the kitchen to grab a cold bottle of water.
She’s standing at the counter prepping dinner, but she smiles when she looks at me over her shoulder. “No, I have everything under control. You go enjoy your weekend.”
I head back to the couch, but I don’t know what to do. I’d watch my house flipping show, but Landon isn’t here, and since we’ve been watching it together, it wouldn’t feel right to watch it without him.
I guess I could start on my homework.
My brain objects, and since what I really want to do is let myself relax, I pull out my phone to text Landon and see when he’s expecting to be back.
My heart stalls when I’m greeted by a notification before I can even open my texts. A new text from Javi.
Shit. I forgot he asked me about the beach bonfire.
“How’s this weekend looking?”
I stare at the message, chewing on my bottom lip. Now he’ll see I’ve opened the message, but I don’t know what to say back.
“Parker, do you have a minute?”
I look up, surprised, when Hayden emerges from his study. He came home a bit early today, but he’s been shut inside working ever since.
“Sure,” I say, darkening my phone screen and slipping it into the pocket of my jeans as I stand.
He leads the way, and I follow him into his office. Once I’m inside, he closes the door so we’ll have privacy, and it makes me a little nervous.
Landon’s claim that he suspects his dad knows about us surfaces, making it difficult to look Hayden in the eye.
Lucky for me, there’s plenty in this study to look at, so I admire my surroundings as I drift closer to Hayden’s desk.
He sits down in his executive’s chair on the other side, so I drop into the chair on this side.
