Love Slave for Two_Retribution by Tymber Dalton

Author:Tymber Dalton [Dalton, Tymber]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781640107977
Published: 2017-12-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Saturday morning, Nevvie was still trying to process her talk with Andrew the day before. Not even unexpectedly having Adam home for the weekend could draw her out of her funk, and he noticed.

They were alone downstairs in the kitchen, the first awake and waiting for the coffee to finish brewing. He leaned against the counter and crossed his arms over his chest and it nearly broke her heart how much he looked like Tyler.

And Andrew.

“Are you okay, Mom?”

“Stress.” They’d caught him up with the latest events once Zoey and Willow had gone to bed the night before. “A lot of stress. So why did you come home this weekend? Not that I mind, because it’s good to have you home. Just wasn’t expecting it.”

There was something on his mind—she could see that. But she knew from experience he wouldn’t tell her what it was until he was ready.

Just like Tyler.

“I missed you guys. And I was worried about Zoey.”

“You’re a good kid.” She hugged him. “I love you.”

“Love you, too, Mom. So nothing new on the security system upgrades, huh?”

“No. How crazy is it that now I’m hoping someone does show up so I can call the cops?”

“Weird how they stopped coming around after it was discovered.”

“I know. I was telling Crystal the same thing.” He frowned. “What?”

He shook his head. “Nothing.”

“Honey, it’s okay. Say it.”

“I…I mean, I know she works for Elliot, but I’m kinda like Dad. I don’t like people I don’t know well getting close to me. I’ve already figured that out at school. I have to be careful of people when they find out who Dad is.”

She started to say this was different and realized that’d be discounting his feelings, and she refused to do that. “She’s supposed to be over this morning to do some work. I can ask her not to come.”

“What does she do, anyway?”

Nevvie explained the social media campaigns they’d been implementing, and the immediate results she’d seen on Tyler’s author rankings on Amazon. “And if it means anything, she refuses to call your father Tyler. She insists on calling him Mr. Paulson. She said she doesn’t want there to be any improprieties.”

“Does she call you Mrs. Kinsey-Paulson?”

“I told her to call me Nevvie.”

“And Poppa?”

She fought her growing irritation. “What’s your point, honey?”

“My point is that…” He stared at the floor. “I guess I don’t have one. Sorry.”

The mental door had slammed shut. She spotted his body language, just like Tyler. Pulling in, withdrawing.

He didn’t feel comfortable voicing his thoughts, whatever they were.

“I can call her and tell her not to come. We were going to do some work and then go out for lunch later. She’s going back to New York next week.”

He wouldn’t look at her. “Why’s she still here, anyway?”

“Well, when everything happened, she was working with Bob. She has been helpful. She’s taught me a lot of stuff about social media campaigns to boost Dad’s sales.”

He shrugged. “Don’t change your plans for me. It’s okay.”

But…it wasn’t okay.

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