He sighed. “You’re all about those things, aren’t you?”
“It’s fun,” she said, bumping her hip into his. “It’s not like I’m saying I’d make some glitter signs.”
“No,” he said. “I’m drawing the line at glitter.”
“I’m just picking on you,” she said. “And I should go meet Jennifer.”
“Want me to come with you?”
“Don’t you trust me to get in myself without setting off the alarms? Or are you afraid I’ll drop something on my foot? Maybe do a face plant?”
“Could be any of those things,” he said. “Or I could want to spend a few minutes watching you work. Sometimes the guys like to talk about the bar.”
“Awww, you missed me, didn’t you?”
“Go,” he said, nudging her arm ahead of her.
She giggled and the sound didn’t even annoy him.
She grabbed her bag and walked to her SUV, him climbing in with her.
“You’re going to let me drive you? Wow! What if I hit a hole and get a flat tire? Or my steering could break and I’ll hit a tree.”
“Now you’re just trying to get me to laugh.”
“No,” she said. “I’m trying to make light of all my mishaps. We know there are a lot of them.”
“Drive and put a lid on it.”
She started her SUV and pulled out. She had to slam on the brakes when someone from the cafe pulled out in front of her. His hands went to the dashboard.
She was a walking target for calamities.
They parked and he let out a breath.
“You won’t let me drive with you again, will you?”
“I can take over that task from now on,” he said. “I might have gotten whiplash on my own property.”
She shrugged. “You make me nervous.”
“Since when?” he asked.
“You used to,” she said. “Now not the same way. I guess I’m always afraid you’re going to judge me.”
He sighed. “I don’t judge you.” He nodded for her to punch in the code to get in. “Go on.”
She did it without setting off the alarms. His phone went off, showing someone accessing it and he pushed the notification aside.
“Maybe not judge, but you’re just waiting to save me from something.”
“Hard not to when it’s all I’ve known of you.”
“Until recently,” she said.
“Until recently,” he agreed.
“Now I think you’re afraid you’ve got to save yourself from me.”
