Don't Plan to Stay by Kaje Harper

Author:Kaje Harper [Harper, Kaje]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-08T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Adam

Four days since Donnie showed up, and he still hadn’t kissed me. The closest he’d come was patting snow off my ass at the tree lot. He was jumpy at times, reminding me of Willow although he was more likely to snarl than roll over and pee. I didn’t want to know what was going through his mind at those times, except as long as I didn’t know that, I didn’t know this new Donnie.

Across the store, I saw his dark head bent toward some little old lady as she sorted through a stack of holiday placemats. She smiled at something he said. He might claim his strength was in the heavy lifting, but he’d always been able to turn on the charm.

I was clearly still a sucker for it. I let my gaze linger a moment before going back to ringing my customer up.

He was probably right, making us go slow. The teen guys we’d been were still inside us, but we had a whole lot more layers now. Didn’t change the fact that he was still sex on legs, of course. I twisted for another look at him and saw Pam coming in the front door with little Tommy.

“Hey, Nate,” I called toward the back hallway. “Your better half is here with your excellent child.”

Nate popped out of the hall door, a box of garlands in his arms. His eyes lit up at the sight of Pam and the rugrat. I took the box from him. “Say hi to your family.”

He didn’t argue, just hurried down the aisle and kissed Pam, then lifted Tommy up in a happy flailing circle.

“That’s his wife, huh?” I jumped, and Donnie steadied the box in my arms. “Sorry, didn’t mean to startle you.”

“That’s okay. Yeah, Pam, and his son Tommy. Best thing about the last couple of years.”

“Kid’s cute.”

I glanced at Donnie. He was staring at Nate and his family, his expression almost angry. I knew he didn’t like Nate anymore, but that was oddly intense. When he caught my eye, he went blank and expressionless.

“Hey, why don’t you take your guy home for dinner for a change?” I called to Pam. “Donnie and I can close.”

“You’re sure?” She came our way, holding out her hand. “You must be Donnie. Nate said you were helping Adam out for a few days. I’m Pam. Good to meet you.”

“Yeah. Thanks.” Donnie shook hands fast and dropped back a step.

“I should be thanking you. I wasn’t expecting to get Nate home at dinnertime for ten more days.”

Nate came up behind her, holding the kid on his hip. “Are you sure? I could come back after we eat.”

“Are you kidding?” I balanced the box in one arm and reached out to tweak Tommy’s nose, making him giggle. “Read the squirt a bedtime story for once. Donnie and I will be fine.”

“You’ll close out the register yourself, Adam?” Nate’s emphasis on the “you” parts of that were clear enough that a shadow crossed Pam’s face.

“Since you

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