nightmare.”
“Yeah.” he chuckled.
I pressed the button.
“Come on in.”
My mobile rang, my mother. Here we go. Goose had gotten up to look out the window, the absolute pandemonium that had erupted because Evan had turned up.
“Can you let him in, I need somewhere more quiet.”
“Sure.”
I wandered into the kitchen, hoping that it might be more quiet than the entry.
“Hey ma.”
“Hello darling. Dinner tonight, bring him along.”
“Sure.”
“You know the rules.”
“Yes.” I groan. “No takeaway.”
It had been this way for years yet she seemed to think that she needed to constantly remind me.
“There are fans outside our gates.”
“You're kidding?”
“Sadly no.”
“You should see the ones here.”
“Have you upped your security?”
“Yeah. The place is crawling with them now. The fan girls are a little intense.”
My mother chuckled.
“Fan girls always are. I myself got a little crazy over John Lennon.”
As I surveyed my back yard through the kitchen window, I could see how crazy fans could get. Two guards who had been roaming the back perimeter had caught her seconds after she dropped to the ground. The back fence was pretty high and I would have thought that it would be a deterrent but clearly not.
It also didn't matter that to get to my back fence, she would have had to trespass through the neighbors yard as well. How she got past his two nasty pooches I'll never know. I didn't know the neighbors, I knew he was a musician of some sort. He was rarely home, I'd seen a woman on a few occasions. If fan girl made her way past the frothing pooches and the security then she was clearly good at sneaking.
A head appeared above the fence line, one of the guards from the neighbors house. He was talking to my guards, I wondered if they had warned the surrounding properties to be extra vigilant.
I could hear Evan walking up the steps, a feint murmur of a conversation.
“I have to go ma, Evan's here.”
“Okay, see you at six.”
I walked the entry, the scene before me was a little strange. My brother being begrudgingly nice, sizing up his new brother-in-law. And his friend. Okay, so Jaxon clearly is smitten. Or horny. One of the two.
“Mum said dinner's at six.”
He nodded and then opened the door.
“I'll drop Jaxon off at Seph's.” he kissed me on the temple. “See you later.”
Jaxon gave me a smirk and then took his bags and followed Goose out of my house.
“Yeah, see ya.”
The second the door was shut I was swept up into Evan's arms being swung around. I laughed and leaned down to kiss him.
“Did ya miss me?”
“Of course.”
“Did you want a tour?”
Evan shook his head, his eyes lowered over my shirt to the tight top that revealed my cleavage. He bit his lip with a smirk. Without a word, I took his hand and gave him a tour of my bedroom.
Chapter Ten
When I woke an hour later sprawled out across my bed I thought that I had finally found perfection in my life. Except that I hadn't discussed the possibility of this new role with Evan. I wondered how that would go down. Probably not too well.
I hedged on discussing with him, not wanting to burst the blissful bubble I had found myself in. As I rolled over, the clock blared at me, almost like it was telling me to get up and make the dish for tonight. I knew what my mother required of me, a casserole. And now that we had two extra guests, I would have to make a larger serve. Excellent.
Leaving Evan to his post sex slumber I dressed and made my way to the kitchen, fetching everything that was required.
I was up to my eyeballs in meat when my mobile rang, Devlin. Damn it! Now I knew I should have spoken to Evan about the role, now Devlin would be ringing about it and would want an answer. With a big sigh I cleaned my hands and answered the call, this wasn't going to be fun.
“Hello.”
“Hello Harmony. I have the update for you.”
“Oh.”
“It is confirmed, you have been officially named as