He took my hand and pulled me out the back door off the kitchen. His excitement was intoxicating as he dragged me across the yard that I remembered all too well from our youth. We were just about to the fence when he stopped and waved his hand to a blanket on the ground, along with a bottle of champagne and two glasses.
“Do you remember this spot?”
I laughed and sat down on the blanket. “How could I forget?” I laid down and stared up at the sky, sighing contentedly. “This was my favorite place for most of our senior year.”
“Mine too,” he said as he laid down beside me. He intertwined our fingers and stared up at the sky. “When I saw this place on the market, I just knew, Anna.” He looked over at me, his eyes filled with trepidation. “Do you like it?”
I smiled at him. How could I be upset with him for taking the reins on this? His heart was in the right place, and I had to admit, he did good. “I love it. Thank you.”
He rolled over me and started kissing, slipping his hands under my coat. I laughed and shoved at him. “We have a whole house to christen. Let’s leave this for a warmer day.”
He shifted so he was leaning on one elbow and stared down at me. “I just want to make you happy, Anna.”
“I’ve never been happier.”
Robert
“I can help you pack,” I said as I followed Anna into her trailer.
“You could, but you would put everything in the wrong spot, and then I would have to go through and repack. Then I would be irritated with you for doing it the wrong way and we would get in a fight. This way is easier.”
“But the sooner we finish, the sooner you’ll be out of this place.”
She looked at me pointedly and tossed her purse on the table. “Robert, it’s not going to kill me to stay here for a few nights.”
“What about this…what if you pack and I’ll leave you alone, but then you have to agree to come spend the rest of the week with me in the city.”
“I can’t do that to your brother again.”
“He owes me.”
She scoffed. “Yeah, I’m not buying that.”
“Please,” I whined. “I have a busy week, and I know I won’t be able to make it down here until Sunday. I can’t stand to go that long without seeing you.”
“Robert, I have to be here for my job.”
“And I need you in my bed.” I kissed her neck and pulled her in close, nudging my growing erection against her. “Tell me you don’t want that,” I whispered in her ear.
She groaned and laughed lightly. “You have to talk with him. But if he says no, just leave it at that. I’m not pissing him off.”
“Fine,” I bit at her earlobe. “I’ll go talk to him now. You have three hours of packing before I drag you to the city.”
“I can’t pack in three hours.”
“My brothers will all pitch in to help you move this weekend. We don’t need a bunch of boxes. We’re literally moving you across the field.”
“Oh, so I suppose I should just toss it out the door on a blanket and drag it over there.”
“That’s one idea,” I laughed, kissing her at the crease of her neck. She laughed, pushing me away.
“Fine, if Eric says that I can work from your apartment, I’ll do it, but you’ll owe me big time.”
I grinned and kissed her hard. “Three hours, and then I’m dragging you back to the city.”
“Go,” she laughed, tossing an oven mitt at me. I ducked and headed out the door, glad that she was coming back with me. Now I just had to convince my brother to let her work from my apartment. It wasn’t going to be easy, but I was pretty sure I could get him to allow it.
When I walked into his house, he was pouring over some papers at the kitchen table, and he looked pissed.
“What’s going on?”
He shook his head. “I’m being sued.”
“What?” I walked over and snatched up the paperwork from the table. “It says that you scammed him, charging him for repairs that weren’t in the initial contract.”
“Which is bullshit,” he said, tossing down one of the papers. “We had a contract for repairs to an office building. He just left out previous damage that had