“And as much fun as I’m having, I believe that’s your street up ahead.”
He obviously knew the location of the market that was across from her apartment.
“It is,” she said. “Thanks for keeping me company.”
“Anytime,” he said. “I mean it.”
“We might run into each other again... literally.”
He was jogging in place as she walked. “I’m sure we will,” he said, then took off while she turned onto her street, walking to cool down, though she was positive she was going to need much more than a short walk for that.
The minute she was in her apartment, she grabbed a change of clothes, turned the shower on cooler than normal, strippedand climbed in, letting the spray wash the tension and sexual frustration from her body.
An hour later when she was cleaning her kitchen after eating breakfast, her phone went off with a text.
Ethan. She’d given him his own sound for a text and call.
Her hand hesitated over the phone as if she thought it was a snake ready to bite her.
Silly reaction.
She picked it up and read his text, then burst out laughing.
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PRY THOSE CRACKS OPEN
Grocery shopping together wasn’t exactly how he’d thought he’d spend some time with Nora outside of work.
But he wasn’t one to let an opportunity pass.
The fact that she replied so quickly and said yes was enough for him to give this a try.
She was waiting outside her apartment building when he pulled up, he’d told her what he was driving, got next to the side of the road for her to hop in and then pulled out.
Anyone else might think he was an Uber driver grabbing her.
In a Cayenne GTS. Probably not.
“Say it,” he said when she buckled in.
“I expected a sports car and not an SUV. Maybe a Porsche or Lamborghini.”
He laughed and pointed to the steering wheel. “Got myself a Porsche, but a responsible one.”
She cringed. “Now I feel like an idiot. I didn’t even know they made SUVs. Sorry.”
“Don’t be. I’ve been labeled most of my life. As for sports cars, I had one. A Porsche and it was fun, but I don’t do a lotof driving and when I moved to my new condo, even less. If I really want to have some fun, Eli has the Lamborghini. Though he rarely drives it. He let’s me take it out now and again to get some usage, but I don’t have the time.”
Nor did he always like the eyes on him now like he had years ago.
Him and a friend hitting the highway, driving around Boston and getting the looks.
Women ate it up, but those weren’t the type of women he wanted in his life anymore.
“That’s a bit over my head. I drive a Subaru SUV.”
“Seems to fit coming from Vermont. Bet you haven’t driven it much lately, have you?”
