Rob walked outside and waited next to her car.It was better to wait here than inside.At least next to her car, she couldn’t avoid him.
June walked out of the building a little over an hour later.Her gaze scanned the lot.Good girl.Always checking her surroundings.Rob didn’t know if it was because she was looking for danger or looking out for him, but either way, he was proud she was becoming more aware of her surroundings.
Her steps faltered when she saw him leaning against her car.She didn’t look any happier to see him now than an hour ago.What did you expect, asshole?They’d made love, and he’d left town without a word for three weeks.That would piss off anyone.
“You’re still here.”Her voice was void of emotion as she stared down at her feet to avoid his gaze.
“I need to talk to you.”
“Who’s to say I want to talk to you?”
She didn’t slow down her pace until she was at the driver’s door.She couldn’t open it because he was leaning against it.That had been on purpose.Her gaze met his; her eyes blazed with anger.He missed the softness as she climaxed.Or how they lit up when she laughed.
“Move,” she ordered.
Rob remained rooted.“After you hear me out.”
“You have nothing to say I want to hear.”
“I owe you an explanation.”
June laughed without humor as she looked away before glaring back at him.“Your explanation was clear when you were gone by morning and there was no word from you the following day, or week after that, or the week after that, and even the week after that.I got the message.”She smiled through gritted teeth.“Explanation received; now move so I can go home.”
“I didn’t want to leave you,” he explained.For the first time in his life, he’d felt conflicted between his duty and his wants.He had wanted nothing more than to climb back into bed with June and wake her in the morning with soft kisses and make love to her again.
June scoffed, looking at him in disbelief.He couldn’t say he was shocked by her pessimism, but it was the truth.
“It’s true.”
“Yes, you were so overcome leaving me, you forgot my number.”She reached for the door handle again, but Rob shifted to completely block the door from her.
“I was out of town.”
“What, don’t they have cell phone towers where you were?”
The guys were right; he should have sent off a quick text, left a note.Something.Anything.
It was easy to say what he should have done in hindsight, but at the time, he had been focused on the mission and blocked everything else out.
“Save yourself the trouble of trying to lie yourself out of an explanation and just go.”June pointed with her index finger to the right, dismissing him.“We both knew this wasn’t going to go anywhere anyway.”
Rob didn’t agree with that.His job made things tricky, but he could see a future with June.He enjoyed spending time with her.The sex had been incredible.His only regret was that they had only done it once before he’d had to leave.
It was on the tip of his tongue to just spill his guts and tell her everything, but there were too many people walking by who could overhear him.
“Can we go to your place and talk?”
“No,” she replied firmly.“Now, please leave before I call the police.”
That hurt that she’d thrown down that threat.The sad part was, he knew she would carry through with it, but he had to keep trying.He wasn’t willing to give up on them.He cared deeply about June.It may not have shown when he didn’t reach out to her while he was gone, but that didn’t mean he didn’t think about her all the time.
“I want to tell you the truth.Everything.My job, all of it, but we have to go somewhere private.”
“Seriously?”She gave him a dubious look.
He was willing to break the secrecy rule for her, but he was not willing to do it in a parking lot next to a public street.“June, what I have to tell you is highly classified.No one can know about it.I need privacy to tell you.”
June crossed her arms over her chest and raised a skeptical eyebrow.“Does that line work on a lot of women because it sure doesn’t for me.”June was unmoved by his speech.
