Chapter 5

Hayley

Grandma Helen has a specialist appointment today and asked me to come with her. I offered to pick her up but she insisted we meet there. Strange but ok. I've grown really attached to the older women. My own grandparent’s passed away a few years back and so it’s nice to have her around.

I'm busy texting a w******p message as I enter the reception area of the doctors suite. Then I decide to delete the message altogether. It’s a message from my ex. Yes, the cheating a**hole, that’s now married. It’s just a simple “hi, how are you” message, but I refuse to respond. I am not getting dragged into that mess again.

I put my phone away and plaster a bright smile on my face as I look up to greet gran.

Only grans not alone. Beside her is Mr green eyes himself, in all his sexy glory. What on earth? I stand there staring at them not quite being able to putt two and two together. How does gran know the most gorgeous man I have ever seen. Damn! He's finer up close and that smell, oh my God, he smells heavenly, like the perfume Dunhill blue. I’ve always loved that smell on guys. Wait, am I drooling? I can’t remember the last time, if ever, I’ve been this physically attracted to a guy.

“Hayley dear, you made it” says gran as she pulls me in for a hug. “I'd like you to meet my grandson,  Xander”, she says as she pulls away to introduce us. “Xander, this is my new friend Hayley. She has truly been a Godsend. Hayley, this is Xander".

Xander

Well fuck me. This is Hayley? There’s just something about the girl. Sure she’s beautiful with those hazel brown eyes and long black hair. Maybe it’s the single dimple I can see as she smiles or the caught in the headlights look she has going on right now. It’s clear she wasn’t expecting me. Strange gran wouldn’t mention I would be here to her. I don’t know what it is about the girl, but something about her calls out to me . It’s not a feeling I’ve had before.

“Hi Hayley, it’s nice to finally meet you. Gran’s told me a lot about you"  I say to the dumbstruck girl before me, I almost want to laugh, she looks so out of it.

“Erm hi…it’s nice to meet you too" she says as she tentatively reaches out to shake my outstretched hand.

“The doctor will see you now Mrs Hall", says the receptionist and we make our way into the sterile smelling doctors rooms.

Throughout the consultation I can feel her eyes on me and every time I look up, her eyes dart away. I think you’re hot too honey, I grin to myself as I turn back to listen to what the doctor is saying. My private investigator did a background check before todays meeting.  Apart from a lot of credit card debt, the PI said there wasn’t much to tell. She worked in a laboratory, hardly went out, except to the beach with her dogs. I don’t know what to make of her. I was suspicious when I first heard gran talk about her, but after her background check and meeting her, I don’t think she’s into a long con. I can’t figure out why she has so much debt, when she hardly goes out according to him, but I’m intrigued by my grans new bestie to say the least.

Hayley

I can’t believe Mr green eyes is Grandma Helen’s grandson! We are supposed to be here for gran, but I cant stop looking at him. He’s caught me doing it so many times now, its downright embarrassing. I’m so affected by him you would think I haven’t been around a man before. Ok I’ve never seen anyone as gorgeous as him before, but it’s more than that. I feel all funny inside, like a hormonal teenager or something. There’s no way he would ever be into someone like me, but you know when you meet someone and you just wish they were into you as much as you were into them, even though you just met? Well that’s how I feel and I’m pretty sure its plastered all over my face. Grandma Helen’s grandson is freaking gorgeous.

“I’m very hopeful with your grandmother’s prognosis, as long as she rests and allows her body to heal between treatments. Absolutely no stress allowed", I hear the doctor say and that brings me out of my daydreams.

I ask the doctor a few questions about grans type of cancer and about what the treatment entails. Xander is also pretty involved in the conversation and we leave the doctors office with a better understanding of what gran can expect in her recovery.

It’s obvious from the way he looks at her and the way they interact, that Xander loves his grandmother very much. Family means everything to me too, so I understand the feeling. I’m still totally flustered around this hunk of a man, so I say my goodbyes to gran and Xander, they both kiss my cheek in goodbye…WTF? I can barely breathe let alone talk after that and the grin on Xander’s face tells me the man definitely knows the effect he is having me. This is so surreal!

What must gran Helen think of me! Ogling her grandson at every turn! My cheeks are hot as I make my way out of the building. This is so embarrassing! How do I face her again. I cover my face with my hands as  I plop in to the driver’s seat of my car. What are the odds? The man I’ve been fantasizing about having babies with is Grandma Helen’s grandson!