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

be jealous? I could be reading too much into it, but

good sign.

ask Chloe and Leah what they think. They always know what

to tell me if it should bother me, or if I’m

ask, glancing up at Adam

and leans down to kiss me on the

room and collapse on the sofa. Well, I guess that’s the end

anything to worry about. He

I feel so

…

already when I arrive, holding another

unlock the front door. He trails in after me,

he’s got the memo that he doesn’t need to show up in

pretty sexy

for more torture?” I

and leans on the door of my office. I place my things down and

need to get some orders out today before everyone else gets

going to be another busy one.

the need to remind you that this really isn’t

his coffee. “Let’s agree to

the back a few minutes later.

looking sideways at

“Thanks,” he says.

take the chairs off

I offer. “Good

kitchen doors swing shut behind him. At least he’s taking

shoulder like he

the realm of

the list of orders. “I guess I should

can get him to

smirk. “Sure, sounds good

on the orders. A part of

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

but he wasn’t interested. “I’m just here to

need

of my employees trickle in an hour later. I meet them

things we need

in the groove with new kitchen staff. Especially

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