Page 196 of Safe With You

The light turned green, and I pulled through the intersection before answering.

A few seconds later, her hand settled over mine.

I glanced down before turning my hand beneath hers and threading our fingers together.

Luna kept her eyes on the road ahead, but the smile she was trying to hide made its way onto her face.

For the rest of the drive, neither of us let go.

Twenty minutes later, I pulled into the parking lot of a breakfast spot on the other side of town.

Luna looked up at the sign as I parked. “I’ve never been here.”

“Good.”

She turned toward me. “Why is that good?”

“Because if you hate it, you can blame me. If you love it, I get credit.”

“So either way, this is about you?”

“Seems pretty reasonable to me.”

“Of course it does.”

I laughed as I turned the truck off, and Luna reached for the door handle before I could say anything.

“Hold on.”

Her hand stopped. “For what?”

I was already opening my door.

She watched me walk around the front of the truck, and by the time I reached her side, she was sitting there with her arms folded.

“You know I can open a door, right?”

“I know.”

“I do it every day.”

“I believe you.”

“Then what are we doing?”

I opened the door.

“Going to breakfast.”

For a second, she just looked at me.

Then she shook her head, but she was smiling when she took the hand I offered and stepped down.

“You’re doing too much.”

“I opened a door.”

“Exactly.”