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“Yes!” she shouts, al to text you so” I hear the back door to the shop open and I know it can only be one person One I don’t want to deal with tonight

“Sounds like a plan I’ll be out of work in a little while,” I tell her, so she knows it will be a few minutes before I can respond

“Awesome Love you”

“Love you too,” I say before hanging up When I turn around I run right into a wall of muscle “Reed”

I leanat lare, but I’lares and nothing happens I inwardly laugh at calling him a boy because I bet he hasn’t been called one since he elve

“Where is Mandy?” He looks over my head to the tables in the shop

“She got sick about an hour ago so I sent her home”

I duck past hi to put distance between us He always sood, are they? I pull off rab the hand towel

“You know the rules No one works alone at night,” he says toback

A moment later I hear his steps behindoutside the small office

“She was throwing up What do you want me to do?” I sit down in my chair and put in the totals from my drawer

“You call me and I show up”

“It was only an hour I don’t need help, I’ve got it” He grabs my chair and spins it around to face him I try so hard to keep eye contact but fail miserably

Along with sood, he is one of the hottest men I’ve ever seen It doesn’tboots, jeans and a shirt that lets ood, but he’s in a suit tonight and it’s bittersweet that I can’t see his ink

“That’s your problem You don’t let anyone help”

He’s not wrong It’s a hard habit to break when I’ve spentcare of myself It’s not as if I had a choice I took care ofso I had to take care of hi in the world He ht be my little brother, but it’s been me that’s raised him since the day he was born He’s mine