Total pages in book: 159
Estimated words: 155775 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 779(@200wpm)___ 623(@250wpm)___ 519(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 155775 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 779(@200wpm)___ 623(@250wpm)___ 519(@300wpm)
“This is Addie,” Cash said. “Sorry, we had to bring her with us.”
Oh, great. Now she was something he had to apologize for. She was starting to think that coming here was a bad idea, and she still didn’t have the things she needed for her period.
“Don’t be sorry. Is she your girlfriend?” Bonnie asked. “I didn’t know you guys were seeing anyone. And you’re seeing her together? That’s so awesome.”
Before any of them could correct Bonnie, a huge man stepped into the room behind her.
Okay. Other than the man with the body last night, this had to be the most terrifying man she’d ever seen in her life. He was absolutely enormous with a stern face. Like Cash and Ralen, he was heavily tattooed. But, for some reason, she found him more intimidating.
Addie gulped as she took him in. There was no welcoming smile on his face. In fact, his frown seemed to grow bigger as he stared at her. “Who’s she?”
“This is Cash and Ralen’s girlfriend. I told you they were going to share a girl. It’s almost like having twins with the two of them, right?” Bonnie said to her.
Addie found herself unable to speak. She wanted to tell Bonnie the truth. She seemed like the sort of person you could talk to about anything, but the words wouldn’t come, not with the big guy glaring at her over Bonnie’s shoulder.
“Titus, stop glaring at Addie,” Cash said to Titus. “She hasn’t done anything wrong. Although she’s not actually our girlfriend, Bonnie.”
“Oh, are you sure?”
“Kind of feel like we’d know if we had one, Bonnie,” Ralen told her with a grin as he walked over to the pale pink fridge and opened it. “What have you got to drink in here? I’m dying. Yes! A pink pick-me-up smoothie. Addie, you need to have one of these.”
He grabbed three small glass bottles with lids. Setting them on the island counter, he undid each of the lids, and then took some glasses out of a cupboard. He certainly seemed at home in Bonnie’s kitchen.
After pouring each bottle into a glass, he found a straw for one glass and gestured them over. Addie grasped hold of the glass he held out for her and took a sip through the straw.
Wow. She stared down at the drink in shock.
“Good, huh? It’s full of all sorts of good stuff too,” Ralen said.
“Of course it is,” Bonnie said. “I don’t mean to be rude, but you all look like you need a good night’s sleep.”
“We had an eventful night,” Cash told her. “We met Addie last night when she climbed into the back of my pickup after seeing a man carrying a dead body around and putting it in the trunk of his car.”
Bonnie gasped and placed her hand over her mouth. Then, to Addie’s surprise, she walked over and grasped hold of Addie’s free hand. “Oh, no. Are you all right, Addie?”
Wow.
Addie had never had a complete stranger look so concerned about her before.
Addie nodded.
“Why isn’t she talking?” Titus asked.
Bonnie gasped again and turned around towards Titus. “Titus, that’s rude. You can’t ask questions like that.”
“She has anxiety that makes it harder for her to talk, especially around people that she doesn’t know,” Cash said, glaring at Titus.
“So the three of you definitely aren’t dating,” Bonnie said.
“Definitely not,” Ralen told her. “Cash and I don’t share, we’re both too possessive.”
“Ha, interesting,” Bonnie said. “So, the two of you are just taking care of her? Do you live here, Addie?”
Addie shook her head. She really wished she could talk. She put the straw back into her mouth to cover up the fact that no words were coming. Maybe it might have been easier if Titus hadn’t been glaring at her like she was a piece of dog poop on his shoe.
He stayed close to Bonnie, watching her every move. She guessed he was some sort of bodyguard, but it almost seemed more than that.
“There’s kind of a bit more to it,” Cash said. He explained everything that had happened.
Another huge gasp came from Bonnie once he’d explained everything.
“Be careful. You’re going to give yourself a heart attack if you keep gasping like that,” Ralen said dryly.
“You can’t get a heart attack from gasping,” Bonnie said. “Can you?”
Cash shook his head. “We’re just looking after Addie until she and her sisters go back to Las Vegas.”
“Aw,” Bonnie said. “But we only just met. I have a feeling we could be good friends. Maybe we should exchange phone numbers.”
Addie just nodded. There was too much there for her to sift through right at the moment, but she would be so lucky to have a friend like Bonnie.
“We need to talk in private,” Titus suddenly said.
A worried look filled Bonnie’s face. “Right, yes, we do. Maybe we should go into my office, and we could leave Addie out here?”