“Good morning, Jack.” I smiled as I set his coffee cup on his desk.
“Good morning. You seem in a chipper mood.”
“It’s Halloween. Speaking of which, I know this is really random, but Hope asked me to ask you if you would like to come to my parents’ house with us tonight. She has this crazy idea that maybe you would like to go trick or treating with us.”
He arched his brow. “Really? Hope would like me to come?”
“Yeah. But if you have plans, don’t worry about it. I already explained to her that it was such short notice and that you were probably busy.”
“I don’t have any plans tonight. Besides, if she invited me, how could I say no?”
“Okay. Oh, another thing. I’m sorry to spring this on you at the last minute, but would it be okay if I got off early to attend Hope’s Halloween party at school? It starts at two o’clock.”
“Of course.” He smiled. “I’ll tell Tony to drop you off.”
I was going out on a limb here, but I couldn’t help but ask.
“You know, I think Hope would be thrilled if you came.”
“To her school Halloween party?” he asked in surprise.
“Yeah. Just an idea. Don’t worry about it.” I waved my hand.
“Okay. I’ll go.”
I stood there in shock that he actually said yes. On the inside, I was dancing.
“Okay. Great. Thank you. She’s going to be so surprised.”
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We arrived at Hope’s classroom and the look on her face when she saw Jack and me walk into the room was priceless. She ran over and hugged us both.
“Jack! What are you doing here?”
“Your mom invited me. Look at you. You’re such a beautiful Cinderella.” He smiled.
“Thank you, Jack. Come meet my teacher.” She took hold of his hand and led him over to Miss. Strong.
“Miss. Strong, this is my friend, Jack. He’s my mom’s boss.”
“I see. It’s nice to meet you, Jack.” She smiled.
“My pleasure, Miss. Strong.” He smiled back with his charming smile and I wanted to vomit.
As the children were playing games and running around the classroom, Jack looked over at me.
“Hope’s teacher is really hot. I wonder what my chances are of getting her to go out with me.”#p#分页标题#e#
A wave of jealousy crashed over me. “She’s not that hot and I think she’s seeing someone.”
“What a shame and I think she’s very hot.” He smirked.
As I stood there and stewed over his comments, Addison’s mom walked over to us.
“Hello, Lorelei. I would like you to meet my boyfriend, Curtis.”
“Hello, Jane.” I gave a fake smile. “Nice to meet you, Curtis. This is my boss, Jack Sutton. Jack, this is Jane, Addison’s mom.”
“Ah, nice to meet you, Jane. Curtis.” They all shook hands and I rolled my eyes.
“Hope tells us that Addison is switching schools.”
“Yes. This wonderful man is inviting us into his home and, to be honest, the school district over there is way better.”
I couldn’t help myself and I couldn’t resist. “How long have you two known each other?”
“A couple of months. But it was love at first sight. We met on Match.com. He’s my soulmate.”
“Really?” Jack spoke up. “Lorelei just joined Match.”
“You did?” Jane asked with a surprised tone.
Fuck you, Jack.
“Yes, I did.”
“Anyone special yet?”
“No. Not yet. Hopefully, soon. I’m still weeding through the prospects.”
“Well, good luck to you. I hope you have the same luck I did.”
“Thank you.” My fake smile grew wider.
The two of them walked away and Jack began to laugh.
“Does your face hurt?” he asked.
“Yes. ‘It was love at first sight. He’s my soulmate.’ Whatever!”
“It sounds to me like you’re a little jealous.”
“Who? Me?” I pointed to myself. “I’m not jealous at all. It’s just the way she said it.”
“Sure.” He chuckled.
“Now if you want to talk about someone being hot, check out that dad over there. It doesn’t look like he’s wearing a ring either. Hey, Hope.” I called to her.
“Yes, Mommy.”
“Who’s that man over there with that little boy?”
“That’s Jonathan’s dad. Jonathan was the boy I told you about last year whose mom died of cancer.”
“Oh yeah. Poor kid.” I bit down on my bottom lip.
“So are you going to go hit on the poor man who probably is still grieving over the death of his wife?” Jack asked with a smirk.