True Love Waits novel Chapter 1022

"For her? Anytime. Just tell me when and I'll free up my schedule," Sheffield said, excited at the prospect. He loved that little girl.

Joshua got jealous. "You know, you keep trying to shoo me out. You were so busy you didn't even meet my gaze. You even asked me to leave. As soon as I mentioned Gwyn, you say you'll make time for her. I'm your best friend. How can you be nicer to a little kid than me?"

Yet his complaint didn't make Sheffield nicer to him. "How about this? Next time if you don't bring Gwyn with you, don't bother coming see me."

Joshua bellowed, "What the hell? Are we even still friends?"

"Yes—if you call Terilynn now and ask her when she's bringing Gwyn over. Otherwise, no."

Joshua was so angry that he turned to leave. "Hey, don't forget if you drop Gwyn off here, then you can snatch some quality time with your lady-love. Like, getting a room. There's some motivation for you," Sheffield reminded him calmly.

Joshua thought on that. He had to admit it sounded pretty good. So he took out his phone and dialed Terilynn.

Then, he slipped into Sheffield's lounge to start flirting with her on the phone, leaving Sheffield no chance to eavesdrop.

Sitting at his desk, Sheffield could do nothing but watch as Joshua closed the door to his lounge. 'Jerk! That's my private room.'

Ten minutes later, Sheffield knocked on the door and said, "Hey bro, I gotta leave. I have a meeting. What did Terilynn say? We nail down a time yet?"

Joshua didn't open the door until a minute later. His hair looked like a bird's nest. "Yeah. Before 10 a.m. tomorrow. Mind if I stay here a while?" he asked with a goofy smile. A red flush spread across his face.

"Did you use my bed?" asked Sheffield, staring at Joshua's messy hair.

Joshua looked back at the bed. When he talked to Terilynn, he had been so enraptured he couldn't help rolling on the bed, totally forgetting Sheffield was a neat freak. 'Oh, crap!' "Ha ha, sorry, man. I'll fix that for you right now!" he grinned.

Sheffield dragged him out and kicked him hard in the rump. "Come on, get out!"

Joshua flew into a rage. He put the phone to his ear. "Never bring Gwyn here, Terilynn. Sheffield's being an ass!" he said quickly.

Sheffield looked at Joshua, and started to see red. So he immediately walked over to Joshua and grabbed his collar. "Hey, hey!" Joshua said. "I was just joking! I wouldn't do that to my best friend."

Sheffield calmed down some and released his friend's collar. Joshua asked, "Don't you think you owe me an apology?"

"Sorry, Mr. Fan."

"That's better. Dad, I gotta go! Talk to you later!"

'Dad?' Sheffield grabbed his phone and took a look at his call screen.

Along with the time he'd been on the call, Sheffield could see that he was talking to his dad. So, he tricked Sheffield.

Joshua ran away from him, laughing. "Terilynn was busy. We only talked for a few minutes and then she hung up. Before I could do anything else, Dad called."

Sheffield rolled up his sleeves and advanced on him. He was good and mad now. But before he caught up with Joshua, his friend had already run out of the office.

Standing in the doorway, Sheffield could only helplessly bellow at the man who just entered the elevator, "I'm so done with you! Don't come back!"