Page 30 of Forgotten Desires

“It’s rather delicate and really needs to be discussed in private.”

“Is everything okay?” I ask.

He hesitates. “Not really, but I’m hoping you can help. Can I come to you tonight to talk about it?”

My jaw drops and I start to panic. “Come here? To Sugarloaf?”

“Yeah.”

He says it as though it’s the most natural thing in the world. “Umm, I mean, sure. You can come here today. To talk about what I can help with.”

Phoebe is practically vibrating in her seat.

“Great. I’ll fly in later tonight. I have a meeting and a call with my lawyer again. I’ll see you around seven.”

“Seven is great.”

“Perfect. I’ll call once I land, and you can tell me where to meet you.”

“Sounds good.”

“Bye, Brynn.” His voice is deep and washes over me.

“Bye, Crew.”

When I hang up, I lift my gaze to see Phoebe smiling wide. “Well, dinner tonight?”

“It seems so. He said he had to talk to me and was going to get my info from Grady, but then I texted. Said he wants to talk about something.”

“Oh, I bet I can guess what he wants help with.” She wiggles her brows.

I shake my head. “You’re ridiculous, it could be about business. Maybe he wants to buy my part of the land for Rowan?”

“Or maybe he’s in love with you, has dreamed of you for the last ten years, and can’t spend another moment without you.”

She really needs to be brought back to reality. “I know you love romance and all things that end happily, but this is real life. I am going to have dinner with him, let him tell me whatever it is he needs to, and watch him walk back out of my life.”

“Whatever. I think you should get going and prep,” she suggests.

“Prep?”

“Shave, scrub, buff, polish, you know . . . prep.”

I roll my eyes. “None of that is necessary.”

“Famous last words.”

Yeah, no shit.

* * *

I’m going to get my daily steps in just from all the pacing I’ve done the last hour.

I went out to the sanctuary, fed the animals, spent time with the chickens, and then came in to prep, as Phoebe called it. I washed, scrubbed, buffed, shaved, and cleaned every orifice of my body. Not that I have any plans for Crew to see any part of my body, but . . . a girl has to be ready for anything.

Not only that, but I needed to do something to take up my time because otherwise, I’ll sit here coming up with a million scenarios about why he had to come see me.

Today.

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