Series: Little Cakes Series by Pepper North
Total pages in book: 49
Estimated words: 46077 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 230(@200wpm)___ 184(@250wpm)___ 154(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 46077 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 230(@200wpm)___ 184(@250wpm)___ 154(@300wpm)
“Hi, Davis…”
“What are you doing here?” Davis demanded in a frigid tone that made Sue shiver just hearing it. Elizabeth totally ignored his reaction.
“I knew you were just kidding about kicking me out of the gym, so I came over to apologize for whatever I did so we can move on with our relationship.”
A sound escaped from Sue’s mouth as she looked back and forth between the two. Surely she hadn’t been so fooled by Davis. Her stomach flipflopped in her abdomen and she felt ill.
“We don’t have a relationship, Elizabeth. I don’t know how you found my address but please forget it now. If I have to, I’ll file a restraining order against you. Now, leave or I will call the police,” Davis said.
“I don’t understand…” Elizabeth spoke as she walked forward and lifted her arms as if she planned to wrap them around his neck.
Davis backed up several steps, waving his arms in front of his body to fend her off. “Understand this. Leave. Now. Don’t return.”
Sue backed up to get away from the unpleasantness. She couldn’t believe this was happening, but Davis obviously had no interest in Elizabeth.
How had Elizabeth thought this would be a smart thing to do? Had Davis given her mixed messages? She’d only seen him being remotely professional with her. He’d never even spotted her at the gym but had asked other trainers to work with her.
Elizabeth stopped and lowered her arms as she looked at Davis in disbelief. “You’re really turning me down? I thought we had something brewing between us.”
“No one thought there was any possibility of us being in any type of relationship except for you. I’ll spell it out so you can’t possibly misunderstand my intentions. You and I will never happen. Leave. Don’t come back here. Don’t show up at the gym.”
“You’re going to choose her over me?” Elizabeth accused, throwing an arm out toward Sue.
“I never considered you.”
“That’s harsh,” she said, crossing her arms over her chest.
“That’s the truth. Now will you go or do I call the police?” Davis asked, lifting his phone as if to type in the emergency number.
“I’ll go. I’ll just leave my contact information here,” Elizabeth stated, pulling a card from her phone wallet and setting it down on the entryway table. She looked at Davis and waved before turning toward the door.
“Elizabeth, just in case you want to know what happened to this card…” Davis jogged to the table and picked up the card before moving to the kitchen sink. He turned on the water, thrust the card into the garbage disposal, and flipped the switch.
GRRRRR!
Sue looked back at Elizabeth to see if that had finally registered on her. She saw Elizabeth push her shoulders back to stand straight. The unpleasant woman’s nose rose into the air and she turned without a word to stalk out the door and slam it closed behind her.
Davis thrust his hand through his hair. “I’m sorry, Cherry, that you had to witness that. I don’t like being that hateful. She refused to believe the truth.”
He looked so shaken that she rushed to wrap her arms around his torso and hold on. Sue didn’t know what to say so she just squeezed him tighter. When Davis hugged her back, she laid her cheek against his hard chest and listened to his heartbeat slow down to normal.
“I’m sorry, Little girl,” he repeated, pressing a kiss to her hair.
“Do you want to hold Barbie for a little while?” she offered.
“I might like to do that. Thank you for sharing your stuffie. You hold on to her for me right now.” Davis gave her one more squeeze.
The doorbell made them jump. Sue twisted around to see the shadow of a large man through the shaded glass.
“Our furniture is here. Go open the door to the nursery, Cherry. I’ll tell them where to take the boxes,” Davis said, stepping back.
“Okay.” She hesitated for a few seconds to watch him open the front door.
“Hi! I’m glad I caught you before you finished for the day,” Davis greeted them.
He seemed very cheerful, but Sue could tell from his forced smile that he was shaken. The usual happy glint in his eye was missing. Her worries that maybe she wasn’t good enough for Davis evaporated into steam as she got mad. Any doubts she’d had about her relationship with Davis disappeared. How dare that woman continue to push herself on him!
As the men unloaded the boxes of furniture into the empty room, Sue plotted a million things that she would tell Elizabeth if she ever saw her again. She came up with some good ones and repeated them to herself several times so she wouldn’t forget the precise message that would put that awful woman in her place.
“You’ve got a fierce look on your face, Little girl,” Davis observed. His forehead wrinkled in concern.