Page 48 of Promise Me

“Good. Make sure she gets anything she wants.”

“You got it,” he says and gets to work.

I make my way to the front, and right there, with a crowd around her, is Sadie. The men sitting on either side of her are my brothers.

“I swear, I had no idea you were this funny,” Miles says.

“I told you. We missed out on so much because of her hate for Huddy.”

“Huddy,” Sadie repeats.

What the hell are these two doing? Hitting on her?

Shit. And Linc was worried about me.

“Don’t you two have something better to do than hang out here every day?” I ask a little louder than normal to make my presence known.

Both of my brothers turn to look at me with giant grins, but it’s Sadie who steals my focus. She’s wearing a light blue summer dress and white shoes, with her hair braided down the back. She smiles at me, the flecks in her gaze drinking me in.

“I thought you’d never wake up.”

“Were you waiting for me?”

“Yes.”

I step behind the bar and make myself an ice water. When I’m done, I take the seat on the other side of Miles. I want to tell him to get up so I can sit by Sadie, but why do I need to do that? Why do I have this urge to be the one she sits next to?

“You’re not even going to ask her why she was waiting for you?” Luca prods.

I look at Sadie. “Why were you waiting for me?”

“I got you something.”

My left brow rises as I keep my gaze on her. Is this a real gift, or is she going to play a prank on me?

“Stop looking at me like that,” she says, rolling her eyes and getting off her stool. She walks behind my brother and sandwiches herself between us to lean on the bar top.

Her breasts brush against my right biceps, and even though I have to swallow back my next gulp, I pretend I don’t notice.

“It won’t be here till Monday, but do you want to know what it is?”

“Do I?”

Sadie frowns and then looks at my brothers. “Why is his face doing that?”

Luca barks out a laugh while Miles shakes his head.

“I think he’s confused about the ray of sunshine that you are today. He isn’t sure how to respond.”

“Stop, all of you,” I say.

“See,”—Miles points at me—“grump.” He points at Sadie. “Sunshine. He definitely doesn’t know what to do right now.”

Mickey brings me my salad, so I ignore my brothers and take the first bite. Once I swallow, I look at Sadie. “Tell me my surprise.”

“Oh, you just needed food. Noted.”

Then she pulls out her phone.

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