Page 37 of Love Bites

“People stop by randomly. I like knowing they can’t get in unless I let them. I’ll get you a key,” I said.

“It’s fine, I won’t be distracting you often.” She glanced around my office without stepping inside, then met my gaze again. “Ready to go?”

“Yeah, just give me a minute to finish this last email.”

Blair nodded, leaning against the doorway while I went back to my seat and resumed typing. Vampire speed was useful, but when it came to computer work, it didn’t really have a place. My mind could only move so fast, so typing speed had to match my thoughts.

After hitting the button to send it, I finally shut it off and made my way back to her.

“All of my sisters are coming,” she said as I crossed the room. “Except Clementine, of course.”

“The more the merrier.” I locked the door before closing it behind us, and tucked my hands in my pockets as we headed for the elevator just so I wouldn’t be tempted to take her hand.

“Where do you want me to tell them to meet us?”

“The first level of the parking garage. The button is LL1.”

“Got it.” She sent them a message. “Let’s just take our van.”

“There are five of you. I have to imagine you need more things than we can fit in a minivan,” I said.

She reluctantly agreed.

“I have a moving truck. We’ll take that.”

“You own your own moving truck?” The look she gave me told me she thought I was insane.

“Technically, the vampire portion of the Manor owns it.”

“And you own the Manor.” She nodded. “Alright, I get it. I guess you have to help people move pretty often.”

I nodded.

We stepped into the elevator, and she hit the button to send it down.

“You signed your note with a heart this morning,” she said as it descended.

“You like hearts.”

She hesitated, like she wanted to say something else. Instead, she changed gears. “I’ll need your phone number at some point.”

“You already have it. I’m the one who called you yesterday. I needed to hear your voice, to be sure it was you.”

Her forehead creased.

She went to her calls and hit the button to send me a message.

Blair

Hi

I pulled my phone from her pocket and showed her the screen so she could see that it was, in fact, my number.

The elevator landed, and we stepped into the parking garage. I spoke with the attendant for a few minutes while we waited for her sisters, and when the three of them had arrived, we headed out.

There weren’t enough seats in the truck, so they all climbed into their van, leaving me to drive the obnoxiously large vehicle alone. Because they didn’t want to give me the address, I reluctantly agreed just to follow them there.

I’d be able to find it again if I wanted to, so I thought that was pointless. But if that made them feel better, I’d keep my mouth shut.

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