Rebel Without A Clue by Carolyn Scott

Author:Carolyn Scott [Scott, Carolyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-19T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Scarface's lopsided grin sent my heart flip-flopping. Christ, what was going on with my hormones lately? Alarmed by my reaction, I shooed him outside before anyone saw him.

"I've gotta go see Gina for a minute," I called out to Will and Carl before closing the door. I hustled Scarface across the road to Trendz Cafe. We sat at the back, away from the window.

"What are you doing here?" I asked him.

"You don't have to whisper, Cat. He can't hear you."

His know-it-all grin irritated the shit out of me but at the same time turned me on. How is that even possible?

"So why did you want me out of there so fast?" he asked. I got the feeling he knew the answer and was deliberately avoiding my question.

"Last time you and Will met I had to duck for cover. I didn't want to do that again until I at least know why."

"So it's not because I got you into trouble with your boss?"

"I'm not in trouble with Will." Not right this second, anyway. "So, are you going to answer my question? What are you doing here?"

He sat very still and looked at me with his one good eye. I was close enough to really look at his scar. It had freaked me out at first, but it didn't seem so gruesome anymore. It must have been painful when it had happened, and losing sight in the eye would have been life shattering. But to me, it was just a part of Scarface. Actually the scar suited him. It gave him that mysterious and sinister quality directors look for when casting bad guys in action movies. I always preferred the bad guys.

"See anything you like?"

I flushed to my roots. "Sorry."

He shrugged wide shoulders. "People like to look. It gets the curiosity out of their system."

I was such a goddamn idiot sometimes. I shouldn't have stared until his attention was focused elsewhere. "So, you've avoided my question a second time. There a reason for that?"

"I'm not avoiding it. I came to see you." He slouched in his chair and studied me. "I heard about your apartment and got worried. I wanted to talk to you but you gave a false address so I had to come here."

"I didn't give a false address. I just decided to stay at a friend's place instead of my mother's."

"This friend…is he a close friend?"

"She is my best friend, Gina. And if you wanted to know if I had a boyfriend, you could have just asked."

There was that smile again. "Cat, do you have a boyfriend?"

"No." I'd already thought through my answer so I didn't hesitate. Technically, Will wasn't my boyfriend. He didn't even want Carl to know about us. And beyond the mind-blowing sex, we didn't have much to base a proper relationship on. I was only twenty-eight. Despite what my mother thought, I wasn't ready to settle down. Besides, Will was seven years older than me. A totally inappropriate age gap, really. Huge. Then there was the fact that he was my boss.

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