Free Perfect Fit: Book 4 of the Fated Hearts Series by Aimee Nicole Walker Page A

There was a brief pause when Miller turned his attention on me. I stared into Miller’s bottomless blue eyes and hoped like hell he couldn’t see the disappointment I felt. Then he opened his mouth and said, “This is JJ and he’s Chase’s ex-boyfriend.” With just a few words, he destroyed the tiny amount of progress I had made with Gray that afternoon with his little reminder. It didn’t escape my notice that he referred to me as JJ, a name he once said seemed to immature to him. Did he mean that he thought it now suited me? Why?
    “Oh,” Kit said. “Hi.” He gave me a little finger wave, which I returned in kind. Where the fuck did Miller find this joker?
    His little stunt did more than irritate Gray though. It made it crystal clear that Miller couldn’t get past my previous relationship with Chase either. I would always be nothing more than a fuck buddy in his eyes. In fact, I couldn’t believe he didn’t introduce me as just that instead of the kinder label of ex-boyfriend.
    Having no other option available, I scooted down to make room for them to sit on the couch. Oliver meowed loudly to denote his displeasure with the intruder’s arrival before he jumped down and left the room. Kit sat down beside me, which was probably better than Miller, but the kid made me uncomfortable by staring at my profile for long minutes at a time while I tried to ignore him by watching the game.
    “What?” I finally asked grouchily when I couldn’t take it any longer.
    “You remind me of Bruce Wayne.” His remark was met with a snort from Gray and a huge belly laugh from Miller. “Seriously, you have that square jaw and that sexy dark broodiness about you. I could totally picture you in a tux or a bat suit.” That shut Miller up pretty damn quick. Kit, who was turning out not to be so bad, looked at Chase and said, “You got to date Batman and now your marrying Superman. How cool is that?”
    “Where exactly did you two meet again?” Gray asked Miller.
    My phone beeped in my pocket and I knew it was probably a text from Ava. They didn’t need to know that and I needed an excuse to get the fuck out of there. “There’s the signal for help. I’m needed elsewhere,” I said before Miller had a chance to respond to Gray’s question.
    “Oh, I hope you’re able to stop whatever villain is wreaking havoc all over our fair city,” Kit said, playfully.
    I rose from the couch and turned to face the two men who remained seated. My eyes remained on Miller’s when I replied to Kit’s remark. “It’s not that kind of emergency, kid.” I took immense pleasure in watching the smug smile slip from Miller’s face. “Night all.”
    “Night, J.” Chase was the only one to reply as I made my hasty retreat.
    It was ten degrees outside, but I didn’t bother putting on my coat. I needed the frigid air to cool off the fury I had building inside me. I started up the car and retrieved the message I received in the house. As I suspected, it was from Ava.
    Thank you for your support today! You’re going to be an uncle later this year. <3
    You’re going to be an amazing mom! <3
    I pulled up the internet on my phone and did a search for River’s Crossing Pet Shelter. I could’ve gone out and hooked up with a random stranger to try and fuck Miller out of my system, but my house would’ve still been a lonely place to go afterwards. According to their website, the shelter was open for another two hours so I aimed my car in their direction. It felt like I was knocking over another barrier in my attempt to find a bit of happiness for myself. Hopefully, this one turned out to be better than the one I knocked down for Miller.

“BRUCE WAYNE?” THE irritation I heard in Gray’s voice through the phone made me smile. I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing as I pictured the look of disgust he was probably wearing as he mocked my date from the previous night. “If that wasn’t bad enough then he starts in with ‘you got to