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Her phone vibrated with a text before she reached her suitcase and she pulled it out of her pocket.
Smiling, she read the text that Midas had just sent.
Midas: I’m very glad you’re here. Welcome to Hawaii.
Lexie knew she had another huge, sappy grin on her face, but she couldn’t help it. She brought the phone up to her lips to dictate a return message.
Lexie: Thanks. Me too. Thanks for picking me up at the airport.
Midas: Anytime, Lex. Anytime. Get some sleep. Talk to you soon.
Just as she was about to put her phone down on the counter, she noticed that she had an email message she’d missed earlier. It had probably come through when she was on one of her flights. It was from Magnus Brander.
She’d emailed the man a couple of times, wanting to offer her condolences. She hated that she hadn’t been able to get to Denmark for Dagmar’s funeral.
Ms. Greene,
Thank you for your correspondence. You are correct, I miss my brother fiercely. It has taken me this long to be able to answer messages. As you were one of the last people to see him, I would very much like to talk to you. To find out more about your time in the desert. I will be in touch.
Sincerely,
Magnus Brander
She was relieved Magnus had emailed her. She’d gladly talk to him about his brother. Dagmar didn’t deserve what happened to him, and it was still hard to believe he was gone.
Making a mental note to reply to the email later, Lexie put her phone on the small kitchen counter and grabbed her suitcase. It was still hard to believe she was in Hawaii, in the same city as Midas. Life was definitely looking up.
Chapter Nine
“Stop pacing, man. Jeez, you’re making me nervous,” Aleck complained.
Midas frowned at his friend. “I’m not nervous.”
“Whatever,” Aleck said with a roll of his eyes.
“Okay, fine. I’m a little nervous, but it’s just because Lexie wouldn’t let me pick her up. She said she wanted to learn the bus system, so she’d meet me here,” Midas finished.
It had been three days since Lexie had arrived in Hawaii. He’d talked to her every day, and seen her the first two. This would be the third day, and he was anxious to be with her again.
Lexie was…fun. Not like jump-up-and-down, bring-attention-to-herself fun, but Midas found that when he was with her, he smiled all the time. He loved watching her experience what Hawaii had to offer for the first time. He was also making a mental list of all the things he wanted to show her.
But today, she was coming over to Aleck’s condo complex and they were having a cookout with the rest of the team and Elodie. Lexie had told him she was excited to meet the other woman, but also nervous. He was one hundred percent sure she had nothing to worry about. Elodie was just as anxious to meet her. He had no doubt the two women would get along great.
Everyone was outside in one of the pavilions near the beach. Elodie was already hovering near the grill, making sure Mustang and Pid didn’t “mess up” the burgers. She was very particular and protective of her food, which Midas thought was hilarious. The team loved to tease her by pretending they were going to do something outrageous when they cooked, just to see if they could rile her up. It worked every time.
At one time, Midas had thought having Elodie hanging around with them would change the dynamics of the team, but that hadn’t happened. She’d become a natural addition to their group, and he could only hope the same happened with Lexie.
He wasn’t ready to pop the question or anything, but there wasn’t a doubt in Midas’s mind that he wanted a long-term relationship with Lexie. He felt comfortable around her, as if they truly had known each other for years. She made him laugh, turned him on, and he wanted to spend every free second of his time with her. The latter was the biggest clue that she was different from any other woman he’d gone out with.
He’d even told his mom about Lexie just the other night. She’d called to check in and see how he was doing, and Midas hadn’t thought twice about telling her all about the woman from high school he’d reconnected with.
He’d blabbered on for twenty minutes straight before his mom had finally burst out laughing.
“What?” Midas had asked.
“I’ve never heard you talk about someone like this before,” his mom replied.
“Like what?”
