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“I ... You.” Emma’s glare grew more intense. “Are you usually this good at solving problems?”
“Most of the time. It helps that I have money.”
I looked between Levi and Emma, trying to see if he was serious about this whole car thing. I’d get it if he only offered all of this to get Emma to see sense.
However, Emma wouldn’t when she eventually found out.
“So I have no reason to avoid work?” she asked with a groan. “Thanks a lot.”
“You’re the one who likes small-town life,” I said. “And if you wanna continue to live alone, you should probably not get fired.”
“So I leave now? What if you need something today?”
“All I’m gonna do today is read and relax. Even if Iwantedto go somewhere, I won’t.”
“I can also take her wherever she needs to go after work. And while I’m in the office, she can call an Uber if she’s going somewhere in town.”
“When you got married, you weren’t supposed to choose someone as good at arguing as he is.”
“We can keep going back and forth or you can call your boss back.”
Emma flipped off Levi before grabbing her phone and disappearing into the other room.
“Thank you,” I said. “You have no idea how much better it makes me feel that she’s leaving with reliable transportation. Even if I’ve torn up the trunk with dirt.”
“You’re welcome,” he replied. “Now, I do have to get ready for work. I have an early morning meeting that I can’t miss.”
“Go ahead. I’ll clean up.”
He pressed a kiss on my lips before leaving.
A few minutes later, Emma returned with her bag. “I was one more ignored call away from getting fired,” she said. “They’re desperate for someone to come in.”
“Then get going. I’ll be fine here.”
“At least I feel better about the two of you. I mean, I see why it moved so fast.”
I blinked. “You do?”
“Oh yeah. He’s down bad.” She gave me a hug. “And thank you. I hate that I have to leave early, forworkof all things. But I owe you one. I owe you a lot, actually.”
“I’ll help you with anything.”
“Don’t forget about you,” she said under her breath. “Seriously.”
“Are you leaving?” Levi asked as he came downstairs. “I am too.”
“Looks like we both have to work. Disgusting. Thanks for letting me stay, though. You’re nicer than a lot of the other brothers-in-law I’ve heard about.”
“I try to be.”
“Now, here are my keys.” I threw them to her. “Be safe, please. Both of you.”
“Call me if you need me.” She gave me one last hug before leaving. Levi gave me a smile before following her out.
I cleaned up after breakfast, checking in once again to be sure my headache from the day before hadn’t returned. Since I was off of my medicine, I knew that the odds of pain simply going away wasn’t very possible.
Luckily, it seemed that I was in the clear.