Crossing the Line Part One (A Novella) by Samantha Long

Author:Samantha Long
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, romance chick lit, romance after divorce, romance adult contemporary, romance bad boy

Chapter Eight

The next morning, Victoria met Nick outside her office at eight a.m. He waited with two cups of coffee and she wondered if he knew this was the straight line to her heart, the IV that kept her going sometimes. She'd stayed up most of the night, worrying about Helena because of her attitude, and Lucia because of her desire to go on the date Friday night.

"Morning." Nick flashed a smile that made her forget all about her worries, including her lack of sleep. He held the cup out for her.

"Do you ever wear anything other than jeans and a t-shirt?" When she realized how bitchy she'd made it sound, she took the coffee. When his fingers brushed hers, she let out a silent gasp. "Thanks. And you don't have to answer that. I'm just tired."

He leaned against the side of his beat up truck, grinning suddenly like he loved getting up early and going antique shopping.

"Why the heck are you so happy?"

"Why wouldn't I be?" He stood. Flashed that grin again that made her weak in the knees. "I get to chauffeur a beautiful woman around all day, and help her pick out old furniture for clients."

Surprised laughter burst from her. "Old furniture? I'd love to hear what my clients say about that."

He opened the passenger door for her. "Well, let's get to it. I'm sure there's plenty to find at the flea markets."

Victoria slid in, making sure her sundress didn't expose anything, and noticed that the truck smelled like vanilla. Her eyes swept the cab of the truck and knew he cleaned it. The truck was immaculate. Not a fast food wrapper or empty can in sight. "Did you clean just for me?" She asked when he got in and started the truck.

"I may or may not have decided that you might run screaming if you saw the state of my vehicle, so I may or may not have thrown some stuff away."

"Well, maybe I'll thank you or maybe I won’t. Since you might or might not have cleaned it."

They both looked at each other and started laughing as he pulled out of the parking lot.

Victoria sipped more of her coffee. "Thanks for taking me. My dad is being ruthless in his efforts, but I really couldn't reschedule some of my clients."

Nick nodded. "It's cool. I figured that by the look of panic on your face when he said he couldn't take you. It was the least I could do," he took his eyes off the road for a quick second and winked. "It's going to be such a hard day."

"Ha." Victoria felt a wave of heat hit her cheeks. Her lips stretched into a wide smile. She hadn't felt this happy in a long time. It was nice to enjoy the attention of a man without there being huge expectations. Without wondering if you said the right things or made him feel flattered enough. With Nick it was easy. Almost too easy.

"So, where to first? I kind of need to know where we're going.

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