Joy Ride by Lauren Blakely

Author:Lauren Blakely [Blakely, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lauren Blakely Books
Published: 2017-05-01T07:00:00+00:00

27

“I can take it from here,” Sam says, a few hours later. “But thanks for staying late to help me.”

“No problem.” I grab a rag and wipe my dirty hands.

Sam needed a little help on this beast, and that’s my job—to show him how to make an engine sing, not fuck a girl on the hood of the car he’s restoring. Perhaps staying late is my penance for my hypocrisy.

“So.” Sam clears his throat as he works on degreeing the cam. “You and Henley—”

I jerk my head, nerves prickling the back of my neck as I cut him off. “What do you mean?”

He didn’t breathe a word about the two of us all evening, and it’s not his place to either. Even so, I can’t help but feel I crossed lines tonight when I decided to sleep with the rival.

Sam cranes his neck to look up from the engine at me. “Whoa. I was just going to say I didn’t realize you and Henley used to work together.”

I release a tight breath as I set down the rag. Momentary relief floods me. The question he’s asked is simple. “Yeah, she was my apprentice five years ago.”

“Karen mentioned it when we went out a second time.”

“Karen the mechanic at John Smith? I met her briefly the other week when I stopped by.”

Sam nods as he takes a reading from the dial indicator. “She likes Henley. She says she’s a great builder. Karen loves having another chick there, and she said that all the guys over there have a lot of respect for her. They think she’s doing a great job at the shop. I just hadn’t realized you two had some history, and now you’re working together on the show car. That’s how tight this business is.” He laughs. “Small world, huh?”

I force out a chuckle that sounds as if it’s strangling me. “Yeah, it sure is.”

I feel like an ass for telling Sam to watch his back on his date. Meanwhile, I torched my own advice to ashes a few hours ago. I’m not sure what to say next, but I decide to start with being less of an asshole boss about his personal life. “So, you and Karen are getting along?” I ask, and it feels like eating chalk. I do not enjoy talking about extracurriculars with my employees. Their private lives should be private. But, I started the discussion, so I need to finish it with a proper reset, not another warning on who to date.

“We’re going to keep seeing each other. It’s not like we’re going to pool our resources and get one of those ten-thousand-dollar Snap-on Mammoth tool sets and open a shop together. But she’s cool.”

I laugh and gesture to the five-foot-high tool set I’ve got that contains everything under the sun that a professional builder needs. “A 10K Snap-on tool set is absolutely the sign of true love.”

Sam taps his temple with his free hand. “I’ll keep that tidbit up here in case someone ever gives me one.

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