Reckless Love (Cowboys & Angels 7)

“I’ll miss you too, Mia.”

“Promise you’ll still come in and have lunch with us? And make sure you invite us to the baby shower!”

I nodded and smiled. “I promise I’ll do both.”

Mia leaned against my desk. “I wish a tall, dark and handsome man would sweep me off my feet. Although, I could do without the knocking me up thing. I don’t want kids.”

Frowning, I placed the last personal item from my desk into the box.

“You don’t want kids?”

“Nope. No, thanks. I think they’re gross. I mean, I like them for all of about an hour. Then I’m ready for them to be seen and not heard.”

“That’s terrible, Mia!” I said, shaking my head and letting out a chuckle.

“It’s true.”

“Don’t ever go over to the Parker house for family night, then.”

She grinned and gave me a thumbs up. “Noted.”

“Scarlett?”

Turning, I found Eric, hands tucked inside his pockets and a shy smile on his face.

“Okay, who is this hottie?” Mia whispered in my ear.

“A friend,” I responded.

“Single?” Mia asked.

I nodded. “Yep! Eric, what are you doing here?”

He glanced down at my desk and then back at me. “I had to come and see if it was true. The bastard is really making you leave your job and your home?”

Mia took a few steps back. “Um, I think I’m going to go grab a coffee.”

I glared at Eric. Lately, he’d had a habit of doing things to embarrass me in public, especially saying things about Trevor that I didn’t appreciate.

“Thanks, Mia,” I said, squeezing her hand to let her know I was okay.

Once she was around the corner, I faced Eric.

“You need to stop doing this.”

“Doing what? Speaking the truth, love? I heard Maebh telling Cord you were renting your house out. What in the hell are you doing? I thought you were going to live there, and Trevor was going to have a room at his house for the baby? What are you doing, Scarlett? Why are you setting yourself up for heartache?”

Rolling my eyes, I threw my purse into the box and picked it up.

“Wait! Let me walk you to your car,” Eric nearly shouted as he took the box from my arms.

“Fine, but after this, you will stop with this nonsense.”

Eric followed behind me as I made my way through the courthouse. When we got to my car, I popped open the trunk.

After placing the box inside, Eric shut the trunk and faced me. “Tell me why you’re leaving your job. Why you’re giving up your house.”

“I’m not giving up my house, and I moved in with Trevor last month. He offered me a job at the ranch, working as his assistant. I’m also going to be working with Harley a few days a week at the vet clinic.”

Eric scoffed. “His assistant? Really? He’s that insecure that he has to have you under his thumb by moving you in and making you leave your job?”

“No, dickhead,” said a voice from behind me. “I love her so much that I want to be near her as often as I can. We got a problem here, Eric?”

As I spun around, my heart felt like it stopped mid-beat. Trevor stood before us, arms folded over his massive chest, a look of pure hatred plastered on his face and pointed directly at Eric.

Shit. This was not going to end well.

Scarlett seemed surprised to see me, but Eric almost seemed gleeful.

What in the fuck was this guy doing here?

“Trevor, what are you doing here?” Scarlett asked.

I let my body relax some and smiled at her.

“I wanted to make sure you didn’t need any help.”

The way she returned my smile made my knees weaken.

“How nice, the hero rushing in. Tell me, Trevor, what did you do to force Scarlett to give everything up and fall at your feet?”

“Eric!” Scarlett gasped. “What in the world has gotten into you? You promised me you were going to stop this the last time we talked.”

It felt like someone had punched me in the gut. Scarlett had been talking to Eric since I found them sitting on her porch months ago, and she hadn’t told me? It wasn’t like I didn’t trust her, but I didn’t trust this asshole standing in front of me. He was obsessed with Scarlett, and she couldn’t see it. Even Cord said Maebh was beginning to be concerned with his behavior when it came to Scarlett.

“Talked? When did y’all talk?”

Eric looked pleased with himself as he waited for Scarlett to answer.

“Eric stopped by here a few times to see how I was doing. I’ve assured him I’m perfectly fine and that he needs to stop acting like this. I’m happy, we’re happy, and his butting in is not doing any good.”

I smirked as I looked back at Eric. Did he really think I was going to be pissed at Scarlett because he was essentially stalking her?