Wild Nights: A Single Dad Small Town Romance (The Wilde Brothers Book 3) by Lea Coll

Author:Lea Coll [Coll, Lea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HEA Publishing LLC
Published: 2025-01-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

OLIVER

Everyone was out of town except for Xander, who I hadn't seen all day. If he wanted to prove to Eli that he was able to take on more responsibility, he wasn't doing a good job of it by being absent. Joey opened my office door and ran into the hallway. He was down the stairs before I could tell him to slow down.

I wanted to catch up to him, but my phone rang. It was Xander.

"Where are you?" I didn't bother with niceties. The lodge was in emergency mode, and he was nowhere to be found.

"I just heard the lodge was shutting down. Are you sure that's a good idea?"

"It was Eli's decision." I kept walking down the stairs at a slower pace. I could hear Joey talking to someone. All the staff members adored Joey and looked out for him. "Are you going to be around for the storm?"

"I'm in town. You need me to drive out there?"

I sighed. I did't know why I even bothered with Xander. He wasn't reliable unless we were talking about the outdoor adventures. "I'm here with Joey."

"You going to be okay?"

"We'll be fine." My voice was tight. I was done with this conversation. When I turned the last corner, I saw Joey up ahead in front of the large Christmas tree on the landing to the second floor. Carolina stood next to him.

"I gotta go," I mumbled to Xander and hung up without waiting for him to respond.

Carolina was crouched next to Joey, talking about one of the ornaments on the tree. She was holding it slightly away from the branch; it was the one that we'd had made for the lodge. Wilde Ski Resort was painted in green script with an outline of the lodge and a mountain range in the background.

"That's really neat. I'll have to buy one before I head home."

"Joey," I called to him.

"There's my dad," Joey said, running back over to me.

"You're not supposed to run off like that," I chided him, but my mind was on Carolina and what she thought about finding out I had a child. But I couldn't quite meet her eyes.

"Are you heading home?" I asked, not sure how I felt about that. My worlds were colliding and not in a good way.

Carolina stood, brushing off her jeans. She must have changed out of the dress she wore in the conference room earlier to something more comfortable. "Like I said before, I'm not in any rush to leave. I don't think I could have gotten a flight out. I didn't want to chance it being cancelled and being stuck at the airport."

"It's so much fun being snowed in. Marcus makes us food, and his hot chocolate is so good," Joey rambled on excitedly. This was an adventure for him. He didn't have to worry about whether the power would go out and how to clear the snow.

"Marcus isn't our servant while we're here. We can make our own food."

Joey rolled his eyes.

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