“Is it a surprise?” I arch an eyebrow, willing him to look in my direction, and raise my voice in a joking manner.
He only chuckles. “Sort of.”
Sort of.
Sort of.
What kind of answer is that?
“Listen if you didn’t want me to come with you why in the hell did you ask me to come with you in the first place.” It’s my birthday dammit and I’ll pout if I want to.
“Your making assumptions.” His gaze darkens and he looks in my direction. Finally. “Of course I wanted you to come with me. That’s why I asked you.”
“I’m not making assumptions,” I tell him. “You’ve been silent for practically the whole ride and you haven’t looked in my direction once.”
“That’s because I’m driving.” His voice lowers. “I do recall us almost getting into an accident the last time we were in the car together.”
“Oh.” Now I feel a little silly. And embarrassed. “I’m sorry,” I say with sincerity. “I didn’t mean to get all snippy.”
“It’s all right. I’ve been a little quiet too because I’m still pissed about the way that fucker was touching you.”
“Ryan?”
“Is that his name?”
“Yes.”
“I want to kill him.”
“Don’t. Please don’t.”
Sean looks at me incredulously. “Are you defending him?”
“Yes—er—I mean no. I just don’t want any problems, okay? He’s my boss.”
Sean scoffs and mutters under his breath, “Not for long.”
“Just drop it, okay!” I snap and lower myself in my seat. “It’s going to be hard enough facing him on Monday. I don’t want or need the added drama.”
“So you’re just gonna let it go?”
“Wouldn’t you?”
He looks at me like I should know the answer to that question. Then says, “Fuck no.” He makes a sharp right and pulls off the road. “I’d knock his teeth out.”
“Don’t you think that the better person would just forget it ever happened?”
“No,” he snaps, “the better person would take a stand and not continually put up with something like that.”
“I tried!” I raise my voice. “I tried to get him to back off, but he wouldn’t listen!”
“Maybe you should have put those self-defense moves you’ve learned to good use then.”
Face palm. I’m an idiot. “I don’t know why I didn’t think of that.”
“It was probably your mind drew a blank kind of moment. Believe me, I have had more of those than I care to admit. Like after your attack. I drove you to the hospital when I should have called an ambulance.”
I turn my head and look out the window. Tears flood my eyes and I can’t