Fall in love with the landlord's son

Chapter 1

I have this abs pillow, right? Like, a body pillow with a sculpted six-pack. I gotta kinda grope and hug it to fall asleep at night.

So, the other night, I stumbled out of bed to pee and somehow ended up in my landlord’s son’s room. Total brain fart. I crawled into bed, did my usual routine, yanked up the pillow's shirt and started going to town on those fake abs.

Then, this husky voice rumbles from above me, “You done yet? You're gonna get a reaction outta me.”

1

I got home from work, and there's this seriously tall, seriously hot dude chilling on my couch.

I live alone.

My first thought was, "Oh crap, someone broke in." I’m halfway back out the door to go get Mrs. Henderson, my landlady who lives next door.

But damn, this guy was hot. Broad shoulders, long legs, like he was carved out of marble. I mean, come on, I’m only human. I paused, took another look.

Then I realized, no burglar just hangs out drinking tea like he owns the place, right? The way he was acting, you'd think he lived here.

But Mrs. Henderson never mentioned she was renting any other rooms out in the house. Plus, he had this "don’t mess with me" vibe, didn’t look like the talkative type.

So, I turned around, figuring I'd go get Mrs. Henderson and clear things up.

I barely got my foot out the door when this voice calls out, “Hold it right there.”

I turned back, and hesitantly asked, "Uh, who are you? Why are you in my house?"

The guy just chuckled, all low and smooth, picked up his teacup with these elegant fingers and took a sip.

Then he leaned back, looking all amused, and says, “You sure this is your house?”

“Yeah, last time I checked, I left for work, and my house is still my house.”

2

I stood there, clutching my bag, feeling totally lost.

His house?

Just as I’m trying to wrap my head around this, Mrs. Henderson comes barreling out of her apartment, chewing on a chunk of sugar cane. She takes one look at my confused face, then pulls me behind her and points the sugar cane like a weapon at the hot dude. She says, “Did you say something mean to my girl here? Don’t you go being a jerk, you haven't been here in ages, she needed a place to live, what’s the big deal?”

The hot dude seems like he can’t believe what he’s hearing. He stands up and says, “Mom, this is the house I bought to live in after I get married. You just rented it out without even asking?”

“My future marital home, being lived in by someone else? How does that make any sense?”

Mrs. Henderson paused, realizing she might have messed up. She started stammering, “Well… you… you might not find anyone to marry for all I know! Are you even dating anyone? What makes you think you will get married?”

The dude just kinda stared at her.

He plopped back down on the couch, like, "I'm done arguing," and said, "I don't care. It’s my place. It’s for me and my future wife.”

Then, he jerked his chin towards me. “What’s she doing here? A total stranger?”

Mrs. Henderson just crossed her arms. "You got lucky," she says.

I cou...