Chapter 46
Chapter forty-six
Rhys
Full Name Basis
My phone finally rings at eight in the morning and I reach for it so quickly I knock my glass of water to the floor.
He never answered. Zara got me loaded into a car, I slumped against the door the entire drive home. Calling Duncan nearly constantly. My phone died around three. I stumbled up to my bedroom, set the phone on the charger, and passed out on top of the covers, boots still on.
My eyes are blurry but it isn't the name You Know You Want It over a photo of us from Yes Day on the screen.
"Harper?" I ask as I answer.
"Hello Rhys Reid."
"You don't have to say my full name everytime." I shift to let my legs fall off the side of the bed.
"Right, well, hello Rhys, umm, how are you?" I hear whispering in the background.
I put the phone on speaker and set it on the bedside table.
I roll my neck from side to side and kick off my boots.
I toss my t-shirt down on the spilled water to sop it up.
All the while I hear distant conversation and Harper shushing whoever she’s with.
"Why does it feel like you're calling me on behalf of the person crushing on me? "
"Well I guess I sort of am, he just doesn't know it."
I hear "oh give me that" before muffled sounds of a scuffle.
"Hello Rhys Reid? It's Caroline."
"Hello." They’re going to keep using my full name apparently.
"Listen, you have some groveling to do after that disgusting show of PDA. But we're going to help you."
So, he did see it. I collapse into my pillows and curl up.
"Why?" My question comes out on a crack of air.
"Because Duncan is special to us, he's our friend, and he's in love with you."
My eyes fly open, and the world looks brighter. "What?"
"Sorry if that is a surprise but we're under a timeline here and if this is going to work we have to act now."
Hope fills my chest. "Let's hear it."