Audrey And The Hero Upstairs (Scandalous Series Book 5) by R. Linda

Author:R. Linda [Linda, R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing LLC
Published: 2018-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Brody

I met Audrey at the bottom of the stairs. Waiting for her to shower and get ready was a guessing game. She was either really quick or took hours. This morning had been hours. I hovered around the stairs for a while, had a coffee, hovered a bit more, watched the news, then hovered again until she finally came down.

“Hi,” she yawned as she descended the stairs.

“Good morning. Tired?”

“Was talking to Bennett half the night.”

I clenched my jaw and growled a little. Audrey smiled and patted my cheek. “Aww, jealous?”

“Not at all.” I looked over my shoulder to make sure the coast was clear, and then I wrapped my hand around the back of her head and pulled her in for a kiss. It was risky. Leanne was somewhere downstairs, probably still in the kitchen, and we could get caught at any moment, but I didn’t care. I hadn’t kissed her since that night in the car. As much as I wanted to all weekend, I’d refrained. I was quite impressed by my self-control.

Audrey sighed and melted into me.

“Happy birthday, cupcake.” I stepped back reluctantly, putting some much-needed distance between us.

“Thank you.” She smiled shyly.

“Come on.” I grabbed her hand and pulled her into the kitchen where Leanne was not drinking coffee but cooking pancakes.

“What’s all this?” Audrey asked, staring at the balloons and streamers that hung from the ceiling and the presents on the table. She’d really gone to a lot of trouble to make Audrey’s birthday special, and I wasn’t sure how Audrey would react. Her body tensed, her back straightened, but she didn’t look pissed. She looked…awed.

“Well, since you wouldn’t let us give you a party or a special dinner for your birthday, I thought I’d make you a special birthday breakfast. How do rainbow pancakes sound?”

“Amazing.” Audrey clapped and bounced on the balls of her feet. I breathed a sigh of relief. I knew how desperately she wanted to avoid today, so I was thrilled she didn’t make a big deal about it.

“Perfect. We’re just waiting on one more person to arrive, then we can eat.”

Audrey frowned. “Is Steve coming back for breakfast?”

“No, sweetie. His day is packed with meetings. But he said he’d see you tonight.”

“Then who are we waiting for?” she asked just as the doorbell sounded.

“You’re about to find out.” Leanne winked at me as Audrey took off to answer the door. I had a feeling who it might be but didn’t want to admit it to myself. A pang of jealousy hit me square in the chest. I kind of wanted the morning with Audrey to myself.

Audrey’s voice echoed through the hall as she greeted whoever was at the door with a squeal of surprise.

“What are you doing here?” she asked.

“Had to see you for your birthday,” a deep male voice answered.

“You’d see me in an hour anyway.”

“Well, now I get the whole day with the birthday girl,” he said.

I rolled my eyes. The guy was so cheesy. I wondered whether it worked for him.

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