My Lucky #13 by Piper Rayne

Author:Piper Rayne [Rayne, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Piper Rayne, Inc.

One thing I can say about Aiden is that he’s always punctual. At seven on the dot, a knock sounds on my door and I leave the bathroom to let him in.

“Nice look,” he says, much more chipper than he was earlier.

“Sorry, one more eyelash to go.” I take the eyelash curler off the lashes on my right eye and move it to my left while I head back to the bathroom.

“No problem.” He must go sit in the room while I finish with my makeup.

When I come out a few minutes later, he’s thumbing through the self-help book.

“Did you by chance throw my book away earlier?”

“Yep,” he answers and tosses it in the trash again. “You don’t need that. You’re perfect the way you are.”

I pass him and grab the book out of the empty trash. “You can’t just throw away my book, Aiden.”

He shrugs. “Suit yourself then. You look great.”

I’m only wearing a pair of jeans, a tight V-neck long-sleeved shirt, and I’ll have a coat on until we get there. “You did say casual, right?”

He has on a pair of jeans and a V-neck sweater with nothing else, so I’m assuming I’m good.

“Yeah, you ready then?”

“I am.”

I grab my purse and we leave the room, walking toward the elevator. “Do you think someone might recognize you with no hat and no sunglasses?”

“Probably. I hope it’s not too annoying for you.”

“Oh, I don’t care. Don’t ever do anything on account of me.”

The elevator arrives and we step in. With only us, it feels intimate and somewhat like a date. When it dings on the bottom floor, Aiden takes my hand and leads me out of the elevator as though I’m his. I’m so busy inwardly sighing at how perfect it feels that I don’t bother to pull away. God, I’m playing with fire here. I know it, but I can’t seem to help myself.

A few people whisper and point, but we get through the lobby without anyone stopping us. There’s a car out front and the doorman nods when he sees Aiden. “Mr. Drake, your ride is here.”

We’ve always taken taxis, so I’m not sure what’s up with this blacked-out SUV with a private driver thing.

“Just makes it easier in New York,” Aiden says as though he’s reading my mind and dismissing the car as anything important.

“For sure,” I agree.

We get into the SUV and pull away from the hotel.

“Are you going to tell me where we’re going?” I ask.

“Nope.”

“Seriously?”

“Nope.” He grins as though he’s enjoying this.

So we sit in the car and I stare at the city that never sleeps. All the lights, the people milling around, it’s addictive and makes me want to be a part of it. I kind of wish we could’ve walked to dinner, but maybe tomorrow. Once again, we’re in a city in the north in February. I think California has a hockey team—why can’t we go there?

The car slows and I look out the window to see we’re outside a Mexican restaurant.

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