Total pages in book: 121
Estimated words: 118693 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 593(@200wpm)___ 475(@250wpm)___ 396(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 118693 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 593(@200wpm)___ 475(@250wpm)___ 396(@300wpm)
I watched as she swallowed hard. “Why do I get the feeling you’re not talking about skating anymore?”
Smiling, I leaned over and kissed the tip of her nose. “Let me put Flash in his crate and we’ll leave.”
My phone started ringing as we made our way out the door. Turning once more to Flash, I pointed to him and said, “Behave, beast!”
He barked from his crate, circled twice, and lay down while I pulled my phone out and closed the door behind Rory and me.
“It’s Preston,” I stated. “Hey, man, what’s up?”
“It’s time.”
“For?”
With a frustrated groan, he practically screamed at me. “The baby! We’re on our way to the hospital. Finn, the baby is coming.”
“The baby is coming?” I repeated.
“Did I stutter?”
“Holy shit. Okay. Wait. I have a job. What’s my job again?”
“The phone calls, Finn. You make the calls so I can concentrate on Harmony.”
“Right! I’m on it.”
I heard a muffled sound, then Harmony’s voice. “It’s okay. We’ve got time. It’s all good.”
“Harmony sounds pretty calm,” I said as Rory jumped and clapped. “Harmony’s in labor,” I confirmed to her.
“Who is with you?”
I winked at Rory and replied, “Rory.”
“Rory who?”
“Adams. We’re on our first date.”
Silence.
“You still there, Preston?”
He laughed, then stated, “Finn’s on a date.”
“Oh! My! God! Like a real date? With a girl?” Harmony cried out.
I rolled my eyes. Clearly Preston had put me on speakerphone. I hit the elevator button to take us down, glanced over to Rory, and put my phone on speaker. “Yes, Harmony. A date. With a girl.”
“What does she look like? How did you meet? What does she do for a living?”
Rory covered her mouth to keep from laughing.
“I’m stepping on the elevator, so I might lose you.”
“No! Finn! Wait! I’m going into labor. I need to meet her. Bring her to the hos—”
The signal dropped as we descended.
I blew out a soft breath and turned to Rory. “So. How do you feel about meeting my entire family on our first date?”
All the color drained from Rory’s face and for a hot second, I thought she was going to pass out.
Rory
Meeting the whole family
My eyes widened in horror and I felt like I was about to hurl my lunch. “What? Your whole family?”
Finn nodded. “I mean, unless you want me to take you home, but I was really wanting to continue with our date. The plans simply changed a little bit.”
“Your family? You want me to meet your family?”
Instead of getting off at the lobby, we went to the garage. “Honestly, Rory, I can drop you off on the way to the hospital. Depending on how late it is, maybe I can swing by to say good night.”
He wiggled his eyebrows, and I couldn’t help but smile.
He took my hand and led me into the garage. My head swam. It was way too fast. Meeting his family. Was that something I was ready for?
My whole life I’d always played everything safe. For once I wanted to be daring. I’d already played hooky, I lied to my father about not dating anyone. Maybe I should meet Finn’s family. The guy I’d officially dated for not even a full day. The man who’d already given me an orgasm in a library and saved me from near death by pigeons. Since I was living on the edge today, I decided I might as well keep going.
“If you don’t think your family would mind, I’d love to come along.”
Finn stopped walking and faced me. “Are you kidding? My family won’t mind at all. I was hoping you’d say yes. I really didn’t want our day to end yet.”
With a smile, I replied, “Looks like we’ll be finishing up our first date with a bang.”
He leaned in and kissed me quickly on the cheeks. “There’s just one thing.”
I swallowed hard. “What?”
Winking, he said, “Don’t let my mother freak you out. Hang close to my sister and you’ll be safe.”
As he tugged me along, my heart dropped.
“Safe?”
He laughed and stopped at a red sports car and opened the door for me.
I lifted my brow. “A sports car?”
He grinned like a little boy. “I like to drive fast.”
I slid into the car and looked around the gray leather interior. It looked brand-new.
Finn got in and started the car and quickly backed out. He handled it like he drove it all the time.
“What kind of car is this?”
“Porsche Cayman.”
“Wow. It’s nice. New?” I asked.
“It was Wes’s car. He bought it eight months ago and decided he didn’t need a car in New York, so I bought it off him. I like driving it out to where my folks live and hitting the gas.”
I chewed on my lip. “I take it you like to do dangerous things as hobbies?”
He pulled out into traffic and laughed. “I wouldn’t say ‘dangerous.’ But I do like to have fun and live life to the fullest. Not you?”