Page 70 of Heartbreak Hero

Sara was confused, but she saw King nod and before more words were exchanged, Nash was gone with his duffle bag in his grip.

“Okay, so I’m still thinking it over,” West told Max.

“I can list you as part-time and call you,” Max nodded.

“Let me think about it,” West said.

“I’m in,” Rowan said and frowned when King let out a heavy sigh. “What?”

“This will leave us one techie short,” King said.

“My work won’t slip,” Rowan argued. “I’ll train a replacement.”

“So, you’re really leaving?” West croaked and shot up from the couch.

“West,” Rowan began.

“Save it.” West spun on his heel and stalked out of the room, down the hallway, and the bedroom door was slammed.

Sara didn’t have a clue what that was about, but apparently others did because they exchanged glances.

“So, with you, Rowan,” Max continued as if the blow-up hadn’t happened, “I’ll alert you when I have jobs coming up and you can decide.”

“I appreciate that,” Rowan said.

“And you?” Max asked King.

King rubbed at his chin. “I won’t work for you, but if you need help, you can always call me.”

“Fair enough,” Max said and tucked away the iPad. “Where did Nash run off to?”

“My guess is after Carla,” King said. “She has an abusive fiancé.”

“And Nash has a hero complex, without the boasting,” Rowan chimed in.

“Then that’s a hero, minus the complex,” Sara informed Rowan with a smile.

“True,” Rowan said with a grin. “Nash has a bad problem of wanting to save the day.”

Sara wanted to snicker.

Every single man in that room had that problem.

They were all heroes in one fashion or another.

Her eyes settled on Levi.

He was a heartbreak waiting to happen, but he certainly was hands down…

A hero.

Friday night after work, Sara stood in the break room with Levi.

The rest of the staff had long gone and she had locked up the place after the end of the work night.

Jim usually stayed to walk her to her Lyft, but tonight Levi was there, so Jim had gone home.

“This is how we’ll talk,” Levi murmured and tucked a small white communication device into her ear.

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