Chasing His Kickass Luna Back by Jane Above Story

#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

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

good sign.

Leah what they think. They always know what to

if it should

good?” I ask, glancing up at Adam one last

his wine glass in hand, and leans down to kiss me on the cheek.

the living room and collapse on the

anything to worry

why do I feel

…

when I arrive, holding another tray of coffees for Ethan and

unlock the front door. He trails in after me,

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

does look pretty sexy in

for more torture?”

door of my office. I

I need to get some orders out today before everyone else

to be another busy one. We’re still

the need to remind you that this really

shrugs and sips his coffee. “Let’s agree to disagree on

meets us in the back a few minutes later. He takes his

raised brows, looking

“Thanks,” he says.

take the chairs off the

I offer.

and I wait until the kitchen doors swing shut behind him. At least

his shoulder like he thinks Karl

of the realm of

orders. “I guess I should

work. I can get him to

smirk. “Sure, sounds

and leaves me alone to focus on the

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

him for his time, but he wasn’t interested. “I’m just here

need the

an hour later. I meet them in the kitchen, ready to give some

get going. There are a few things we

but it always takes time to get in the groove with new kitchen staff.