Chapter Seventeen
Eddie pushed back from the kitchen table. “Nice of you to drop by Ben. Hope needs a distraction right now.”
Martha nodded her agreement. Ben refrained from rolling his eyes. His parents had been dead for years, and his brothers understood his privacy was sacrosanct. So the reality of family up in his business was foreign to him. And somewhat annoying.
How was he supposed to answer her parents? That he was already distracting her senseless? If Axel and Gunnar’s responses were any indication, they wouldn’t be too pleased to know he’d spent the night upstairs.
Ben was fairly certain that Axel and Gunnar suspected there was something going on between him and Hope. Frankly, he didn’t care. It had only been a week, but this whole ‘let’s keep things quiet’ thing wasn’t worki
