Handyman for Hire by Lila Kane & Kenna Avery Wood

Author:Lila Kane & Kenna Avery Wood [Kane, Lila]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-12T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

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LIBBY

It’s completely finished. I moved my stuff out over the weekend and so did Carson—which means I haven’t seen him in a few days.

I thought he might have come to the open house yesterday, just to see the kind of interest we had, but I didn’t see him.

Which killed me. I thought I’d be okay. I thought I could be tough and move on, but I didn’t realize how hard I’d fallen for Carson. Or how big of a mistake I might be making.

He seemed sincere about Kyle and the whole situation. Yeah, he lied to me, and that pisses me off.

But I’m beginning to think he only lied about Kyle. Not the house, not about caring for me. In fact…I think he might have been about to tell me he loved me.

When we stood in the kitchen, I swear those words were on his lips. And they were on mine too, because even though he hurt me, I still had feelings. Strong ones.

Just as I’m about to call him, to see if we can talk to at least clear things up, the doorbell rings.

I open it to find Cheyenne standing on the other side, a bouquet of flowers in one hand and a bottle of champagne in the other.

My heart leaps. She must have good news.

“You know why I’m here,” she says with a smile.

“We got an offer on the house.”

She passes over the champagne. “No. We got three offers on the house.”

My mouth drops open as she walks inside. “Three? But…we just had the open house yesterday. No one else has even come to see the house.”

“Doesn’t matter. The place is fabulous and the market is great for sellers right now. This is a good thing! Let’s celebrate and then make a decision who you’re going to sell to!”

We walk to the kitchen and I find the only two glasses we have available. We pop the top and pour the champagne, while Cheyenne prattles on about the offers.

“I should probably talk to Carson,” I tell her. “It’s his decision, too.”

She gives me a confused look. “What? You mean you guys didn’t talk about this?”

“Talk about what?”

“He called yesterday after the open house and met me for coffee. I thought—I thought you knew he was coming. I mean—”

“What, Cheyenne? Just tell me.” But my stomach is already in knots. This doesn’t sound like something I want to hear.

“He said you deserve all the profits on the house and you were going to make the decision on who to sell it to and when to sell it,” she says. “I figured it was something you talked about.”

“No, no, no…” I sink into a chair. He can’t do this.

“Libby, what’s wrong? This is a good thing, isn’t it? I mean, yeah, he did a good job and I’m kind of surprised he’d give it all up—”

“I know,” I whisper. “Doesn’t sound like a guy who was trying to screw me over, does it?”

She shakes her head. “Not really. I was surprised, too.

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