Romeo stabbed his finger at Chad’s chest.
Chad slapped his hand away.
“I know it was reckless,” Romeo growled through his teeth.His body shook.“But I needed to know you were okay.I needed to know you were alive.I wasn’t thinking—no, scratch that—Iwasthinking, but only of you.”
Chad deflated.“What’s done is done.If Josh had anything to link that car with me, I would’ve been arrested by now, and if they found your fingerprints, it would be all over the news.”
“The car was clean.”
“But what about the CCTV?”
“I wore a disguise.”Romeo bristled at Chad’s unimpressed stare.“A disguiseyouchose.”
“Okay.”Chad slumped.“We’re in the clear then.”
“For now.”
Chad looked at him.“For now.”
Chapter Fourteen
Romeo stood at thekitchen window, cup of coffee in hand, scowling at the field.
The magpies hadn’t returned.
But two days after Chad had re-staked the pole in the ground, small birds covered the feeders.
Sparrows and finches.
He raised his gaze, studying the sky.
The raven didn’t trouble itself with such small prey—it was after a much bigger prize.
“Pretty, aren’t they?”Chad said from the doorway.
Romeo despised the way his heart skipped at Chad’s voice.
