Page 295 of Safe With You

“Okay?”

I smiled.

“Yeah. I’ll come home with you.”

Her mouth curved.

“You’re following me.”

“I know where you live.”

“And you’re still following me.”

“Bossy.”

“You like it.”

I stepped back so she could stand.

“I’m learning.”

She laughed and reached for her bag.

“Shut up.”

I waited while she grabbed her phone and checked the office one last time. She shut down her laptop, straightened a stack of papers, then reached for another pile.

I caught her hand.

She looked at me.

“What?”

“You’re closed.”

“I know. I’m just⁠—”

“Tomorrow.”

Her eyes moved to the papers.

Then back to me.

For half a second, I expected her to argue.

Instead, she let them go.

“Tomorrow.”

I took her bag from the desk and handed it to her.

“Come on.”

We walked through the bookstore together, Luna switching off the remaining lights as we went.

By the time we reached the front, only the light above the register was still on.

She stopped beside it and looked around the store once before reaching for the switch.