Page 15 of Heartbreak Hero

King was one of the commanders within Aries, and his word was law. Although Levi could say no, it would be easier to just agree.

“Shit,” he muttered.

Nash cackled. “I’m on my way to San Francisco. I should be there in twelve hours. Get Sara ready or wait until I get there and I’ll talk to her.”

“Wait. What?” Levi choked on his own spit.

“They’re calling my flight. I gotta go.”

Nash hung up and Levi threw his phone. It clattered onto the dashboard, slid across the surface, and clattered to the passenger side floorboard.

Great, just fucking great.

Monday evening, Sara stood up from where she’d taken over a booth seat to handle some of the books and stretched.

She felt a bit nauseous and rubbed her stomach. The pregnancy test she’d found beneath Mandy’s sink Sunday had come back negative.

The test had been expired, though, but she didn’t believe that would matter. Would it? Damn it, she grimaced. She should have researched about it being expired before taking the test.

Googling the answer, she groaned. Yes, theycanexpire, and expired tests are less likely to give accurate results. So that meant another trip to the pharmacy to get another kit.

She collected her laptop and papers from the table. Here at the Velvet Lounge, she didn’t have her own office, but Kevin had told her that they could share his.

However, the thought of sitting in the small room with Kevin didn’t sit well with her. He had been pestering her for an answer about making them permanent, but so far, she had dodged him.

Tonight was the night. She was going into that office, have a heart-to-heart, and take the rest of the evening off. She glanced at her watch. It was just past nine and she had finished the bookkeeping entries for the day. Not bad for a day’s work.

Knocking on the closed door, she entered when Kevin called out.

“Hey, you.” He smiled and rolled back from his desk a bit.

Sara placed the laptop with the entries on the desk and gave him a slight smile. She didn’t have any hard or bad feelings for the guy at all. In truth, they made better friends than they had lovers.

“Hey back.” Sara sank into one of the two chairs that sat in front of Kevin’s desk. “So, I’ve been thinking.”

“Okay, but before you finish that thought…I have an event to go to Friday night and I’d like you to come with me.” Kevin looked down and adjusted his shirt cuffs, then glanced up and smiled. It seemed a bit forced to her. The man’s brown hair wassprayed so the strands swept back from his forehead and stayed glued in place.

He really was good-looking in a smooth, polished sort of way. Although not rugged and sexy like Levi.

And why the hell she was comparing Levi to Kevin was anyone’s guess.

Clearing her throat, she clasped her hands together and held his gaze.

“I can go, but only as a friend.”

He frowned. “Why?”

“I think we make much better friends than anything else,” she said with a rueful smile.

Kevin’s lips twisted and his eyes squinted and she couldn’t tell if he was pissed or not.

“I think we work well together,” he said.

“We do. We always have, but there’s no spark.”

“On your part,” he countered.

“Yes. I just…don’t have those kinds of feelings for you. I don’t want to hurt you, you have to know that.”

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