Page 25 of No Need to Run
You’re nothing if not persistent.
And patient... when it matters.
I click my seatbelt into place, then smile at him. “Happy now?”
“Very. Safety’s important.” He grins at me. “Well...”
My hands tighten on the steering wheel.He’s going to say he had a nice time and walk away.
“I had a nice time tonight.”
See. I knew it.
He leans in, warm lips pressing against my cheek. “Thank you for the lovely evening, Violet,” he says when he pulls back.
I blink at him, surprised.
He’s already pulling away before I can grab him and give him the kind of kiss I’m dying for.
“I’ll follow you home.”
“Oh, you don’t have?—”
“I know. I want to.” His hand grips my door. “Make sure you get home safely.”
My heart pounds faster. “That’s sweet of you.”
The guys I get involved with are usually assholes. They try to get rid of me at every opportunity. I’ve been left in situations that could’ve ended badly. That’s why I took self-defense classes. I enrolled my sister, Callie, in those classes as well.
The world is a scary place.
But then I look at Drew.
The man who would’ve gotten his ass beaten by Smoke if I hadn’t intervened yet still put himself in harm’s way when Smoke grabbed me.
The man who wants to follow me home to make sure I’m okay.
He doesn’t even realize what that does to me.
No one has ever made me feel safer than the man I had to save.
I like his concern.
His protectiveness.
I want to grab him and take him home with me.
Keep him forever.
But I can’t.
He pats the door and steps back. “Goodnight, Violet. I’ll be right behind you.”
He shuts the door and heads to his car. I watch him through the rearview mirror.
“You’ll follow me home.” A smile curls my lips. “And then I’ll follow you home.”
Not because I need to. I already know where he lives.
