Side Game (Men of Trance Book 2) by Nicole Loufas

Author:Nicole Loufas [Loufas, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Fred calls to let me know Leeyan is downstairs. I tell him to let her up. I’ve wasted the entire day waiting for her return. At least I didn’t eat any ice cream. I sit at the desk and pretend to be busy.

“Honey, I’m home!” She sings as the door opens.

“What’s up,” I grunt.

She drops her backpack on the floor, kicks her shoes off, then plops on the couch.

“I’m so hungry.”

“There’s ice cream.”

She leans on the back of the couch, her face resting on the cushions as she watches me. “Did you eat lunch?”

I shake my head no as I click on the links Antonia sent. Clicking and intermittent typing gives the illusion that I’m busy.

“I have work to do.” I motion to the computer. It’s a lie but I need to focus my energy on something other than her.

“Did you fun last night?” She looks around the apartment.

If I lie again, it proves how weak I am.

“I decided to just chill. How was your night?”

Leeyan grins. She knows my text was a lie and I don’t care. Honestly, I want her to know I was alone.

“It was okay. We went to a Mexican restaurant and had a few pitchers of margaritas. Typical girl’s night.”

She goes to the kitchen and returns with a bottle of water.

“Why are you learning to speak Portuguese?”

“How did you know I was learning?”

“I saw the Rosetta Stone app on your screen.”

“Why were you on my computer?”

The last thing I need is Leeyan snooping around my laptop and accidentally accepting a video call from Antonia.

“I was checking Craigslist for apartments the other day.” She walks back to the sofa.

“You can check Craigslist on your phone,” I inform her.

My phone rings on the coffee table and Leeyan picks it up.

I dash around the desk, over the couch, and snatch the phone from her.

“Do we need to have a talk about privacy?”

“Chill, dude. It’s just your mom.” She pretends it isn’t a big deal.

“New rule: don’t touch my technology.”

“These hands will not go near your technology.” She holds them up and wiggles her fingers. “Unless you want me to touch your technology.”

“I don’t.”

“Never say never,” she whispers.

I answer the call and flick my hand in her direction. She gets the hint and decides to take the trash out. She picks up the pizza box and looks inside.

“Don’t forget that.” I point to her sweater hanging on hook near the door.

“I can’t believe you’re seriously making me throw this away.”

“My house, my rules.” I cringe as Leeyan walks out the door. I sound just like my old man.

Mom answers on the fifth ring.

“Hey Ma.”

“Patanino,” she greets me. “You’re coming for dinner tonight?”

“I wasn’t planning on it.”

“It’s your father’s birthday, Giovanni. You have to come. He’s only fifty once.”

“I know how aging works, Ma.”

Leeyan walks back inside and washes her hands in the kitchen sink.

“I’m making pistachio cake.”

My favorite, not Dad’s—it’s a bribe to get me over there.

“Bring a friend. You know how much your father likes Theo, and I haven’t seen Lulu since Christmas.

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