With Strings Attached by Kelly Jamieson

Author:Kelly Jamieson [Jamieson, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781619214651
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Published: 2013-01-22T00:00:00+00:00

“Are you going to sulk all the way there?” Matt asked Corey.

He glanced at her, sitting there staring out the passenger window of his Jeep as they drove the freeway along the Pacific coast between San Amaro and San Diego the next week. She’d hardly said two words since she’d gotten in the vehicle.

Her head whipped around. “I am not sulking!”

“Bullshit. Jesus, Corey, it’s not the end of the world if someone helps you with something.”

She probably never would have told him that her tire had blown if he hadn’t happened to call her on her cell when she was sitting there on the shoulder of the freeway outside town, almost in tears. He’d been going to invite her to go out with him and Dylan that night. Instead he heard the wobble in her voice and determined that she’d been on her way to visit her mother when the tire had blown.

“I told you those tires were bald,” he muttered.

“I know. I heard you. I don’t want to spend money on new tires right now!”

“Don’t freak out, for God’s sake.”

“What am I going to do, Matt?”

“I’ll loan you the money.”

“I have the money. I just don’t want to spend it on tires.”

He sighed, and then hoped it didn’t sound too long-suffering. “Tires aren’t that expensive. Try to keep a little perspective here.”

She gave him a glare that could have boiled water. Maybe he was being a little too pushy. He knew it meant a lot to her to save money for her business. “What happened with the shop? After you and Dylan looked at it, you said you were going to call the rental company and check it out.”

“I did.” She sighed. “I have an appointment tomorrow. But I’m sure it’s more than I can afford right now.”

“You never know. Want me to come with you?”

She eyed him and he kept his hands loose on the steering wheel while he waited for her response. “I don’t need help,” she muttered.

“I know. But do you want me to come with you? For a second opinion or something.”

She gave a short nod. “Okay.”

“Great.”

“Dylan says I should go back to the bank and try again for a loan.”

“There’s an idea. You still have the business plan we worked on, right?”

“Yeah.” She tapped her fingers on the armrest.

“Did you and Dylan have a good time the other night?”

Tiny pause. “Yeah.”

He didn’t even want to think about what they’d done, didn’t know why he was even asking.

“I’m worried about him,” she said. His head jerked to look at her, then returned to the freeway.

“Worried about him? Why?” Heh. Maybe he couldn’t get it up in bed with her. Matt smiled.

“Something happened… I don’t know if I should tell you.”

“Why not?” His smile broadened.

“Well…I don’t know if he’d want you to know.”

He chuckled silently. Poor bastard. “Maybe not,” he acknowledged.

“He had some kind of nightmare.”

Matt’s humor disappeared and he frowned. “A nightmare? I didn’t think he spent the night with you.”

“He didn’t. We fell asleep on the couch.

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