Taken by the Alien Next Door (Aliens Among Us #1) - Tiffany Roberts Page 0,29
snout, prompting him to shift his nose aside for a clearer view. He repeated this process several times.
“A few things. I’m glad I was paranoid enough to wrap everything in an extra layer of paper and bubble wrap when I packed, or I would’ve lost a lot more than a couple glasses and a soap mold. Though I still have more unpacking to do, so who knows the extent of the damage.” She opened the fridge, taking out a water bottle. “Oh, and they also ran over my neighbor’s mailbox.”
“You’re kidding!”
Tabitha shook her head as she sat down at the dining table and unscrewed the cap of her water bottle. “They were horrible about it, and I don’t think they even plan make it right. But that wasn’t the worst of it.”
“It’s not? What’d they do?”
“It wasn’t them, it was Dexter.”
Dexter’s ears perked, his tail wagged, and he turned his head toward her with his tongue dangling. He looked so sweet and innocent, but Tabitha wasn’t fooled. He was mischievous to his core.
Mia’s brow furrowed. “What’d that precious pup do?”
Tabitha rolled her eyes and snorted. “Precious? He peed on my neighbor’s foot!”
“He did not!”
“He did.”
Mia cringed. “Wow. You totally know how to make an entrance, Tabby. I hope she’s not too angry?”
Tabitha tucked her loose hair behind her ear. “It’s…actually a he.”
She shifted her eyes to the cute little cactus with the pink flower sitting on the windowsill by the sink and smiled.
Her thoughts immediately turned to Logan. It’d been so nice of him to bring her a housewarming gift, especially considering everything that had happened, but she wasn’t quite sure what to make of him and his behavior that day. There’d been moments during her conversations with him when she could have sworn he was looking at her like he wanted to, well…devour her. But he’d run away last time like his hair was on fire or something.
She was pretty sure that anything she’d seen on his face had just been a projection of her own wants, her own desires, that she’d only seen what she wanted to see. And Tabitha wanted Logan—badly. He was her perfect fantasy.
The only problem was…she wasn’t any guy’s perfect fantasy.
“Wait… What’s this? Are you averting your eyes? Is that longing I see?” Mia asked.
Tabitha glanced at the phone, saw Mia’s knowing grin, and dropped her gaze to her water bottle as her cheeks warmed. “No.”
Mia leaned closer to the screen. “You liar! Oh my, God, and you’re blushing! Is he cute?”
Laughter spilled from Tabitha, and she shook her head. “My dog peed on his boot, Mia!”
“Was he angry?”
“Actually…no, he wasn’t.”
“Then who cares! Now tell me, is he hot?”
Dexter scratched at the patio door and whined.
“Just a minute.” Tabitha took a drink before setting the bottle on the table. She stood, walked to the door, and slid it open. Dexter darted outside. A gentle breeze whisked into the house, fluttering Tabitha’s hair and carrying the scent of someone barbequing.
Dexter wandered toward the fence, head down as he sniffed the grass. Tabitha closed the screen door, turned around, and went back to her chair.
“He’s gorgeous,” Tabitha said. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a man so damn beautiful.”
“Beautiful? Can guys be described as beautiful?” Mia took another big bite of pizza.
Tabitha chuckled and took another quick drink from her water bottle. “Yes, Mia, men can be beautiful, too. They don’t all have to be hairy lumberjacks like Josh.”
“Hey, I love my hairy lumberjack,” Mia said with a laugh. “Okay, so describe this guy to me. Unless…you snapped a picture of him?”
“Of course not! I’m not some pervy stalker.”
Mia sighed. “Alas, then you will just have to use your words, and I will have to use my imagination.”
Tabitha ran the tip of her finger through the condensation on the side of the water bottle. “Well, he has black hair in a gentleman’s haircut. It’s a little on the longer side on top, so he usually has these strands dangling in front of his F-me blue eyes…”
“Reeeeeally? And was he giving you that fuck-me look?”
Tabitha laughed, but the fire Logan’s stare had ignited in her core was still burning. He’d been standing so close to her the other day when he’d hooked her hoodie with his finger that she’d actually felt his body heat. “Stop. He’s a total stranger.”
“So? There’s always lust at first sight.” Mia snickered. “You’ve obviously been struck.”
Tabitha grinned. “Yeah, cupid hit me with an arrow right in my lady bits. This guy’s like