Desert Bound (Cambio Springs) by Elizabeth Hunter

Author:Elizabeth Hunter [Hunter, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Ted heard his footsteps an hour later. Heard him hesitate at the door.

Good.

Ted was still pissed at him, but she wasn’t a dramatic teenager to run off in a huff. She’d calmed down. He’d have a chance to explain. Then she’d decide if she was stealing his truck and leaving him in Sin City with the Laura-ens of the world.

She was sitting on the couch, dressed in the black yoga pants she’d brought to lounge in, along with a black camisole. She’d been trying to read on her tablet to calm down, but her mind kept slipping to what Cam and Alex might be talking about. Part of her reaction was a consequence of the nearly full moon. She knew it. Alex probably knew it too. Moods were volatile around moon nights and Ted knew from years of living with the swings, it was the absolute worst time to fight about anything. If she and Alex escaped this without claw marks, it’d be a miracle.

The door clicked open and she saw him walk in, hands in his pockets. His stance was a deliberate attempt to remain casual, but she could see the tension in his shoulders.

“You’re still here.”

“Romano calmed me down. I’m keeping his number in case I need to steal your car later.”

“Romano?” He stepped closer.

“How was your chat with Cam?”

“Cam worries about exposing his father. Doesn’t trust many people. But it went okay. Let’s go back to Romano calming you down.”

She lifted her eyes from her tablet. His tone of voice scraped across her nerves. “Why?”

“Because I want to know.”

“Well, I’d like to know what, specifically, you and Cam talked about. Why don’t we start with that?”

He pulled off his black jacket. “Why don’t we get to that part after you tell me what the hell Romano did to calm you down, why his scent is all over this room, and what you’re doing out of your dress, Ted?”

Her eyes popped open. “You’re joking.”

“No.”

“You must be joking.”

“I’m not joking, Ted, now what the hell—”

“Where do you get off accusing me of something like that, Alex?” She sprang to her feet and barely resisted snarling. “I was about five minutes from walking out of this room because you acted like a jerk at dinner, and you—”

He stepped into her space. “You know why I wanted to speak to Cam alone. He doesn’t know you. He doesn’t trust—”

“And that’s why you dismissed me?” she sneered. “That’s why? Maybe you should have delayed your conversation until you two could have a private drink. Maybe you could have simply met for coffee. Maybe you could have told me ahead of time and I could have faked a damn headache, Alex! What you shouldn’t have done was send me out of the restaurant following Cam’s fuck-buddy!”

He leaned down and yelled, “Why the hell was Romano here?”

“Be glad he was, because someone needed to remind me why I love you, asshole!”

Alex’s hand shot out and grabbed the nape of her neck, pulling her head up as his mouth slammed down on hers.

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