All of Me (All Series Book 2) Read Free Page B

grabbing a beer. Lock up the office when you’re done.”
    Phil watched his brother and the office manager leave. The rest of the office staff had left about thirty minutes ago. He should leave too, but he wanted to finish up the last few stages on the commercial building he was doing for a technology company moving into the area.
    Opening his email first, he scanned the properties. Thankfully they were all in town. Then his eyes landed on one in particular, a new tenant he’d been more than happy to take on, and he realized his weekend had just improved. Sophia better be ready for him.

Never Forget
     
    The doorbell rang at exactly ten the next morning. Sophia jumped up and opened the door. She stood rooted to the spot as she stared at Phil Harper, who looked sexy as hell in faded jeans and a button-down shirt with his sleeves rolled up to his forearms and a small folder in his large hand. Oh those hands, she remembered them fondly.
    Pushing her anxiety away, she reminded herself she just didn’t have time for him today. “What are you doing here, Phil?”
    He raised his eyebrow at her terse question but held his tongue. He’d never been much of a talker. Always sweet and friendly. He even had a dry sense of humor, unlike Alec who was more jovial. “I’m sorry, I’m busy right now,” she rushed out. She wanted him gone. She was finally getting herself under control again where he was concerned. She didn’t need him to throw her off balance. “The landlord is on his way to show me around the house.”
    He pushed his way past her with a small smile forming. That slow sexy smile of his sent tingling waves crashing through her body. When he stopped a few feet into her living room, she looked down to see him extending the folder toward her. “The landlord is here.”
    Her jaw dropped, and then she snapped it shut. “What? I read the lease. I know who my landlord is. Nowhere did it say Harper Construction on it.” Turning briskly, she left him standing in the living room, marched to her office, pulled open the drawer, grabbed the file, then marched back out. No way would she have rented a house from Phil.
    Stopping in front of him, she flipped to the second page, found the company and froze. “APH Real Estate,” he said, a trace of humor in his voice, before she could finish reading.
    Face flushed, she looked into his gorgeous sparkling brown eyes and didn’t find anything funny about this situation at all. Now she knew how Kaitlin managed this rental as fast as she did. Kicking herself, she wished she’d asked more questions. Kaitlin never volunteered it was her brothers’ property. It really wasn’t important, at least in Kaitlin’s eyes.
    Sophia had read the lease through word for word before she signed it. Only she never bothered to look into the landlord. Why would she? She trusted Kaitlin and everything looked good.
    Nothing to do about it now. It wasn’t like she would have a lot of dealings with him. The house was newly remodeled. She couldn’t imagine anything going wrong. Besides, she couldn’t avoid him forever, even if she wanted to. Which she really didn’t. But right at this moment, she wasn’t prepared for him. Or where to go from here. She needed another plan and hadn’t even tried to come up with one. “Very well. Let’s get this over with.”
    He chuckled at her disgruntled tone. He had her cornered and she knew it. She could get through it though. How hard would it be to walk around the house with him? Only he looked too sexy for her own good, smelling just like she remembered. Fresh, clean and a touch of male under it all.
    Ten minutes, twenty tops, then he would be gone.
     
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    Phil hadn’t missed the look in her eyes. She was annoyed with a trace of embarrassment over not realizing whom she rented the house from.
    Not that he minded in the least. The minute she turned her back, he grinned wide. He was smart enough to not let her see how humorous he found the whole