Walkingaway from her is impossible. I should have known it would be this way before I came up with my wholebargain for a dateplan. Now I’ll never get enough of her.
Just as I’m about to kiss her again, the alarm goes off on my phone to let me know my break is up.
“Fuck,” I mutter and shake my head.
The giggle that comes from Greylin has me taking a chance and swooping in for a quick, chaste kiss. It’s not enough, but it’ll have to do.
For now.
“I have to get back to work,” I tell her as I gently release her from my hold.
With my hand on her lower back, I lead her back to her car and open her door. Just before she can slide behind the wheel, I grip her hand. She looks up at me with so many questions in her eyes.
I wish I could answer them all and put her fears to rest. But I can’t, not right now; there’s not enough time.
“Use my number, darlin’,” I drawl and she swallows hard before nodding.
“Okay, Aiden.”
After I make sure that she’s safely back in her car, I go and climb back into mine. As I watch her drive off, I already miss her.
Resolve fills me and I know what I have to do. Dad is going to have to get over it, I’m going to make Greylin mine.
CHAPTER 7
GREYLIN
I jerk awake and just listen for a moment. Because something woke me up. When I look at my phone, it’s late and feels like I just got to sleep. Probably because I did.
Thoughts of Aiden wouldn’t let me rest.
Can you really blame me?
He kissed me today. On the side of the road after he pulled me over, but didn’t pull me over. Officially
I should have called him after I found his note, but I was nervous about it. If I called him and kept this going, I know what is going to happen.
I’m going to fall for him.
I’llfall for him and then I’m going to be heartbroken because we can’t be together. Not really.
As much as I hate it, as much as I wish it wasn’t true, I don’t see how we can work. And it’s like a kick to the gut.
Because now that I’ve spent some time around him, and he’s kissed me, I know Aiden Simmons is the man I want. There is simply too much between us. The divide, which we didn’t even create, is vast. Mayor Simmons will never allow his son to be with me, one of the women he thinks is ruining Storyville.
The man would probably have a stroke if he even heard an unsubstantiated rumor about us being together.
When I don’t hear anything again, I snuggle back into my pillow and close my eyes. That’s when I hear the knock on my door. Who the hell would be knocking at this time?
Suddenly, I’m terrified there’s some kind of problem and I leap out of bed without thinking about the shorts and ratty old shirt I have on. When I swing open the door, a little out of breath because I sprinted here, Aiden is standing on the other side.
I freeze as I look at him. The moonlight kisses the strands of his hair and casts his face in shadow.
“Aiden?” I blink a few times as I gape up at him in surprise. Maybe I’m still asleep and this is just a dream.
I’ll be honest, I’ve had more than a few dreams begin this way. And then they turn very hot and heavy. Quickly.
He fists his hands at his sides as his green eyes roam over my body and I realize what I have on. It isn’t much.
