Undone by Kelly Rimmer

Author:Kelly Rimmer [RIMMER, KELLY]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Headline Eternal
Published: 2020-04-14T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

Jess

IT’S 7:45 A.M. WEDNESDAY MORNING, and it’s pouring rain. I pause at the awning in front of my apartment and struggle with my umbrella.

“Allow me,” Jake says, and I glance up at him in amusement as he swaps the two coffee cups for my umbrella. He pops it open easily, then takes his coffee back from me. “Good morning.”

Jake doesn’t have an umbrella. He’s standing in the rain in a light jacket, the hoodie up over his hair. There are water droplets all over his shoulders and resting on his stubble. Apparently, he’s one of those “no shaving on vacations” guys now.

I don’t mind at all. At this rate, he’s going to have a salt-and-pepper beard in a few days, and it turns out I wouldn’t mind seeing that.

“Thanks for the coffee, and good morning.”

“Good morning to you too.”

“Do you want to try to squeeze under this umbrella?” I ask hesitantly. Jake laughs.

“Thanks, but that’s not going to work. I’ll walk in the rain. It’s been dry back home. It’s a nice change to see water actually falling from the sky.”

“What do you do if it rains when you’re hiking?”

“Exactly what I’m doing right now,” he says, shrugging. “I put a jacket on and keep going.”

We start to walk toward my office, and I sip the coffee, then ask, “How’s the headache?”

“Much better, thanks. I’m really sorry about last night.”

“You don’t need to be sorry,” I chastise him lightly. “I came home and finished myself off—I mean, I finished the night off alone.”

Jake groans softly as he gives me a tortured look. I laugh.

“You know what I was thinking we should do Saturday morning, if you’re free?” he says. “Remember that diner near my old apartment that makes the pancakes you like?”

“The zero-carb cream cheese pancakes? God, I haven’t had them in years.”

“We could have brunch there. I’ll pop in this afternoon and book our old table. For eleven?”

“That sounds amazing.” For two reasons: One, zero-carb pancakes are the bomb. And two: 11:00 a.m. is definitely late enough for us to fuck like rabbits on Friday night, get some sleep, go another round in the morning and then head out to eat them. “That’s all well and good, but it’s two days away. Do you have plans tonight? Mitch wanted to get a drink. I didn’t mention to him that you’re still in town, but I know he won’t mind you tagging along.”

“Sure. Where are we going?”

“Just this bar I like,” I say. He frowns at me suspiciously.

“Not . . . that stupid place with the weird drinks.”

“That’s the one.” I grin. “Meet me at my office at 8:00 p.m.?”

Jake grimaces.

“Do I have to?”

“Of course not.” I shrug. We walk in silence for a few moments as the rain sprinkles down over him. When we reach the awning over the entrance to my building, he slides one hand into the pocket of his jeans and gives me a pained look.

“Do they have beer? I can’t remember.”

“They have plenty of beers.

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