Oil & Chocolate by Nikki Kwiatkowski

Author:Nikki Kwiatkowski [Kwiatkowski, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-07-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29

At first there was an uncomfortable silence in the truck. Dex tried to hide his reaction after Briar changed clothes. He wouldn’t say it aloud, but she looked incredible. Her snug jeans were tucked into a pair of boots with just a small bit of heel, stopping somewhere in the middle of her calves. Her light blue sweater was paired with a checkered scarf of various shades of brown and tan, matching her boots, giving her a classic and chic appearance.

For some reason, Dex found her hair to be even lighter and her eyes that much greener.

Thankfully, he was driving; had he not been, it would be difficult for him to take his eyes off her.

“You can change the station,” Dex said, breaking the silence.

“It’s okay. I don’t mind.” Dex’s rock had grown on her.

“Not exactly Dylan,” he added.

She chuckled and picked at one of her plain and unpainted nails. “No, definitely not.”

Dex had a feeling that surprising Briar had taken her off guard. She had a nervous energy about her. Attempting to keep the conversation going, “I thought you’d be into all those pop princess drama queens, the ones writing all those screwed up songs about their ex. Or maybe boy bands?”

“No to both,” Briar answered, her words slightly clipped. Of course Dex would think she’d have the musical tastes of a thirteen-year-old girl. “He was my mother’s favorite. She listened to him all the time, especially in the kitchen. For a while after she died, I couldn’t listen to his music without tumbling into a fit of tears.”

When she paused, Dex looked over briefly to make sure she wasn’t crying. She wasn’t. Instead, she had a soft, barely there, smile on her face. “And now?”

“I can’t say that I don’t think about her when I hear his music, but the pain isn’t there anymore. I have happy memories with her, and that’s enough. Also, I really like Bob Dylan,” Briar added with a laugh.

Dex didn’t say much more about her mother, and Briar took the comfortableness between them as a way to pry. Overall, Dex knew more about her than anyone; after all, he was the only person she had ever told about Leo, aside from Portia.

Knowing not to tread in the area of Dex’s mother, “Were you and your father close?” He had only spoken a little of his father at their lunch long ago.

“Very,” was all Dex said to that question.

Briar took his one-word response to mean that he didn’t want to talk about it. Sadly, she decided to drop the conversation of all their dead parents.

Upon glancing at the time on the dashboard, Briar noticed that they had been driving for over forty-five minutes, and were now well out of Argent Falls.

Curiously, “Where exactly are we going? And how much longer is–”

“Just this shop, and about thirty more minutes,” Dex answered vaguely, attempting to play it down.

Briar gasped. “We’re driving for more than an hour for a shop?”

“Something like that,” Dex answered with a slight chuckle in his voice.

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