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“I was gonna call on my way to the airport.”
That was a lie. Addison planned on waiting until she got home.
He scoffed, dragging his hands through his hair. Cross was pissed.
“That’s bullshit.”
She swallowed the knot in her throat. “Like I said, I have to leave but” —she licked her lips— “I’ll give you a call when I get home and explain everything. But right now, I have to leave, or I’ll miss my flight.”
The corner of his mouth curled, which seemed odd considering the current situation. He folded his arms and lifted his chin.
“What’s going on, baby?”
Baby.She’d never been a fan of pet names but that one from his lips to her?Chef’s kiss.
“Cross, I…”
“You’re about to be out of a shit ton of money. You’re not making that flight ’cause you’re not going anywhere until you tell me what the fuck is going on.”
She pressed her lips together, staring back at him.I can’t.
“Come here.” He beckoned her with his finger, but she remained rooted in place.
When he stepped forward, she backed up, and he froze immediately.
“You afraid of me?”
Not him but the situation.
Cross made no move to come closer. He cupped his mouth and sighed.
“Thanks for the gift.”
Addison flinched, and her eyes widened. The bike wasn’t supposed to be delivered until the afternoon. Long after she’d left town.Dammit!
“That’s a nice bike. Knox’s, right? The one he wanted to rebuild. Cleo told you that, she said.” Cross dropped his arm to his side and moved closer. They were about six feet away. “You ever been skydiving?”
Shit. He knows.
“Addison?” He raised his brows. “Skydiving?”
She held up her finger and whispered, “Once.”
“You like it?”
“No.” She’d made a solemn vow the second her feet touched land, she would never do it again.
He smiled with a sharp nod. “Biker rally in South Dakota. You been?”
It was apparent, he was picking offthe list, one by one.
“Last year.”
Cross slowly nodded. “You catch Knox’s favorite band while you were there?”
It was strictly by chance they’d been playing. They’d broken up a year earlier but had done one last show at the rally. Addison remembered her excitement like somehow it must’ve been fate. Two things Knox had wanted to do before he died, and she got to do both of them at once.
She nodded and yielded with a sigh. He knew everything.
