Free Frenemies With Benefits (Geek To Chic Book 2) by Nikki Brinks

corner of the
living room, waiting to be installed.   Women think it’s romantic when guys did
things for them without being asked to, right?   Alex thought, he wondered if connecting all
the wires to the TV and boxes counted.   No time like the present to find out.  
    Izzy was busy in the
bedroom, directing the movers on where all the furniture went.   After digging around in the boxes around him,
he finally found the one marked “wires.”   He pulled the box open and started to sort the wires.   One of the guys helped him to scoot the
entertainment center away from the wall so that he could reach the
outlets.   
    A wire here, a wire
there, within a half an hour he had the TV and game system working.   Deciding he earned a break, he dug in another
box marked “games”.   Shit, she has more games than I do!   He chuckled. Izzy was even more competitive than he was.   The first time he beat her at pool, he was
sure she was going to go slash his tires.  
    Grabbing a beer from
the fridge, he quickly placed a pizza order and kicked back on the couch to
play a little Borderlands 2.   The movers
looked as though they were about done, which would give Alex time alone with
Izzy.   After all he had to stay for the
pizza he ordered.  
    “Why are you still
here?”  
    Pausing his game, Alex
turned to see Izzy standing behind the couch, hands on her hips and a cute
little scowl on her face.  
    “I am testing the Xbox,
making sure I hooked everything up right.” Alex took a pull of his beer and
went back to his game.  
    “And where did you get
a beer? I haven't gone shopping yet.”
    Here was the opening he
had been waiting for all day, the moment he got to tell her how close they
lived now.   With all the chaos of moving,
Mr. Guzman greeting him today had slipped her mind.   Time to bring it up again.   Without missing a beat in his game, Alex held
in his smirk and in a monotone voice explained, “I went to my place real fast
and grabbed the beer and some bottled water.”  
    “Your house is on the
other side of town, why would you go all the way over there instead of to the
store down the block? Or how about you go home to have your beer?” Izzy had
moved around to sit on the coffee table, the farthest spot away from Alex.   “And I could have set up my own TV, I'm not
helpless you ass.”
    “I figured you were
busy unpacking, friends do things for each other, chill.   As for the beer,” Alex took another pull on
his beer, “my place was closer than the store.”
    “What are you
talking….” Alex knew Izzy was a smart woman and would piece together what he
was saying.   “Alex, why did Mr. Guzman
know you?”
    Putting down his beer and
controller, Alex leaned forward, resting his forearms on his knees.   “He knows me because he is excellent at his
job.   He knows every resident of the
Spire.” As he spoke the last word, he leaned further into her space.   “Hello, neighbor.”  
    Jumping up, away from
Alex, Izzy paced.   Pointed her finger at
Alex, she growled a little and paced some more.   Alex figured it would take her awhile before she was able to rein in her
anger.   He would wait, he would pass the
time blowing things up on the Xbox.   He
leaned back in the couch, put his feet up on the coffee table and went back to
playing his game.   Which was hard to do
with her pacing in front of the TV, but he managed.  
    After a few minutes,
and Alex’s game character dying a horrible death, Izzy stopped pacing.   Her hands continued to wag a finger at
him.   “You never thought to tell me, or
any of our other friends that you moved?”
    He shrugged, restarting
his level.   “The guys knew.”  
    “So Derek knew and he
still let me sign my lease?”   Mumbling
something under her breath about making Derek sing soprano, she pulled her
phone out of her pocket, hit a few buttons and placed it to her ear.   “Roni, put Derek on right now! Yes, he is in
deep shit.   If you