Between You & I by Susan Cairns

Author:Susan Cairns [Cairns , Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2017-10-04T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Taylor

“Hey, what time do we have to leave?” Reid interrupts the conversation I’m having in my head, scaring the shit out of me.

With both hands clutching my chest, I turn to face him, breathing heavily. “You really have to stop doing that to me.”

Reid laughs, and I narrow my eyes at him. “Why are you so jumpy lately?”

“How do you know it’s lately? You’ve only known me for a week,” I challenge.

“You have a point. I was assuming…”

“And you know what they say about when you assume?” I paste the most sarcastic grin on my face.

“Yeah, yeah, smartass, so what time are we leaving?”

“Now, if you’re ready?”

“Yeah, I’m good to go. Do you think we need to leave this early?”

“Have you ever heard of the blue water tower?”

Reid shakes his head.

“Didn’t think so,” I say. “Well, the exit we need is right before it. If we’re lucky, we’ll get there a couple of minutes early, but it’s doubtful.”

“Not that I don’t believe you, but I think you all have a skewed idea of what traffic really is.”

“Oh, I’m sorry, is our traffic not busy enough for you? Because I think taking thirty minutes to go what should take you five is a little ridiculous.”

“Calm down, killer, I didn’t mean that there wasn’t traffic. I just meant it’s really not that bad. And I can’t believe we’re arguing about this,” Reid points out with his eyebrows lifted nearly to his hairline.

The look on his face makes me giggle. “Right? It’s kind of stupid. Anyway, let’s get going. Maybe we can sneak in a drink before Mark gets there.”

“Sounds like a plan to me.”

Reid beams as he waits for me to go before him, which only makes me think about what Casey said at lunch about how he looks at my ass when I’m walking in front of him. I’m not feeling self-conscious at all right now.

Reid’s hand at the small of my back has me going ramrod straight, making me feel tense as we walk to the front door. Once we clear the reception area, I move a little faster, leaving Reid a couple of steps behind. I kind of don’t want him touching me, but I also want to get him into my car. God I’m so ridiculous, and of course since Case pointed out how I’ve been different about Reid, less confident, I’ve noticed it. It only makes me wish I hadn’t talked to her about him this afternoon.

“This is me,” I say, pressing the button on my key fob, making the lights flash at us.

“Nice car, looks new,” Reid states, running his hand up the side of the hood on his way to the door.

“It’s a couple of years old, but I take care of it. I put so few miles on my vehicles that I need to pay a little more attention to the bodies so they’ll last as long as the guts.”

“Guts, huh? Sounds like a technical term.” Reid smirks at me over the roof. Before I can say a word, he pulls the door open and slips inside.

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