A Broken Contract (Alpha's Secret Regret) novel Chapter 67

I scoffed. "Of course, he doesn't. You're not a jackass like the other one!"

He laughed and waved. "See you around, Sara."

Soon, he was gone. My dad stood waiting for an explanation.

"Yeah. He had my car "removed," I said, climbing onto the porch to head inside.

My phone started to ring. It was Avery. I was going to call him once I'd settled in for the evening.

“Hey, Sara,” he said.

“Hi,” I replied. “I was going to call you back in a few minutes?”

“Is everything okay? You sounded weird," he asked.

"It's alright now."

"I'd like to buy you dinner."

"I promised my dad we'd eat together today. Can we do tomorrow?" I asked.

"Sure. How's Alex by the way?"

"He's with his dad."

"I see. Look, I know about the lawyer. I ran into her associate earlier. How are you feeling?”

“Not bad. I'll just get another lawyer. It may not even be necessary. I still have Miss Suarez from the agency. So I'm not worried.”

“I really wanna see you.”

When I didn't respond, he added, “I’m in the neighborhood. Just saw you talking to the hefty dude with the fancy haircut. He didn't leave with his car.”

I turned around to look about the street. Sure enough, Avery's hyundai was parked on the next block only a few feet from our house.

As I approached, he got out of the car.

“This is called stalking, you know,” I joked.

He smiled. “Look, I’m really sorry about Mrs. Montgomery.”

“It’s not your fault, Avery. It seemed like he really does need her services.”

“Did you just defend him? Tell me you don’t believe that," He frowned.

“I don’t, not really. But I don't want to worry about anything right now. I have my son. There's no reason to fear that he'll take him away.”