Yours or Mine by D.S. Craver Read Free Book Online

short list prove enough to stop their hot urges?
    Her mom sighed. “It’s
your decision and your inheritance money, but your dad and I would
like to meet him first.”
    “I want you to meet
Blake and his son.” She’d have to warn Blake not to kid around
and flirt in front of her parents. Well, she doubted he would be that
dumb.
    “What does Blake’s
mother say about this plan of her son’s?”
    “She died a year ago
from a heart attack. His dad’s in the military.” She gave the
history of Carter’s other grandparents before popping a potato chip
in her mouth. The barbecue hot kind…her favorite flavor of chips.
    “Too bad Carter
doesn’t have any grandparents living close by. I hope Blake’s not
planning on using you as a babysitter.”
    “I’m sure he
isn’t,” she said. “Carter stays at school until Blake can pick
him up. And he mentioned that Carter attends the Y program during the
summer.”
    “It must be hard on
him to be a single father.”
    After sipping her Coke,
she thought of something her mom would like to hear. “With a man in
the house, I won’t have to worry about someone breaking in and
hurting me.”
    “I do like that you
won’t be living alone. And keep the security system the owners
have. Blake won’t always be at home.”
    She heard the beep on
the phone signaling someone was calling her. “Mom, I have to go. I
have another call. I’ll call you soon about meeting Blake and
Carter.”
    “Hi, Syd.”
    Great. Her brother was
probably calling about the baseball schedule. She hadn’t typed it
yet. “Hi. I don’t have the schedule done but I’ll get to it
before the next practice.”
    “I’m not calling
about that. I just wanted to tell you that if you don’t set up
housekeeping with Blake, you can come live with us. If I’d known
you were interested in house sharing, you could’ve been part owner
of our home.”
    She laughed. “Oh,
yeah. That would be like living with Mom and Dad. And I'm going to be
in my own part of the duplex. I'm not living with Blake. We
are just buying the house together.”
    “So you think Blake
will be more fun than us. I knew you wouldn’t do this just to save
money.”
    “We haven’t made an
offer yet. And, of course, I’m doing it to save money. With both of
us paying the cost and the lowered price, we don’t even have to get
a loan. I’ll have money to buy furniture.”
    “Blake has the hots
for you and—”
    “I know. We’re
grown-ups and can handle our urges.”
    “How? By taking cold
showers together.”
    “Very funny, Zach.”
    “I hope you know what
you’re doing because Blake’s a virile thirty-one-year-old.”
Zach cleared his throat. “I like Blake, but it doesn’t seem right
for you two to buy a house when you’ve known each other for a short
time. And don't argue that you two are living in opposite sides of
the house. There's an adjoining door, for crying out loud.”
    “Before we move in
the house, we have thirty days, plus we don’t have a contract yet.”
    “Lindsay did mention
that Blake goes to the PTO meetings at the boys’ school, so it’s
good he’s an involved father.” He chuckled. “Or he’s hitting
on the divorced mothers at the parent meetings. If he’s seeing
someone, then you might not have to worry about him attacking you
some night.”
    “Hey, I can take care
of myself. I took your self-defense class.” She could brag to Zach
and remind him how she had been his best student. “Maybe I’ll
attack Blake.”
    Zach sighed. “I don’t
think Blake would mind. I just don’t want you to get hurt again.”
    She glanced around at
her apartment. From her spot on the couch, she was only steps away
from the tiny kitchen. “I definitely would like a bigger place.
You’re the one who told me it’s a buyer’s market in this
economy. You know if I buy this duplex with Blake, I’ll have more
money to spend on my favorite brother and his family.”
    “I don’t need
anything. I just want you