Come Together by Jessica Hawkins

Author:Jessica Hawkins [Hawkins, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: contemporary fiction, adult, contemporary erotica, contemporary romance series, debut, romance series, complete series, 50 shades, fiction, romance, new authors, series, erotica, new adult, drama, contemporary romance, third in the series
Published: 2013-09-17T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

MY VOICE SOUNDED FOREIGN, high-pitched with surprise when I said David’s name. “What are you doing here?” I asked.

David nodded at my phone, which I was clutching. “I’m beginning to wonder why I even got you that thing.”

“Er, I’m, um, I was sleeping . . . Sorry, what are you doing here?” I asked again.

“Our conversation can’t wait. When you didn’t pick up your phone, I called Gretchen. If not for her I’d be wandering around the streets of Dallas by myself.”

I gaped at him a moment before giving into a big smile. “You flew all the way here to talk? Couldn’t you have called?”

He rubbed the back of his neck. “No. We’re doing this in person.”

“You’re kind of persistent, aren’t you?” I teased.

His pursed his lips. “You have time?”

“Yes, of course, come in.” I moved aside.

He took a tentative step through the door. “Where’s your dad?”

“He’s here. Where’s your stuff?”

“A hotel.”

“Oh.” I clutched my heart. “You shouldn’t have done that. You can stay here.”

“I don’t want to impose.”

“You won’t. Alex?” I asked.

His face lit up in a way that tugged at my heart, and he finally grinned. “He’s a trooper. In recovery and doing great.”

“Can I get you anything?”

He crossed his arms. The smile faded. “Talk first, okay?”

I nodded just as my dad started down the stairs. “Who is it?”

Before I could answer, David stuck out his hand. “Hello, Mr. Germaine. I’m Olivia’s boyfriend, David Dylan.”

“I see.” They exchanged a firm handshake. “Nice to meet you, David.”

“You too, sir.”

“I understood you weren’t going to make it this weekend.”

“We have some unfinished business that can’t wait,” David said.

“I think you might be right about that,” Dad said, shooting me a glance. “Come on in.”

I looked down at my childish pink and white plaid pajamas from high school and cursed to myself. “Do you – is it all right if I go change?” I asked, looking between the two of them.

“Of course,” David said. “Go on.”

I bolted up the steps and changed into a t-shirt and jeans, a small but necessary step up from my embarrassing outfit. When I came downstairs again, I was surprised to hear the bellow of two deep laughs emanating from the patio.

“I see you found your common ground,” I said cautiously, stepping outside.

“I like him already,” my dad said, raising his glass to David. “Never understood a man who doesn’t appreciate a good whiskey.” They clinked glasses of amber liquid and each took a deep sip. “So, Olivia tells me you’re an architect.”

“Yes, sir. I’m partner at a firm in Chicago, but I do work all over the country.”

I blinked my surprise. “Partner?”

He nodded. “I became partner a few years back, but I hate the politics of it. I focus on what I love, which is more planning and design.”

“I had no idea,” I said.

“I prefer to remain silent. As you may have noticed, I have no tolerance for office bullshit.” I cringed when my mind flashed to the harsh way he’d fired his receptionist, Clare, right in front of me.

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