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“Jesus,” Hunter muttered.
“You know them?” said Kate.
“Yeah. Hold on.” He fished out his phone and shot off a text to Gabriel.
Help Simon at the balloon booth. I’m stuck on the wheel.
He watched to make sure Gabriel received the text, then relaxed when he saw all four of them head off to help Simon.
“He’s deaf,” Hunter explained to Kate. “He gets a lot of crap for it.”
She was watching him with a bemused expression on her face. “That’s nice of you.” She paused. “I didn’t think you liked that Gabriel guy.”
“Yeah, well . . .” He paused. “It’s a long story.” Then he realized something. “You can tell him apart from his brother?”
She looked startled for the barest second. “Well—his brother’s dating the blonde, right?”
The Ferris wheel stopped to let more people on, and they hung suspended at the three o’clock position.
“Yeah,” he said.
“So . . .” Kate started. “You’re in a love-hate bromance with Gabriel Merrick, you’ve got mixed feelings about this Calla chick—”
“Why don’t we talk about something else?”
She leaned back against the wall of the car. “Like what?”
“You.”
“Me?”
“Yeah. You said no games. Who’s the guy in the pickup truck?”
“His name is Silver.” She paused. “He’s a friend.”
Like he would buy that now, after hearing about Quinn’s comments. “Do you make out with all your friends?”
“Only the hot ones.”
He snorted again and looked away.
“Why?” she said. “Interested?”
His pulse jumped, but he had no tolerance for bluffing. He met her gaze head on. “Sure.”
And then she was straddling his lap. The car rocked forcefully, and he swore and caught her automatically, one arm going around her waist, one arm catching the bar for support.
Her fingers tangled in his hair and she didn’t let him go, laughing a little as she pressed her lips to his.
He sucked in a breath and pulled away.
She took it in stride and kissed the spot just below his ear. “Startled you, did I?”
He was very aware of her body and the way she still pressed against him. This was very different from the fight behind the tents. He wanted to move, to push her away, but he was pretty sure his hands would betray him and go the other direction.
Her fingers were still in his hair, her breath against his earlobe, and it was making it hard to think straight.
esitated. Suddenly he was closer.
