Taking Shots (Assassins, #1)(68)
“No, not at all.”
“Have you ever met parents?”
“No.”
“Oh, well good luck with that.”
What the hell did that mean?
Chapter 14
“And why did I have to come in to cover you this morning?” Harper said with a teasing grin when Elli came in two hours late, two weeks later. Elli had sent a text to Harper the night before asking her to cover for her since she had a morning of shoots and her OBGYN was only able to see her first thing in the morning or she would have to wait five weeks before she was able to be seen, so she did the logical thing which was call Harper. “Did you have to go get some Xanax since tonight is the night?”
Elli stood there for a moment. Hell, instead of getting birth control, she should have went and gotten Xanax instead. Her damn nerves were shot to hell. “Why didn’t I think of that?” she asked throwing her arms up in the air. Harper giggled as Elli came around the desk, looking at the appointment book. She was book until three then she would be closing shop since she needed to go home, get ready for when Shea would come get her at six for dinner at her family’s house at seven. Something she was not looking forward to.
“So where were you?”
“Doctors,” Elli answered simply as she turned from the desk and headed for her office. Of course, Harper followed. Elli threw her purse on the couch, and sat behind her desk turning on her computer.
“Why did you go to the doctors? You okay?” Elli looked up at Harper; she was sitting in one of the teal chairs in front of the desk, her legs pulled up so she could rest her head on her knees. Her hair was still her natural color, brown, had been since her and Jakob had started dating for real. It was weird.
“I’m fine, Harp,” Elli said to reassure her as she typed in her password, “I needed a check up, and I got…birth control.”
Harper was out of the chair, jumping up and down before Elli even had ”control” of out her mouth. “So y’all are gonna do it!”
“I don’t know! Gosh! I just want to be prepared for when we do.”
“I knew you wouldn’t be able to last much longer! He’s too damn hot!”
Elli flashed a playful glare at Harper and just shook her head, Harper was right. Getting into bed with Shea and not doing the deed was getting harder and harder every time, and since Elli stayed the night with Shea five nights out of the week when he was in town, there was a whole bunch of sexual tension between them. Elli was so ready to tear off her clothes that her insecurities were the last thing on her mind. But then knowing that she had that dinner tonight with her family would stop her, and she would remember that more than likely tonight would be her last night with Shea since she still hadn’t talked to him about Justin or her past.
“Yeah, well I might have wasted my time with the appointment,” Elli said with a huff as she got out of the chair, and went to her shelf for her camera, her ten thirty would be arriving any minute.
“Everything will be fine tonight, Elli. I tell you what, I feel that Shea is real, that he will see right through them, you have nothing to worry about. I mean it’s not like you’ve lied to him.”
Elli cringed, had she been lying to him? Was not telling him something, lying? Shit. Elli gave Harper a weak smile as the bell chimed in the front office, her appointment was right on time. As Elli walked to the front, all she kept thinking was that she hoped Harper was right.
Elli bit her lip as she stood in front of her mirror in the bathroom, looking herself over. The high waist black skirt she chose to go with her white blouse that had black polka dots on it with her red belt and heels looked great, but were they good enough so that her mother would leave her alone about the extra six pounds she had put on since dating Shea.
“Shit on a shingle,” she said with a huff as she checked the time again, Shea would be there in fifteen minutes, so she hurried to the bathroom checking on her hair. Elli had pulled it up in a cute little up do with a red blossom on the side. She looked like something straight out of a 50s pin up girl calendar. She had loved the outfit when she set eyes on it, and even though it set her back a pretty penny, she had to have it. She smiled at herself, knowing Shea would love it, but then the smile fell because she knew her mom would see the extra weight instantly.
Damn Shea and his metabolism. The man could eat a whole cheesecake and not gain a pound. Elli looks at it and even though she runs the next day, she still gains a pound! It was so damn frustrating, even more so when Shea would push her to eat with him and when she would make a comment about her weight, he would tell her she is perfect and stuff the ice cream down her throat. He just didn’t understand! Bless his heart, but still!
Adler trotted behind Elli as she moved around the house, transferring all her crap from her big pink purse to her small black one. Adler whined and Elli bent down to kiss his furry head. She had felt so bad since she hadn’t been home lately, so when she was home, she loved on him a lot more to make up for it.
“Wanna go out boy? Before I leave?” Adler took off at the word “out.” Elli laughed as she followed him to the door, letting him out and walking out onto the porch just as Shea pulled up. He grinned at her as he got out, and she smiled back, checking him out. He came dressed to impress. He was wearing a nice tailored black suit, with a black shirt and light blue tie and, of course, those damn chucks.