Chasing His Kickass Luna Back by Jane Above Story

Chapter 24

#Chapter 24 – Busy Night
Abby

He doesn’t respond for a moment, and I hold my breath. Is he angry? Hurt? Annoyed? It’s impossible

to read the expression on his face.

“Oh,” he finally says, leaning back in his seat. “Just helping out?”

I nod. “He insisted on helping, so I put him in the back. Tonight, he was doing dishes.” The memory of it

almost makes me smile, but I stop myself at the last minute. The last thing that will help this situation is

me grinning like an idiot.

Adam’s eyebrows go up. “That must have been a sight.”

I finally let the smile slip free. “Oh, it was.”

“Well, that’s good.” He takes a sip of his wine. “You need whatever help you can get. Though I imagine

he must be a pretty difficult employee.” He has no idea.

“So, it doesn’t bother you?”

He shakes his head. “No, I trust you.”

“Oh, good. Well, you have nothing to worry about, anyway.”

He nods and smiles. “I was thinking of stopping by tomorrow night. I have a meeting late, but I was

going to come straight after.”

“Okay.”

I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop, some sign of anger or even jealousy, but nothing. I know it

would annoy Karl if it were the reverse. He is my ex-husband, after all, and he’s made it pretty clear he

wants me back. Shouldn’t it bother Adam? Isn’t he even a little worried Karl might steal me away?

Sure, I have no interest in getting back together with Karl, but do I want to be with someone who

even care enough to be jealous? I could be reading too much into it,

good sign.

to ask Chloe and Leah what they think. They

be able to tell me if it should bother me, or if I’m just overthinking

glancing up at Adam one last

wine glass in hand, and leans down to kiss me on the cheek. “We’re

on the sofa.

to worry about.

do I

…

already when I arrive, holding another tray of coffees for

without comment and unlock the front door. He

he doesn’t need to show up in a full suit

pretty sexy

more torture?”

He grins and leans on the door of my office. I place my

get some orders out today before everyone else

it’s going to be another busy

remind you that this really

coffee. “Let’s

the front door, then Ethan meets us in the back a few minutes later. He takes his coffee from

looking sideways at

“Thanks,” he says.

I’m going to go take the chairs off the

offer.

wait until the kitchen doors swing

shoulder like he thinks

isn’t out of the realm of

list of orders. “I guess I

He seems determined to work. I can get him to help

I smirk. “Sure, sounds

on the orders. A

Karl insistson being here open to close, then who am I to stop

time, but he wasn’t interested. “I’m just here to help,”

really need the

I meet them in the kitchen, ready to give some

we get going. There are a few things we

get in the groove with new kitchen staff.

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