Series: The Laws of Opposite Attract Series by Vi Keeland
Total pages in book: 107
Estimated words: 105253 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 526(@200wpm)___ 421(@250wpm)___ 351(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 105253 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 526(@200wpm)___ 421(@250wpm)___ 351(@300wpm)
“But the actor is in our living room—”
“Get your shoes on and grab your backpack, or you’re going to be late.”
He groaned again but went across the hall to his bedroom while I walked out to the living room.
The sight of Robert standing there took my breath away. He had a giant bouquet of white roses in his arms—there had to be five dozen. When he saw me, he smiled, and I swear, his teeth gleamed like in a cartoon.
“There she is…” he said.
“Robert, what are you doing here?”
“Coming to see my girl.” His eyes dropped to my stomach. “Or girls.”
“Shhh…” I looked behind me and lowered my voice. “My brother and sister are here. I haven’t told them yet.”
Robert hooked an arm around my waist and hauled me against him. “You look sexy as shit. Maybe you’re glowing.”
From behind me, a door slammed shut. I tried to disentangle myself from Robert’s hold before my siblings walked in, but Robert didn’t let go. He gripped my waist tighter and held on. Of course, Heath’s eyes zoned right in on that hand. Hannah took one look at the man standing next to me and her mouth dropped open.
“Oh my God. You’re…that guy.”
Robert grinned. “Which guy?”
“The one from the movies.”
“You mean Top Gun?”
She shook her head. “No, the one that didn’t suck.”
Robert chuckled and pointed to Hannah. “Yep. That’s your sister alright.”
“What are you doing here?” Heath asked. “Are you Devyn’s client or something? She never mentioned she knew anyone this famous.”
“I am her client. But Dev’s also my girlfriend.”
Heath and Hannah’s eyes grew wide as saucers. I shook my head and peeled Robert’s fingers from my waist. “You guys are going to be late for school. You better get going.”
“But…”
I prodded Heath forward. “CPS is already up my butt. You guys need to be on time. Now skedaddle.”
Neither of them looked very happy, but they moseyed to the door.
“Have a good day, guys!” Robert yelled. “Nice to finally meet you, Helen and Heath.”
I shot him a dirty look. “It’s Hannah.”
Once my siblings were out the door, I took a deep breath. “Why did you do that?”
“Do what?” He looked clueless.
“Tell my brother and sister I was your girlfriend.”
Robert shrugged. “Because it’s the truth.”
I shook my head. “What are you doing here, Robert?”
He held up the flowers. “I came to bring you these. And those...” He gestured toward the living room couch and a giant pile of gifts I hadn’t noticed.
“How…how could you have carried all of that?”
“My assistant carried half.”
I frowned. “The gorgeous little twenty-two-year-old, starry-eyed blonde you hired recently?”
Robert flashed a cocky grin. “Sounds like someone’s jealous.”
“Seriously, Robert, you should be in Italy. What are you doing here?”
He cupped my cheeks. “I came to apologize. You caught me off guard on the phone, and I acted like an asshole.”
In all the years Robert and I had been seeing each other, I didn’t think he’d ever apologized. I wasn’t sure what to do with it.
“Can you forgive me?” he pouted.
I sighed. “Of course.”
“I was just lashing out because I was hurt. So I wanted to make you hurt, too.”
“I know.”
“Can we talk? I can only stay for a few hours. I have to be on set tomorrow morning, so I have an afternoon return flight to Rome.”
“Sure. Let me put some clothes on.”
Robert tugged at my robe tie. “Or…you can take some off, and we can kiss and make up and talk later?”
I shook my head. “I’m going to go change.”
“Shame.” He winked. “You want to put these in water first?”
“I doubt Vera has a vase, and if she does, it’s probably not big enough to fit that rose bush you bought.” I pointed to the kitchen. “Why don’t you see if you can find one while I get dressed?”
“Sure.”
Inside the bedroom, I locked the door and leaned against it. I couldn’t believe Robert was here, that he’d come to apologize and talk. Any other time in the last three years, I would’ve been excited. But now…I wasn’t sure how I felt. I cared about him. That wasn’t a question. And I was relieved to know he wasn’t going to be a jerk about this pregnancy. That was a stress I didn’t need. But was I excited to see Robert the way I would’ve been a year ago? The type of excitement a woman gets when she hasn’t seen her man for a while?
A knock at the bedroom door startled me from my thoughts.
“Dev?”
“Yes?”
“The only thing I can find that will hold the flowers is a blender.”
“Oh. Okay.”
“Do you want me to use that?”
“Ummm... Give me a minute to finish getting dressed, and I’ll look around the rest of the apartment.”
“Sounds good.”
After I heard Robert’s footsteps retreat, I forced myself to get dressed. I wasn’t going to be able to figure out how I was feeling right now anyway. And it was probably best that Robert and I talked first. That might make things clearer. After I threw on shorts and a T-shirt, I dug through the hall and bathroom closets for something to put flowers in. The only thing I could find was a wastepaper basket, but that was a better choice than a blender people ate out of.