Hot Response by Stacey Shannon

Author:Stacey, Shannon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

The next day, Gavin sent a text message asking Cait if she’d be interested in getting a bite to eat after her shift and was pleasantly surprised when she said yes. Based on what she’d said about her mom, he’d half-expected her to tell him she couldn’t get away and needed to have dinner with her family.

Instead, she gave him a time she’d meet him at his place, which his mind kept turning over and over, like it was a puzzle.

Either she wanted to meet him there so they could have some alone time after dinner, or she didn’t want him picking her up at her mom’s house. If that was the case, it could simply be a safety measure that was common in new relationships or it could mean she didn’t want him to meet her mom.

But when he saw her walking up the sidewalk toward him, he didn’t care. All that mattered was that she was there and she was smiling.

“Waiting for me on the sidewalk? You must be hungry.”

“I’m starving, actually. This is a little later than I usually eat.” And he was afraid if she’d gone upstairs, he wouldn’t be able to keep his hands off her. Not that there was anything wrong with that, but he needed food first.

They’d made it to the end of the block when his phone chimed. It was the chirpy bird sound he’d assigned to his sister, so he pulled out of traffic and looked at the screen.

The upstairs toilet won’t flush and if my kids and my husband have to share the downstairs bathroom I’m going to run away from home.

“Do you mind if we stop by my sister’s house so I can figure out why her toilet won’t flush? It should only take a few minutes, but if you don’t want to, I can put it off. They have a half-bath downstairs, so they won’t suffer too much.”

“I don’t mind.”

“Thanks.” He told his sister he was on his way and pulled back out onto the street.

“Didn’t you tell me she’s married?”

Gavin chuckled. “Yeah, she is. Henry’s a great guy, but he’s... Let’s just say he’s not all that handy around the house. He’ll do anything for anybody, but if it involves tools in any way, you’re better off doing it yourself. So I get the maintenance calls and, in exchange, I can mooch meals off them on a regular basis without feeling like a jerk.”

“Huh.” The way she said it made him glance over, but she was looking out her side window, so he couldn’t really see her face.

“Huh?”

“So when your family calls, you help them out.”

“Well, yeah. They’re my family.” He knew what she was getting at. “And when I call my family, they help me out.”

“My mom has always been my rock,” she said quietly. “Life kicked her pretty freakin’ hard—for a second time—and she just needs a little time.”

“A second time?”

“My dad died of cancer when I was three. I don’t remember much

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