“Are you sure you want to do that?” Reese asked over the hum of the generator, interrupting Garrett’s inappropriate thoughts. “I don’t want to intrude.”
Garrettwasn’tsure he wanted to do that. Not by a longshot. In fact, he wanted to send her on her way and never think abouther again. But they needed her help. Luke needed her to get to Russell, and Garrett wasn’t about to let their best lead walk away.
Besides, he had a feeling, now that he’d met her, held her hand, heard her voice, and seen that sweet smile, he’d think about her no matter how far apart they were. “I’m sure,” Garrett said, infusing his words with a certainty he didn’t feel. “You’ll have your own space. You can come and go as you please. It won’t be an intrusion.” He’d forced out that last part, doing his best not to think about how spectacularly his last relationship failed.
Not that he planned on dating Reese, no matter where his thoughts took him. Still, having a woman he didn’t know the first thing about, living just feet away from his home, was probably a disaster waiting to happen. But what choice did he have?
Reese fidgeted with her hands, clearly torn about what to do. Maybe she sensed his hesitancy. Smart woman. “I won’t stay long,” she finally said.
Garrett shrugged. “Stay as long as you like.” Or until he and his friends got what they needed from her to put Russell Graham away for good.
Reese’s eyes glazed over with tears, and she let out a ragged breath. “Are you always this kind to perfect strangers?”
The sense of awe and gratitude in her words was enough to knock him on his ass. “No,” he said flatly, needing to dissipate some of the tension between them before he pulled her into his arms and kissed the shit out of her despite his better judgment.
But his plan backfired when she gave him a hint of that sweet smile. “Thank you.”
And right then and there, Garrett knew he was completely and utterly screwed.
