Roman did exactly as he’d promised and replaced the alternator in Ivy’s truck. After that, she hadn’t seen him or Harper. It had been a week, and she felt odd about it.
The night he came over to change the alternator, she’d offered him a cup of coffee for his hard work. He had come alone; Harper was at a friend"s house. Roman had politely refused and left. She wondered if she had done something to offend him but couldn’t think of anything. He had seemed so welcoming the other night at dinner, and that night, he was completely shut down.
What bothered her the most was the fact that it bothered her at all.
Ivy was busy in her kitchen when she heard a knock on the door. Her heart quickened. She wondered if the mere thought of Roman had conjured him up at her doorstep. She hurried to the
