Draw Me Close by Michaels Nicole

Author:Michaels, Nicole [Michaels, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781466862241
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Twelve

The following Wednesday evening, Derek stepped out the front door of his office, locked up, and then immediately headed around the side of the building toward his best friend Mike’s shop.

Derek had purchased his building about five years ago, mainly because it seemed like a sound investment. Also because he’d thought moving to a smaller town would be nice for Tanner when he visited. Seemed a little silly now because he didn’t see Tanner enough.

But he didn’t regret the purchase. He did like the small town of Preston. And he’d remodeled the building to house his office and meeting space in the front, leaving a large empty bay and second office in the back.

It just happened to have been ideal, because not long after he’d bought it Mike had needed a space. Since then Derek had leased the rest of the building to his buddy so he could use it to continue his car restoration business. It had worked out well for both of them. Mike was the perfect tenant. On time with his payments, and when he felt like it, Derek could walk around the corner and shoot the shit.

The weather was surprisingly mild so today he found the garage bays open and Mike on his back underneath an orange Camaro.

“You about done for the day?” Derek asked in greeting.

Mike slid out from under the chassis and grinned. He had a dark streak of God knows what greasy substance running the length of his cheek. “I think I am. And you’re just in time. Wanna take a test-drive with me?”

Derek shrugged. “If we drive it to a place that serves beer.”

Mike chuckled. “How about I’ll test-drive it tomorrow and we can walk over to Smokey’s.”

“Even better,” Derek said. “But wash your damn face first.”

Fifteen minutes later, Mike had showered, changed, and together they started the five-minute walk down the alley to Smokey’s. Wednesday night was wing night, so Derek intended to get a dozen extra hot, the largest beer they served, and try not to think about how he hadn’t seen or heard from Lindsey since Friday afternoon.

They’d both been quiet for the rest of their shopping excursion although she had ended up finding a piece for the island. Seeing her happy about that had made things a little better. He’d even loved watching her haggle over the price. That was a side of her he hadn’t expected, but it had been sexy as hell.

The thing that was irritating him was that on the drive home she’d been noncommittal about when they could get together to work on the island. And the total radio silence since then. That was really starting to piss him off.

He knew she’d been a little freaked out by the kiss, but he’d never imagined it would affect her this long. He’d texted her Monday but she hadn’t responded. Later that night he’d realized he’d made the critical error of sending an open-ended text by saying Let me know when you want to start on the island instead of something more definitive.

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