He tilted his head as he looked at me. “You’re in an extra good mood today.”
I smiled with a slight shrug. I was totally in an extra good mood, but I had no plans on telling Dylan why.
With a shake of his head, he turned and walked back out of my office. I emailed him the clips and got back to watching the footage. Maybe I could catch Mr. Green Hoodie when he wasn’t looking away.
My eyes weretired by the time I had to leave to meet Hattie. My good mood had faded a bit after watching almost two hours of footage with nothing more to show for it. Not a single sighting of the guy in the green hoodie. It was frustrating, almost like he knew every business and home that had a camera. Like he knew exactly how to go completely undetected.
She was already seated at a table and waved me over. “You’re totally glowing,” she said as I took my seat.
I chuckled. “I think you’re being dramatic.”
“You haven’t smiled quite like this since Asshole James broke your heart.” She bounced in her seat. “Now tell me everything.”
Pausing halfway through to order our food, I filled her in on what happened Saturday when I asked him if he wanted to be my date to the fundraiser dinner.
“You’re welcome for that, by the way.” She sent me a sly smirk. “I’m glad you took my advice, though.”
I was glad too. In the back of my mind, a part of me had hoped he wanted to be my real date, but never did I imagine he wanted to be my real boyfriend. Our food was delivered, and I filled her in on some details of Saturday and Sunday as we ate.
“I didn’t realize how bad things had gotten with James until being with Seth. He’s so attentive.”
“I bet. I could tell that when you guys came out for Savannah’s birthday. He’s observant. Seemed to pick up on your needs even before you did.”
I nodded. “I noticed that too, but just thought he did a good job of faking it.”
“You know some of the comments on that viral video called this, or at least thought something was already happening between you two.”
My body flushed, remembering that day. I wouldn’t lie and say I hadn’t felt something as I’d buried my face into his neck. But at the time, I didn’t want to read too much into it.
“When will you see him again?”
“We’re supposed to grab dinner tonight after his shift… as long as he doesn’t get stuck there.” I fiddled with the napkin in my lap before picking it up and setting it on the table. “I might swing by and say hi before heading back to the station.”
I was already missing him and couldn’t wait to see him. Plus, who wouldn’t be happy about a surprise visit from their new, very real girlfriend.
Chapter Twenty-Seven
SETH
Logan raised a brow at me.“Why are you all smiley today?”
“'Cause he got laid,” Zack said without even missing a beat. He didn’t even look up from the stack of cards he was busy shuffling.
He had a big mouth. But I couldn’t deny the fact that spending almost the whole weekend with Violet made me extremely happy. We’d even made plans to stay overnight at the hotel near the college for the fundraising dinner she was invited to in a couple of weeks. I was really looking forward to it.
“Just deal the cards, Stoer,” I snapped.
He chuckled. “Oooh, salty! That didn’t take long.”
“Yes, because you annoy me.”
Zack inhaled dramatically and placed his hands over his heart. “You wound me.”
“I’m about to hurt you if you don’t deal the damn cards already.”
“Fine, fine.” He chucked again, but at least he started dealing out the cards.
Jay came up the stairs and tipped his chin my way. “Hey Seth, there’s some woman downstairs asking for you.”
