The Thunder Wolves MC - Anne (book #10)

7

Anne

Returning to the room, I usually used while here, I shut the door behind me. Leaning on it, I grabbed my glass of wine and downed the rest of it. I wish I had brought the bottle up now, but I wasn’t going back downstairs until morning, so what I had was going to have to do for the night. Sitting the glass back down, I sighed and pushed off the door. Grabbing my bag, I got to work on getting ready for bed. For as much as my first impression of Snoopy wasn’t anything like I thought it would be from the way Iron and Lexie have talked about the guy, he was right. Before Iron insisted on me staying here instead of in town, I had stayed at the hotel in town a couple of times. And the place wasn’t really all that great. I was lucky not to have ended up with bedbugs. I was also fortunate enough not to have someone let themselves into my room with how the locks didn’t work a hundred percent of the time. Still, after tonight I may consider finding somewhere else to stay when I am in town. Although hopefully, my traveling here will end with the new owners, given I can get the audit done in time. With that in mind, I went through my regular bedtime routine and climbed into bed.

Not long before my alarm went off the next morning, I was already woken up by the sound of movement in the house. Laying in bed, it took me a moment to remember I wasn’t alone in the house this time. Getting up, I went about my morning routine. If I were lucky, I would be able to get everything done today and go home tonight. I had a feeling that wouldn’t be likely, but I was sure going to try. Taking my clothes, I headed out into the hall to the bathroom. From the sounds of it, Snoopy wasn’t alone downstairs. It sounded like he was talking to someone. Moving a little quicker, I shut myself in the bathroom and set about getting ready for work.

By the time I was done, the house was quiet again. I was sure I was alone, which was fine by me. Taking my wine glass, I headed downstairs and into the kitchen to wash it before heading out. Walking into the kitchen, I found I was wrong. I was not alone in the house. Well, I was alone in the house, but he was still here. The back door was open, and he was standing outside talking to what looked like another MC member. Only the member looked to be driving a car and not a motorcycle. On the counter were several bags. Moving to the sink, I went about washing out my glass, hoping I wouldn’t have to interact with him again this morning.

Don’t get me wrong or anything. Snoopy was good-looking in everything. But after him attacking me last night, which sure I mean it was only out of instinct, or whatever. He wasn’t expecting me as much as I wasn’t expecting him, blah blah blah. The fact remains that the whole thing could have been avoided had he told Iron when he was released from prison. Then I wouldn’t have shown up to the house unaware someone was there. He wouldn’t have had to feel like he needed to protect himself from someone in the house. And then, right after he attacked me, he started flirting as if that would make things better. In all honesty, I would rather never have to talk to him again if I didn’t have to. I know the chances of that are going to be slim, especially since he is Iron’s best friend and I am Lexie’s. But a girl could hope, right?

And because my luck is the way it is, he finished talking to whoever he was talking to before I could finish washing out my glass. Walking inside, a large smile filled his face when he saw me.

“Well, good morning.”

“Morning.”

I did my best to return his smile, but I know I came up short by a lot. That didn’t seem to bother him one bit, though. His smile never faltered as he continued moving into the kitchen and started unpacking the bags that were sitting on the counter.

I quickly finished what I was doing and headed out. I could feel his eyes on me as I left and did my best to ignore it. I kept my focus on getting to the office and getting as much done as I could. Although I know getting through everything today was hopeful thinking, it didn’t stop me from trying to do everything that I could.

I was so determined to finish everything I considered working through my lunch. But in a moment of weakness, I decided to step out and grab something quick and come back and eat at my desk. As I picked up my phone, I noticed I had a message from Lexie. Opening it, I was left torn.

“Iron says he is sorry he didn’t know Snoopy was going to be out yesterday. He wants to make it up to you by buying you a drink tonight. We are driving out to celebrate with everyone on his release. I am stopping at your place to get you something to wear. :)”

Going out was the last thing I wanted to do. But Lexie didn’t go out much anymore because she didn’t like leaving Blaine with anyone other than Iron for too long. With the exception of her mom and Iron’s mom. And even then, she would only leave him with them for a few hours at a time. If she was coming out this way and wanting to go out, that meant she was willing to leave Blaine long enough with someone to go have a good time, and I fully wanted to go out with my friend and have fun.