Total pages in book: 98
Estimated words: 95712 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 479(@200wpm)___ 383(@250wpm)___ 319(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 95712 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 479(@200wpm)___ 383(@250wpm)___ 319(@300wpm)
“Speaking of dogs, I was going to wait until Christmas, but I don’t think I’m going to be able to. Do you know anyone who has any puppies?”
She chuckled. “As a matter of fact, I do. Charlotte has a chocolate lab that had puppies about six weeks ago. They won’t be ready to go home for a few more weeks, but I think—I think—she still has a couple. Her last litter is where I got Moose from.”
A jolt of excitement ran through my body. I kept saying the puppy was for Rhett, but I wanted it probably just as much, if not more. “Are the puppies also chocolate?”
She nodded. “Yep. I’ll text her now and see if she has any.”
I did a fist pump. “That would be amazing. Thanks!” After I stood, I grabbed my to-go container and pointed to Emeline’s. “Done?”
She handed it to me. “Yes, thank you.”
I walked into the kitchen, which had more boxes than I’d expected, and dumped the containers into the trash. I opened the brand-new refrigerator and stared at nothing but a few bottles of water and three Diet Cokes.
Getting an idea, I headed back to the living room.
“She has one boy left!”
“Seriously? Tell her I want him! I’ll send her a deposit right now.”
Emeline smiled, then got busy texting. “The puppy’s yours. She said you don’t need to send her anything. They’ll be ready to go to their new homes in three weeks.”
“Three? Ugh, I don’t think I can wait that long.”
Her brow rose. “You can’t wait that long, or Rhett won’t be able to wait that long?”
Laughing, I pulled her up from where she was still sitting on the floor. She laughed, then quickly let it fall away as I dipped her. With my mouth inches from hers, I asked, “Do you know what I want to do right now?”
She exhaled a breathy sound. “Break-in the living room? I would say yes, but I’m pretty full.”
“Too full for ice cream?”
Her brows shot up. “Ice cream, you say?”
Laughing again, I picked her up and tossed her over my shoulder, giving her ass a good slapping. She let out a yelp before she started laughing as well.
In the end, we decided to go to the grocery store, buying ice cream and all the extras to make sundaes back at the house.
“Whose car is that?” Emeline asked as I pulled up to the house after our trip to the store.
“The better question is, how in the hell did they get through the gate without the code?”
Emeline leaned forward. It was dark out, and it was hard to see what kind of car it was.
“Looks like a black Lexus.”
My heart nearly dropped to my stomach. “It can’t be.”
“What?” Emeline asked as I pulled into the garage. The car was parked to the side of the garage. “Do you know who it is?”
Turning off my truck, I looked at Emeline.
“It’s Caroline.”
Emeline
I felt like I’d just chugged sour milk. My stomach roiled, and I instantly felt sick. What in the world was Caroline doing here, and how did she get through the gate?
“What?” I asked in disbelief. “How? Why?”
My thoughts instantly went to Rhett. Thank God he wasn’t here.
Levi exhaled harshly as he pushed a hand through his hair.
This is going to be interesting.
Levi’s lawyer had been in contact with Caroline for the last month, demanding that she sign the divorce papers so that Levi and Rhett could finally move on. Levi had started to grow impatient, and said he was prepared to go to Denver to get her to sign them himself.
We both opened the truck doors, and I reached into the back to grab the two bags containing the ice cream and sundae fixings. Levi got out and slammed his truck door shut. I jumped and almost let out a little yelp of surprise.
After getting the food, I debated whether I should go into the house or stay out here. I walked toward the back of the truck to tell Levi I was going to head inside…and that’s when I got a better look at Caroline’s car.
I’d seen that car before. A few times. First at the camp, then outside of the vet clinic.
Was Caroline the person who’d been taking pictures of Levi? But why? And why give them to Janet?
Caroline got out of the car and made her way toward Levi. For a moment, it looked like she was about to hug him, and I felt myself stiffening.
Levi took a few steps back from her, and she stopped.
“How did you get through the gate, Caroline?” he asked. His voice sounded cold and clipped, and for a moment, it completely caught me off guard. I was accustomed to hearing him speak in a calm and welcoming manner. This was completely different.
She let out a laugh. “It wasn’t hard to figure out. Our last gate code was Rhett’s birthday. You used Brooke’s for this one.”