Chapter 29

I was at the construction site mixing sand and gravel partly because I needed to get my lazy ass out of the confines of my apartment and it seemed like a good exercise to get Etienné out of my mind.

My phone rang in my jeans pocket. I wiped my sweaty hands on the side of my jeans before picking up the call.

"Where are you?" Ace asked me over the phone.

"Well hello to you too"

He laughed.

"Forgive my lack of manners m'lady. Where art thou?" He asked, faking a British accent.

I decided to play along.

"At the construction site, indulging in hard manual labor" I replied, imitating his accent.

"For real?" Ace asked, ditching the accent.

"Yup. The workers here looked at me like I grew two heads in two seconds" I said with a chuckle.

"I don't blame them. You look like someone who'd rather enjoy afternoon tea parties than the afternoon manual labor you're indulging in now"

I gasped.

"That is a direct insult to my personality," I told him.