Opened Up by Eva Moore

Author:Eva Moore [Moore, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-01T18:30:00+00:00

Adrian’s brain hitched when he heard Sofia’s voice in the entryway. Just the sound of her was enough to distract him. He set down his box cutter and waited. Walking backward into the kitchen, Sofia didn’t notice him right away. Adrian watched her carry in the island piece with Seth, admiring her strength and dedication. He couldn’t lie. He also enjoyed seeing her fine curves from his position kneeling on the floor, unpacking the tiles. He’d wondered if she’d go out of her way to avoid seeing him after her hasty retreat from his apartment, and he wasn’t thrilled that their first encounter would be in front of cameras. He had too many questions pushing at the front of his brain to trust his filter for long. He stood up and braced himself.

“Oh! Hi, Adrian.” Her voice squeaked on the last syllable as she tripped over a box of tiles waiting for installation, finally noticing his presence.

“Hi, Sofia. You okay?”

“Yeah. I’m fine. Seth, can you install the island, or do you need a hand?”

So she was still going to try and avoid him, huh? Hmm, he’d really rattled her. He didn’t know whether to be pleased or worried about that. He settled for a little of both.

“I’ve got it. Adrian can help me get the countertop on. It’s pretty straightforward since there’s no prep sink or gas range to install.”

“Great. As soon as you get it done, Adrian is going to get the tile floor laid, right?” She was narrating for the benefit of the camera Trina had rolling, and he played along.

“Yep, I’ve got the slate right here.” She stopped in her tracks halfway out of the kitchen.

“Slate?”

“Yeah. You didn’t see it when you came in?” he teased. She didn’t smile as he’d hoped.

“No, I clearly didn’t, or I would have asked you what the hell blue slate tiles were doing in my neutral kitchen instead of the bathrooms?”

The terse tone of voice had his hackles rising. Damn it. He hadn’t said anything about the cost of using real stone tiles because he’d been determined to back-off his “utilitarian” stance, but it seemed he couldn’t win. “The cut sheets in the project binder say blue slate in the kitchen and the porcelain faux marble in the bathrooms.”

“That’s not right. Let me see that.” She snatched the massive binder from his hands and scanned the page. “Da…rn it!” Trina moved in for a close-up with her camera mounted on her shoulder, and Sofia barely managed to catch the curse. “How the heck did this happen?”

“I’m sure it was just a simple switch error when someone was entering the details.”

“But was it ordered wrong? Or just written wrong? And…oh God! Did you already tile the bathrooms?” She shoved the binder at him and sprinted to see for herself, not waiting for a reply. He chased after her, his temper rising. Rico was mixing the grout, but hadn’t started laying the floor tile yet. “Stop! Hold on! That’s the wrong tile.”

He raised his hands as if he was being held up at gunpoint, his trowel dripping mortar back into the bucket.

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