Page 77 of Seduce

“That will be good.” Damon climbed into his car.

“Are you bringing Tessa with you tonight?”

“Probably. I need something to do between ten and two.”

Max laughed. “See you later.”

Damon had pulled into his driveway when his cell rang. It was the real estate agent. The owner accepted his bid and wanted to move on selling the place right away. She would send everything through to his email address.

He went into his home office and printed out all the paperwork and began reading, then he called Jordan.

“Hey, Damon.”

“Hey. Do you have some time this afternoon?” There was some shuffling noise on the other end.

“How does two work?”

Damon looked at the clock. It was barely eleven-thirty. “That will work.”

“What do you want to talk about?”

“I put in an offer on the property, and they accepted the offer.”

“That was fast.”

“Yeah, I suspect the owners wanted to get out from underneath the property. I have all the stuff from the real estate company.”

“Bring everything. Did you get a loan yet?”

“No. I did talk with them, and they said it wouldn’t be an issue.”

“It shouldn’t be. I’ll grab one of the paralegals who deals with this stuff in case I miss something.”

“Thanks. See you at two.” Damon hung up and gathered up all the printed material into a folder before leaving the house. Sometimes, living out here could be a trial, especially when he had to drive into town a couple times a day, but it was worth it.

On his way back into town, he called Tessa.

“Hello.”

“Hello, beautiful. Are you available for lunch?” She was working today.

“Let’s see… Oh, who am I kidding? Of course I am.” There was laughter in her voice.

“Good. I’m on my way back into town. Meet you at the deli on South Street, or would you rather go to Sweet and Savory?”

“Sweet and Savory, please. I’d rather support Lara than a deli chain.”

“You got it. I’ll be at the library in about twenty minutes.”

“Why don’t I meet you at the cafe?”

Damon was about to say no but realized he needed to let Tessa do things on her own. Picking her up and driving her home was habit. He wanted to make sure she was safe. “Okay. See you there.”

He hung up with a smile on his face. Today was going quite well.

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Damon paced outside Sweet and Savory. Where was Tessa? She might have gotten hung up at work, but she would have called if that were the case or at least texted. He fought against trying to call her, but his need to make sure she was okay won out.

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