Partner Track by Cat Wynn

Author:Cat Wynn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2022-02-08T20:35:26+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

The winter air soothed Perdie’s heated cheeks as she click-clacked to a small hidden alcove behind the theater. She leaned against the brick wall of the building, mesmerized by the twinkling shrubbery in front of her. The Christmas lights had grown slightly hazy due to the drinks she’d consumed. Above her, the sky was dark and clear, her breath sending forth a billowy cloud. She set her clutch by her feet—she’d been keeping it squished between her side and upper arm the whole night. Then she rubbed the tops of her bare arms, soothing the goose bumps as a sharp breeze forced a shiver through her bones. She should’ve collected her jacket too but she needed time to herself.

The back door opened with a heavy, decompressing sound.

“Are you cold?” Carter asked her as his large frame stepped into view. He strolled towards her, then shrugged out of his black tuxedo jacket. From beyond the door the dulcet tones of a Got7 cover floated outside, “Aura.”

“Are you a stalker?” A small part of her that had expected him to show danced with glee. The other part panicked. She reflexively jerked away when he reached around her shoulders, but then caught herself when he rested the jacket around her.

“Thanks.” She burrowed into the silk-lined coat, begrudgingly grateful for the extra layer.

Somehow Carter looked even better without his jacket, with his hands shoved in his pockets, intimate, like he might remove more layers. Perdie inwardly cursed her dirty mind.

“So, you and that guy have a thing?” he asked casually, his eyes turned up to the night sky.

She kept her face forward too. “Do you and that woman?”

He shrugged. “Like I said. She’s my real estate agent.”

She couldn’t stop herself from scoffing. “You might’ve mentioned it earlier.”

“I don’t see why someone like my real estate agent would require a special mention.” His tone was teasing, but it made her roll her eyes.

“Come on. You could’ve mentioned who she was the day you drove me home. You know, when you kissed me on my doorstep.”

One side of his mouth curled up. “You were jealous.”

“So why didn’t you explain yourself then?”

He looked at her for a moment, incredulous. “Did you really think I would openly bail on a woman I was seeing to drive another woman home with every intention of kissing that other woman boneless?” He cocked his head, waiting for her answer.

Perdie’s mouth dropped open. “Don’t act so innocent. It was a reasonable assumption.”

He elbowed her side gently. “You really do believe the worst about me, don’t you? And here I thought you were reaching for excuses not to like me.”

Her eyes narrowed. “Carter, any woman alive would’ve made the same assumptions that I did.”

“Then why’d you let me kiss you?”

The words irked her, and she almost lied, but then gave up with a sigh. “Because who in their right mind wouldn’t?”

He paused. “Okay, fine. Of course I liked that you were jealous. I admit it. I’m sorry. But I didn’t honestly believe you thought there was something going on with Aubrey and me.

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