Chapter Twelve
ETHAN
After holding a meeting with the interns at the studio and setting up for the live preview event I’m hosting this weekend, I decide to call it a day and head home. Admittedly, I’m anxious to see Vada again.
As soon as I walk in, I smell something coming from the kitchen. Once I walk down the hallway and round the corner, I hear sizzling food. Vada’s working around the kitchen, completely lost in her own world only wearing a tight tank top and skimpy shorts. Not making her aware of my presence, I lean against the door and cross my arms as I watch her shuffling carefree in front of the stove. I can’t help but think how different things might be between us if she didn’t live hundreds of miles away and if I didn’t have a closet of baggage.
She turns around and gasps wh
