think that I would be looking forward to it, either.
I am doing just that. Looking forward to it. To starting a life with her, to raising babies with her. It’s probably the most selfish thing I’ve ever done in my life and even though I know I should turn around and walk away from them, I can’t. I won’t. Selfish or not, they need me and I need them.
Chapter Twenty-Seven
TENNESSEE
I shouldn’t have enjoyed the weekend as much as I did. Packing shouldn’t be as fun as it was. But it was. Landry made it fun. He also bought a storage unit and had practically everything I owned put into storage.
He told me that the storage was so that I would always have my things, my security. I don’t know why, but I think that I fell a little harder for him when he said that. Today Landry set up a meeting with the interior designer during my lunch hour.
I’m a ball of nerves. I don’t know the true nature of their relationship. I could probably ask him, but I don’t want to be that kind of girlfriend. Girlfriend. The thought causes my belly to dip, then flutter.
I can’t believe that I’m his girlfriend, although it makes it seem weird to think of us as boyfriend and girlfriend. I feel as if we are just so much more than that.
So much more.
Julie laughs from her desk next to me. Turning to her, I arch a brow. She flicks her gaze over to me. “Just noticed that your address changed in the system, that’s all.”
I blink, looking back to Landry’s closed office door, then over to her. “It did?” I breathe.
She hums, nodding her head a couple of times. “It has. I can’t help but notice it’s exactly like someone else’s address in the system. A new one as well.”
“Please, don’t tell anyone,” I rasp.
Julie laughs softly. “Your secret is safe with me. Although, you do know it will get out, don’t you?”
Biting the inside of my cheek, I nod my head once. I don’t tell her that it won’t matter in a month because this company won’t be under Landry’s control anymore. I don’t tell her that not only because it’s a secret, but also, because I am hoping that he’ll be able to get another company ready to go and everyone can leave and go there.
I don’t know why, but it seems like a chapter is closing, one that I didn’t even get to truly participate in and I feel really sad about it. Hopefully, everything will work out, I’m sure that it will, but it just feels all so unsettling.
Glancing at my watch, I jump up and grab my purse quickly. “It’s lunch,” I announce.
Julie laughs as I hurl toward Landry’s office door. Lifting my fist to knock, I freeze when I hear his deep booming voice on the other side of the door.
“Tell her if she does this, then she’ll never get an ounce of help from me, not now, not in the future. Not ever,” he roars.
Chewing on my bottom lip, I wonder if I should knock or just leave. Deciding to go ahead with letting him know where I’m going and what I’m doing, I rap on the door. There is a moment of silence, then on a heavy sigh, he tells me to come in.
Opening the door slightly, I peek my head inside. “Landry?” I ask, keeping my voice low.
He lifts his head, his eyes finding mine and in an instant, all of the tension leaves his face. I watch as he lifts his hand and motions for me to come inside. Slipping into the room, I close the door behind me, but I don’t go more than just a few steps inside.
“You can come over here, honey,” he offers with a chuckle.
Pressing my thighs together, I shake my head once. “Sorry. I’m meeting with Lydia about the interior design stuff,” I say.
His lips go from an amused smirk to a full-on smile. He leans back in his chair, lifting his arms, he places his hand on the back of his head and rocks in his office chair a couple of times. “You’ll like her. I’m excited to get the ball rolling.”
“Is everything okay? I heard you, you sounded upset,” I say, sinking my teeth into my bottom lip as I watch him.
That tension that was there before I walked inside, it appears again. He grunts, his hands falling down from behind his head and