Parker Security Complete Series by Camilla Blake

Author:Camilla Blake [Blake, Camilla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Lena

The idea for this brunch had been impulsive—it had just come to my mind and I’d said it, not really thinking that it would happen. I figured Shep would’ve said that his parents wouldn’t be interested in that sort of thing, and then, if he did actually call, his parents would tell him themselves that they weren’t really that interested. But that hadn’t happened at all—they were coming over tomorrow morning.

So, Saturday night, Shep came over after he was done at the gym. He had a big smile on his face when I opened the door, and he wrapped me up in his arms and swung me around. “I have some great news!” he said when he put me down. “That night I met you I wasn’t able to fight because of my arm. Well, there’s another fight night happening, down in San Jose in three weeks, and I’m on the card. And Kurt told me that he’s pretty sure the guys from the UFC will be at this one. So this could be my big chance.”

“That’s awesome!” I said. “I’m so happy for you. Do your parents know?”

“I haven’t told anyone yet.”

“Well, maybe tomorrow would be the perfect time to do it.”

“Maybe… although I probably won’t bring it up.”

“How come?”

“I mean, I’m being hopeful that everything will go well tomorrow, but… I don’t know. I have my doubts. If the birthday barbecue was any indication of how things might go.”

I waved him off. “Oh, come on,” I said. “I really didn’t think it was that bad. Things are always a little awkward when people meet each other for the first time. It probably would’ve weirded me out more if I had gone there and everyone had totally hit it off. It would be, like, too good to be true or something. But I think things can only improve once we all start to get to know each other better. And I’m not saying that we need to be best friends, or that I want to move next door or anything like that. I can tell your family is close, though, and they’re a big part of your life, so I don’t want them to be a part of things, too.”

“I do have to respect your tenacity,” he said. He put his hand on my shoulder and pulled me in, held me against him. I let my body meld against his, closed my eyes, pressed the side of my face into his chest, took a deep breath.

“I don’t think it’s being tenacious,” I said.

“Most of the women that I’ve known wouldn’t want to be bothered with doing anything else for my family. But here you are, making all this stuff for them to come over tomorrow to enjoy. That’s really nice of you.”

His voice was thick with emotion, so much so it made me wonder if anyone had ever done something nice for him before. I looked up and he met my gaze, smiled down at me.

“I don’t know what it is about you,” I said, “but I just feel like a different person.

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