Picture This (Marry the Scot, #4) by Jolie Vines

Author:Jolie Vines [Vines, Jolie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: www.jolievines.com/newsletter
Published: 2019-08-07T16:00:00+00:00

A few minutes later, William and the agent emerged from the building. I dragged in an excited breath and skipped over but then I stopped short of offering him a hug. With his body held rigid and his eyes fierce, William exuded a spikiness I’d never seen on him before.

A cold trickle slid down my spine.

“Did it go okay?” I asked, forcing the words to sound bright.

“Fine!” The agent beamed, seemingly unaffected by whatever bothered William. “We’ll know the final results tomorrow. I’ll call Ally then. I’m flying home now. Wasp? It was great you stepping in like this. You have my card if you ever change your mind about your career.”

She patted William on the arm, and he offered her a semblance of a smile. Then the woman waved to me and strolled away, leaving us alone.

“Should I get us a cab?” I pointed to the street, like he didn’t know where cabs were usually found. Nerves had me babbling. “Or we can walk?”

William nodded briefly, but his gaze darted away.

He didn’t reach for me.

He didn’t look at me.

The chill took over my stomach, but I busied myself in setting our direction. Side by side, we made our way back to the hotel. For fifteen minutes, he didn’t say a single thing, and it was the most exquisite form of torture after all the soul searching I’d done on the phone with Ella.

My mind wrangled thoughts of the night before. Of the way he’d looked at me. Defended me. Of the conversation we’d started to have this morning. I wanted to ask him so much. I wanted to know why he used a nickname. I wanted to ask how come he’d had girlfriends he’d been fond of but hadn’t fallen in love. All the questions I could’ve asked before crammed into a long list, stuffing my head full—

Then I got it.

Realisation slapped me in the face, and I jerked in my step. He’d told me his head scrambled when overloaded by people. And what had he done this morning? The most exposing activity possible.

Oh, I was the most self-centred woman in the world.

We neared the hotel, and I slid my hand into his. William jumped, but his fingers took mine, gripping hard.

“You did good,” I told him calmly and firmly. His eyes widened, but he still didn’t speak. “Now we’re going to pack up our things, find your brother, and get on the road. You can sit in the back if you want. You can sleep, and we’ll stay quiet. Sound good?”

He swallowed then gave a tiny chin lift.

Right then.

Energy renewed, and with utter, sheer relief driving me, I marched us to our room and bagged our stray clothes and products from the bathroom. As I worked, I called Ally and told him to return.

“Jennie said it went well. Is Wasp there? Put him on, will ye?”

I eyed William where he sat, his eyes closed and his head against the wall. The muscles of his neck strained, his sharp biceps defined and rigid.

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