Big Girl Panties by Stephanie Evanovich

Author:Stephanie Evanovich [Evanovich, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-07-01T05:00:00+00:00

The silence on the car ride home was deafening. Holly wasn’t used to it; they always had something to talk about. Logan didn’t even put the radio on, as he usually did. And there was such an edge to his mood that she didn’t feel comfortable putting the radio on either. It was the first time they had done any drinking together, not that she considered his two beers actually drinking. She had gone way beyond that and it left her feeling at a disadvantage.

“Everything all right?” Holly finally asked.

“Of course,” he replied brusquely. “Why do you ask?”

“No reason. You just seem sort of quiet.”

“It’s been a long day,” he said quickly, staring straight ahead. “I’m pretty tired.”

“We could have left earlier.”

“And ruin your good time?” Logan said with a hint of sarcasm. “I wouldn’t hear of it.”

Was she drunk and acting sloppy or was he just tired and she was reading into it? Holly concentrated on not slurring. “I wasn’t having that good a time. Don’t ever jack up your schedule on my account.”

Holly leaned her head back against the headrest and closed her eyes. The silence resumed for several more minutes before Logan finally broke it.

“So the bartender certainly took an interest in you,” he said casually.

She straightened back up. “Glen? Yeah. He’s nice.”

“You two looked like you were getting pretty chummy.”

“Why? Because he bought me a shot of . . . what was that stuff called again?”

“Goldschläger.”

“Yeah. Goldschläger. It was yummy. You know it has real flakes of gold in it?” Holly recalled the sweet cinnamon schnapps that went down smooth and then set her insides on fire.

“It’s also like ninety proof,” Logan replied. “Let’s see how much you like it tomorrow when I’m whooping your ass all around that gym.”

“He bought us all one,” she said, ignoring his comment about how she would pay for it in the morning.

“We tip him like fifty bucks every time we’re in there. This was the first night he ever did anything like that. I can only assume it was to impress you.”

“I guess that explains why you refused yours?”

“I’m driving,” he said, his voice bordering on reproach, as if she should have known. “It was nice of you to drink mine for me.”

The silence resumed again. So what? She had a couple of shots. And three beers. Holly stole sideways glances at Logan as he concentrated on the road. Sweet Jesus, his profile was just incredible. Why did he have to be so damn perfect? Always so self-controlled. Why couldn’t he have let down his guard, gotten drunk, maybe even made a pass at her that they could both regret later? Instead, they were having a conversation like none they’d ever had before. It almost seemed as if he was accusing her of something, or worse yet, disapproving of her. And it hurt.

“Guess you’ll be seeing him again?” Logan tried to sound indifferent.

“What makes you say that?” she immediately asked.

“Well, you took his phone number.”

“He offered it to me. I didn’t want to be rude,” Holly explained.

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