I waved my arm. “Staying here.” I lifted my cup of coffee. “Food.” I set the cup back down. “Let’s see, what else? Oh, yeah, one hundred thousand dollars bail?”
“Let’s go.”
Evidently, I struck a nerve. I jumped off the barstool, followed him out to the garage, and stopped dead in my tracks.
“When…I mean…how?” There, next to the old Ford truck, sat Susan. Not only was she there, she was clean.
“You didn’t exactly keep the place you hid your key a secret.”
“When did you do this?”
“To be honest, I had someone else do it.”
“Well…thank you. I’d ask what I owe you, but maybe you should add it to my tab.”
Edge spun around. “Stop that.”
I turned around to see if there was a clock anywhere, but there wasn’t one. “Sorry, but what time is it?”
“We need to go.”
“We?”
“Get in the truck.”
“But my car is here.”
“I don’t want you driving it until I’ve had it checked out.”
I put my hands on my hips. “For what?”
“To make sure it’s safe.”
“I guess it was safe enough for whoever you had drive it here.”
“It was towed.”
“Oh.” So much for me thinking I might have a small amount of independence. It probably still needed a battery.
I stalked over to the truck, and before I could open the door, Edge’s hand covered mine. “I told you not to do that either,” he growled.
I stared him down. “For God’s sake. I’m capable of opening a door, Edge. I’m also capable of having thoughts I don’t want to share with anyone.”
What did he do? He kissed me. Kissed me! What the fuck? “Why did you do that?”
“Because you are fucking hot when you’re angry. Now get in the truck. You don’t want to be late for your job. The one you’re getting paid to do.”
I refused to look at him as we drove to the dining hall. When he pulled up, the truck wasn’t even in park before I opened the door, jumped out, and stomped off. As I was learning to expect, Edge got to the dining hall first and blocked my way.
“Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”
“What does that mean?”
He wrapped his arm around my waist. “We’ll deal with your consequences later. Have a good morning at work, darling.”
I turned my head when he leaned forward to kiss me.
“And the list continues to grow. I’m going to enjoy this.”