The Schemer by Flynn Avery

Author:Flynn, Avery
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled, Amara, romantic comedy, comedy, romance, contemporary romance, neighbor, neighbors, across the tracks
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

The Saturday sun was high, but it wasn’t anywhere close to being Florida warm out on the tarmac at the private Paisley Airfield. Everly couldn’t wait to get down there and peel off the sweater she’d tugged on this morning to fight the blast of frigid air announcing winter was near. She was a woman made for the tropics—at least according to her heating bill, which had arrived today and told her by adding in one too many numbers in front of the decimal point that she needed to learn to love wooly socks and blankets more than turning up her thermostat.

Tyler stood by Alberto’s jet. He wore a long-sleeve gray Henley, jeans, and a scowl as if he were impervious to the cold. He probably was. The fact that she hadn’t seen him since she’d lost her sanity in the parking garage had her discombobulated. It wasn’t a feeling she was used to but was all too common around Mr. 2B. Not that she really thought of him like that anymore. No, she spent way too much time over the past few days imagining him naked for that.

He must have felt the heft of her gaze because he turned and stared at her. Suddenly, it wasn’t so cold out on the tarmac anymore. Heat curled in her stomach and places lower—exactly what she didn’t need. Her visit to Nunni had brought back all the memories of nights spent hoping that somehow, someday she’d be good enough for her dad to want her in his life. He never had, and she’d promised herself that she’d never pin her hopes on a man looking to climb the social ladder instead of finding what he needed in the people he already had. Tyler may not be exactly that kind of man, but there was no denying his determination to be a part of the world she could only ever be on the periphery of. The fact that the realization had hit at the very inopportune time of being right after one of the best orgasms of her life stung almost as much as the frigid blast of wind that blew back her hair.

“Tesoro,” Alberto said as he stopped beside her near the nose of the jet. “There’s been a slight change in plans.”

That was the story of her life lately.

“Do we need to reschedule? It’s no problem.” Probably it was for the best. Maybe by then she’d have time to get this attraction to Tyler under control.

“Oh, there’s no need for anything that drastic. I just need a favor.”

She looked at Alberto in his wool sweater with his silver hair dancing in the wind. He didn’t seem to be enjoying the early arctic blast any more than she was.

“Of course, anything.” And she meant it. He’d done so much to help her career after they’d met in Italy, how could she not? But it was more than that. Alberto had become family, the kind a girl like her tended to adopt and keep close out of loyalty and love.

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