Sinfully Star-Crossed by Elouise East

Author:Elouise East
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Emerson

Emerson had planned to fork out the extra cash to have a taxi take him to Grant’s house for Thanksgiving dinner, but in the end, decided to take the train and spend the money to buy a bottle of wine and some flowers to take with him. He hadn’t wanted to arrive empty-handed.

Walking the short distance from the train to the house, Emerson was nervous, mainly because Grant thought highly of Adam’s parents, and Emerson didn’t want to disappoint.

He was eager to see Grant as they hadn’t seen each other since he was last here, although they had messaged many times.

He lifted his hand to knock, but the door opened before he had a chance.

“Hey, Emerson. Come in.” Adam opened the door wider. “I saw you walking up the drive.”

“Hi. Thanks. It saved my knuckles some.” Emerson rolled his eyes as he shut the door behind him. He needed to stop trying to be funny.

Adam laughed. “That it did. Let me take your coat.” Emerson juggled his gifts and removed his coat, handing it to Adam, who hung it up on an old-style wooden coat and hat stand, similar to one he remembered from his home in England. “Come on through. Mom’s adding the finishing touches.” He strode away, and Emerson followed to the kitchen.

“You must be Emerson! Nice to meet you. Grant has told us so much about you.” Adam’s mother pulled Emerson in for a hug. He returned it awkwardly, aware he was still holding his gifts.

As he pulled back, he presented them to her. “Just something small…”

“Oh, how lovely. Thank you, dear. I’ll put these in some water.” Mrs Sundberg retraced her steps, nose buried in the bouquet.

Emerson surveyed the large kitchen area, seeing remnants of cooking over some of the worktops. A nudge to his side had him glancing back at Adam.

“This way. I bet Grant is chomping at the bit to see you. Dad kept him occupied so Mom could grab you first.” Adam shook his head, smiling, and headed to a door on their left. Emerson followed, noticing voices as they went.

“—they expect people to understand the convoluted filing system of the libraries. I’ve been there and haven’t a clue what I’m doing when I’m given a list of different numbers. Why they can’t—”

“It’s because they want you to ask the librarians, Dad. It keeps them busy,” Adam interrupted his father with a chuckle. “Look who I found.”

Grant jumped up from his relaxed position on the chair to Mr Sundberg’s left and rushed around the table towards him. Emerson got ready to catch him because it seemed like he would barrel straight into him, but Grant stopped himself.

“Hey, you,” he said, beaming.

Emerson smiled back. “Hi. Deep discussion?” he whispered.

Grant bit his lip and glanced back to Mr Sundberg. “I was trying to explain the system we use to decide where the books are located.” He reddened further as he glanced at Emerson. “Probably not very interesting…”

“Don’t be silly, Grant! It is interesting to understand how it works.

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