Priest: An Instalove Possessive Alpha Romance (A Man Who Knows What He Wants Book 145) by Flora Ferrari

Author:Flora Ferrari [Ferrari, Flora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-12T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Joseph

I have to work fast if I’m gonna make this work. I’m almost in a panic at being out of the same house as Grace. The thought of walking away, without her at my side? It’s just not gonna fucking happen.

Without even knowing how much she wants for the place, I know I can afford it. The company who finances the mission work… I took a half and half deal when I started, shares plus a retainer salary. It was a meager living, but there’s not a whole lot to spend money on in the jungle. The company? They went gangbusters about a decade back, made me a millionaire after the company bought back some of the shares they’d given me. But like I say, not a lot to spend money on in the jungle, so the money, remaining shares. It’s all still sitting there waiting.

After Mrs. Arbuckle’s pop quiz to test my telling her I’m an actual priest, she lets me in to talk turkey on the house. She sure knows her stuff, almost became a nun in the sisterhood back in the day, so she tells me.

I glance back over at Carl’s place, thinking how mad he’ll be once I’m his new neighbor, but a deal’s a deal. Fifty feet from his daughter is a fair start. That way I can keep an eye on her, and she can see me anytime she wants. From a distance, if that’s what she wants. But I think things will go past the fifty foot rule pretty soon, if I have my way.

“How long’s it been on the market, and why the move?” I ask her, more to find out how soon I can move in rather than just to make conversation.

“I’m going into a retirement village, down in Florida,” Lily Arbuckle tells me excitedly. “I’ve… I’ve met someone!” She squeaks, hugging herself at the thought. “Too many memories here. All good mind you, but all with my late husband, bless his soul,” she says and crosses herself.

I smile knowingly, “Good for you,” I tell her, but feeling a potential hole developing in my own plans I have to ask, “When do you move in? Do you need to finalize the house first?”

“No, I moved in last week. Only came back today to check on things while Art, that’s my new man, has his hip surgery… You want all the furniture too? I got no use for it where we’re going. Semi-supervised care, they call it… but me and Art, we got plans of our own… gonna cruise the world with what time and money we have left. Only gonna use the retirement home as a base.”

I clap my hands together, trying not to shout out and jump for joy. But Lily gets serious for a minute.

“We haven’t discussed terms. Over price,” she says shrewdly. “If I leave it as is, there has to be something extra. Some of those chairs, the crockery… they just don’t make it like that anymore.

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