Chapter 3
Blake
Very rarely does someone impress me right out of the gate, but Thea managed.
Seeing her on my step, shrinking away like a scared little girl had me certain there was no way she could handle my household. But the second I challenged her, she stood up for herself and had a good reason for walking away.
She is right; both of us see our time as valuable, and wasting time wouldn't be in anyone's best interest. Of course, it wasn't just her words, but the way she'd said them, with her shoulders square and her chin up and her fists almost balled up at her sides as if she was daring me to stop her.
And I admit, my first impression of her had clearly been wrong.
She'll fit right in, after all.
Now, as she steps in front of me across the threshold of my home, I take in her fea
