Come Die with Me by Vanessa M. Knight

Author:Vanessa M. Knight [Knight, Vanessa M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Inked Publishing

Chapter 16

Never trust people who smile constantly. They’re either selling something or not very bright. ~ Laurell K. Hamilton, Burnt Offerings

Roxy didn’t say a word. She hadn’t said a word as they ran out of the building. She hadn’t said a word as they ran to the car. Getting away from the detectives had been priority number one. But they were on the road now. Far away from the arguing detectives.

“So.”

“So.” Rafe idled the truck behind another car, his blinker blinking. Blink-blink. Blink-blink.

“What happened back there?”

“What happened where?” His fingers drummed on the steering wheel.

“Back in the closet.” She could tell something happened. His body was wound tighter than a corset on a viscountess in a historical romance novel.

Rafe shook his head as he followed a car onto Boulder Highway.

“Come on, Rafe.”

“What do you want me to say?”

“I could feel it. Back in the closet. What was the problem?”

“Dammit.” His hands gripped the steering wheel. Knuckles white. “Do we need to do this now?”

“Yes.”

He sped off the highway and found an empty lot. Then he slammed the car into park before turning to her. The setting sun haloed around his head. “Fine. Are you sleeping with MacAuley?”

“What?”

“He never answered the question.”

“Probably because it’s a dumb question.” She crossed her arms. Did he really think she’d jump into bed with MacAuley? Rafe and she had kissed. It wasn’t a marriage proposal, but she thought it meant something.

“If it’s such a dumb question, why won’t you answer it?”

“I don’t even know his first name. There’s no way I’m going sleep with someone when they won’t even tell me their first name.” She gazed out the front window. Then there was silence.

A lot of silence.

Roxy sighed. Loudly. “We should go. I need to get back to my car.”

Rafe pulled out of the lot and headed back onto Boulder Highway. Roxy stared out the side window, watching desert pass by in a blur. The silence settled on the car, sucking all the air.

She wanted to be mad. Okay. She was a little mad. She wasn’t some badge-bunny chasing after the first cop she found. And since they had shared not only a kiss, but Rafe’s hands sliding up and down her body—she would like to think he’d known her better than that.

Apparently not.

The scenery switched from desert to tracts of houses. The stifling lack of noise inside the car didn’t change.

“I’m sorry.” Rafe stared at her, and then focused back on the road. “It’s not you.”

“It sure felt like me. It felt like you were judging me.”

“Not you. I don’t trust MacAuley.”

“What the hell happened between you two?” Roxy turned in her seat to face Rafe. “He wasn’t very forthcoming with information. All I know is he was your best man and friend and now he’s not.”

“You talked to him?”

“I tried. He said it’s not his story to tell.” She sighed. Men.

“Of course he did.” His hand tightened on the steering wheel. “I told you I was married.”

Roxy nodded. She knew that much. They had gotten that far into the story.

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