Wanted by You by A. Boss

Author:A. Boss [Boss, A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Peak Everest Publishing
Published: 2024-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Thirteen.

Butch

“We’re takin’ bets here, boys,” Stan announces with a chuckle. “Tanner, what’re ya in for?”

“Twenty says three days max.” Tanner smirks.

“All right, I got fifty she stays through the week and into next,” Stan says.

Duke snorts. “No way. She’s gone by Sunday.”

Stan shakes his head with a laugh. “I’m tellin’ ya, Butch is gonna be on his best behavior.”

I snarl, “Are you assholes done?”

“Why? You in a hurry to be somewhere?” Duke grins.

I scoff, tossing my hard hat in the truck and checking my phone to see if she’s texted or called.

“That’s a hell yeah if I ever seen one.”

“Ya know, that’s probably the hundredth time he’s checked his phone in the last hour,” Stan tells Duke, and I scowl.

“No shit,” he mocks. “When you told me I had to get up here to hear this, I thought you were pullin’ my leg.”

“Did you ever ask her how she installed that hot water tank by herself?” Tanner asks, rubbing the back of his neck.

I cock a half grin. “Why? You need her help putting in yours?”

Tanner’s face heats, and we all boom with laughter. He waves us off with a huff in frustration. “Fuck you guys. I’ll see y’all Monday.” After a quick goodbye, Stan and Tanner head off for the day.

Pains in my ass is what these bastards are.

I open my truck door to get in when Duke asks me, “How’s it feel?”

My brow furrows as I turn to him.

“Don’t give me that look. I asked you, how does it feel? Going home to someone for the first time. Knowing she’s sitting there waiting for you.”

I lean against my truck. “Don’t know yet,” I lie, knowing damn well it feels too good to be true. To the point I’m itching to get home and make sure she is there waiting for me.

The repeat vision I’ve had all day since I took her in to work this morning plays once again in my mind. The one of me getting home and barely getting the door open before she races across the room, calling out to me as she leaps into my arms. It’s a lame thought—not even sexual in any way—yet it hits deep all the same.

My brother crosses his arms over his chest. “You’re a shit liar.” He chuckles. “Don’t screw it up, and you never know, tonight might be the first real night in a permanent stay. If you’re lucky.”

I huff, pushing off the running board and getting inside. When I close the door, I roll my window down. “You already know it feels good,” I tell him. “You should try finding it again for yourself sometime.”

Duke sighs heavily with a shake of his head before he turns away, stalking over to his company truck.

Duke lost his wife, Rachel, to a four-seater plane crash, nearly five years ago. The plane lost all engine control, took a nosedive, and all passengers died on impact. It was a rough time for our family, but even rougher for my brother. None of us knew it at the time, but Rachel was six weeks pregnant.

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