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“O’Shea—”
“I gotta get back to work. Later,” I said and hung up before she could utter another word. I tried to focus back on the work before me, but now I was too distracted. My heart was conflicted with my mind in regard to anything that had to do with her. My heart still wanted to love her and attempt to give her another chance. I loved that woman with everything in me and a part of me wanted to think this whole thing was a mistake. On the other hand, my mind still wanted to be angry at her, constantly reminding me of the embarrassment and rejection she’d dished to me. Sometimes the mind always knew what was best in the long run, but it still didn’t stop the heart from asking why not.
“Maybe I was a bit irrational,” she’d said. Gotta love how rich people loved to downplay their actions. Even though I thought she was being quite ridiculous that day, she seemed that she was making a rational decision for herself at the time. Now she’d know what life was like without me, and as far as I was concerned, it would remain that way.
∞∞∞
Around closing time, a Jeep rolled down the gravel driveway, coming to a stop at the opening of the garage. Ashton and her friends hopped out, walking over to her car.
“Have you found anything else since the last time we talked?” she asked, looking under the hood. I wiped my hands on a towel and shook my head.
“Nope.”
“Good,” she said before meeting my gaze. “Well, I figured I’d come here so you could follow me back to my place if you’re moving in or whatever.”
I placed my hand over my heart. “Oh, that’s so nice of you! Maybe you’re not a demon spawn after all!” I exclaimed in faux shock.
She rolled her eyes. “Don’t push your luck,” she said. “But first, do you have the money?”
I reached into my back pocket and pulled out the banking enveloped I’d gotten this morning before meeting with her. “I do.” When she reached for it, I pulled it out of reach. “Not so fast. How do I know you won’t run off with it?”
She smirked and folded her arms across her chest. “How far can I get when you have my car? It’s not like I can avoid you,” she said.
“Hmm,” I pondered. “You make a fine point.” I handed her the envelope, watching her as she took the money out and counted it.
“Thank you kindly,” she said, tucking the cash into the back pocket of her jeans. “So how much longer are you going to be here?”
“I just need a few minutes to clean up and I should be ready,” I said.
“Do you need to go back to your hotel to get your things?”
“I already have them in my truck.”
She raised an eyebrow. “Oh really?”
I smirked at her. “Don’t even look at me like that. I always bring my stuff with me when I leave. You can’t trust anyone with a master key to your hotel room to just leave your stuff there all day,” I stated. She simply nodded and walked out of the garage and back to her friend’s truck.
“So that’s the roommate, huh?” Rocky asked as he came to stand beside me.
“Looks like it,” I answered.
He nodded. “She’s a good girl. A little rough around the edges, but a good girl.”
I looked over at her to see her joking around with her friends, her beautiful smile illuminating her face. When she noticed me watching her, she cleared her throat and turned her back to me.
“I take it that she’s still pissed?” Rocky asked.
“Yeah,” I answered idly before looking at him. “Wait, how’d you know about that?”
He let out a light laugh and put his hands in his pockets. “She told me when she came in to do her paperwork. She thought your behavior was a fireable offense. You're lucky I like you,” he said, giving me a light jab in the ribs with his elbow.
“I was just messing with her.”
“I know, kid. Just…take it easy on her. She’s had a rough few months lately,” he said, patting me on the shoulder before finally walking away. I sighed and cleaned my workspace. Between what Chris had mentioned and Rocky’s last statement, I was more and more curious about this woman’s story.
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After work, I followed her and her friends to her apartment. The complex was only ten minutes from work, tucked down a small side street off the highway. It looked fairly nice, seeming as if it was a recently built community.
