Fight Dirty: A Dawson Family Novel by Goodwin Emily

Author:Goodwin, Emily
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Owen

“Charlie?” I repeat, watching her eyes glaze over. She’s deep in thought, but I have no idea what she’s thinking about. Is she still scared of storms? She used to be terrified of them.

“Sorry.” Shaking her head, she looks down at her phone. I follow her gaze, watching the radar move across the screen. It looks bad. She definitely shouldn’t be driving. “I’m just…I’m really tired.”

“I have a guest room and an extra toothbrush if you need it. I can loan you some clothes too.” I tip my head a bit as I look her up and down. “You always looked good in my white t-shirts. With no pants, of course.”

She doesn’t smile, doesn’t roll her eyes. The lack of response troubles me, making it hard to read her. “I actually have clothes in my car.”

“Preparing to stay the night with me, I see. I knew you couldn’t have resisted for long.”

She looks up with a glare. Now there’s that sass I was missing. “I was going to grab a room at the bed and breakfast in town.”

“With your cat?”

“She’s quiet. I could have snuck her in.”

I laugh. “I like this naughty side, Charlie.”

“Shut up,” she quips.

“I’ll grab your bag for you,” I offer.

“It’s pouring rain, you’ll get soaked.”

I shrug. “I’ll take my clothes off first and then will towel off.”

Her mouth falls open again, but she quickly recovers. “Let’s hope you don’t get struck by lightning then. Because I’m not dragging your naked body back inside.”

“You’d leave me out there and cause a spectacle for the neighborhood kids?”

“Oh, I would. It would be a lesson in what type of stupid shit they shouldn’t do.”

Chuckling, I pull my shirt over my head only to push her buttons. “Is your car locked?”

“Of course.”

Grabbing her keys, I run out through the garage to get her overnight bag from the car. I am soaked by the time I get back inside.

“Thank you,” she tells me, taking the bag.

“I’m going to change.”

“What happened to getting naked?”

I cock an eyebrow. “Is that an invitation?”

“You wish. Do you have any candles or anything?”

“Yeah,” I tell her, wiping my arms dry with the dishtowel from the counter. “In the cabinet next to the sink. There’s a lighter in there with them.”

I rush up the stairs to change and come down to find a few candles placed around the downstairs.

“I can do you one better.” I kneel down in front of the fireplace, opening it up and rearranging the logs inside. I haven’t used it in months, and it’s going to get hot in here fast, but at least we’ll have some light. It takes a few tries, but I get a small fire going.

“Now what?” she asks, sitting on the couch with a bottle of wine.

“You’re asking me how to entertain ourselves in the dark during a storm?”

“Owen,” she scolds. “No.”

“Your loss.”

She mumbles something that I can’t quite make out. An agreement, maybe? Moving away from the fireplace, I look at the light dancing over Charlie’s face.

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