Chapter 20

LEXI.

“I’m almost done. Then I can clean up this mess here.” Austin said as he crouched under the sink.

I finally had the willpower to let Austin into my apartment after a couple of days of contemplating whether I should. At first, I kept ignoring his question when he could work on it, but the water leaking was taking too much of my time and my sanity, from changing the water bowl I put under to catch the water to the sound of it dripping whenever the house was in complete silence.

Plus, I was sure my water bill would skyrocket because of this. I didn’t need any more unnecessary expenses, so I finally let him in to fix this.

So, I finally told him he could check it. He did check and proceeded to work on it right away.

“I can clean after. You don’t need to worry about that.” I told him while I played with David while holding him in my arms. I was standing a few feet away from Austin in my small kitchen.

He withdrew from under the sink and smiled at me, wiping the water or sweat