“Whatare you doing?”
“Well, Iwasdrinkin’ a beer.” He stroked my hair, grinning like a loon.
I tried to scoot off his lap, but he held me tighter. “You are really confusing me.”
“I get that.”
“Then why are you doing it?”
He chuckled. “Because it’s fun.”
I sighed. “Will you take payments on my car?”
“No.”
“I can’t pay you without making payments, Austin.”
He ran a thumb over my lower lip. “I know.”
I pushed his hand away. “Are you expecting me to sleep with you?”
“Not because I fixed your car, no.”
“What?”
“Babe,” he said with a sigh. “We’re working shit out here. I want to get to know you, so we’re gonna get to know each other.”
“Becauseyouwant to get to knowme, we’re going to get to know each other?”
“Yeah.”
“What ifIdon’t want to get to knowyou?”
He sat up a little and kissed me. Captivated me with his mouth. It was awesome... and terrifying, and yet, I couldn’t do anything but feel, so I did. And it was overwhelming and beautiful and all-encompassing. He kissed me like he was drowning and I was his breath.
I came to my senses and broke the kiss, dropping my forehead to his. “What are you doing to me?”
He smiled, kissing me quickly again. “What do youwantme to do to you?”
“I think it would be best if I didn’t answer that.”
Austin ran his thumb over my lower lip again. “Damn, you’re cute.”
“Are you really not going to let me pay for the car?”
“I’m really not going to let you pay for your car.” He gave me a gentle squeeze. “Mack thought it was worse than it was. Hatch looked it over and said it would take less than three hours.”
“Five grand’s pretty bad, Austin.”
He grinned. “If you were someone off the street, it’s what we’d charge you. The parts were less than three hundred. The rest was labor.”
“I should at least talk to the person who fixed it about payments. Hatch, was it?”
“Ifixed it, Dani.”
“You did?” I glanced at his hands. They were still void of oil.
He smiled. “I wore gloves, babe.”
