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Ignore it, he thought. Ignore ignore ignore—
She sat up, straightened her shirt, and reached into her pocket, not meeting his eyes.
She sat back on his knees and kept the phone out of view.
Hunter looked past her, out at the night. He’d completely forgotten about “her friend.” All it took was a little skin, and he’d turned into the world’s biggest moron. God, he’d been such an idiot.
He didn’t know how to undo this. He felt hurt, but that was stupid. What did he expect? They’d just been talking about the other guy! How had he let it go so far? Thank god he hadn’t said anything about wanting to hold her forever or any of that other crap.
Now he wanted to bang his head against the wall of this car for an entirely different reason.
Kate was shoving the phone back into her jeans. Hunter didn’t even want to look at her.
She put her hands against his chest, but she must have felt the stiffness in his body.
He expected her to climb off his lap, but she didn’t. “Jealous of a text message? Already?”
“Don’t play with me.”
“You weren’t fighting me off a minute ago.”
“Now I wish I had.” He had things to do here. He needed to find his focus before he forgot all that.
He quickly scanned the grounds. No problems that he could see.
Kate was watching him, and the wicked look was off her face. “I didn’t mean to hurt you.”
That surprised him, and he met her eyes. “You don’t even know me.”
“I’d like to.”
He couldn’t think with her saying things like that while straddling him. He grabbed her waist and lifted her, setting her beside him on the bench. Then he ran his hands back through his hair. “I don’t know what’s real. I don’t know if you’re screwing with me, or if you really want to know me. You know what? Play it straight for a minute. Because I can’t do this.”
Her breathing was quick, and she looked troubled and doubtful.
He was glad, because that was exactly how he felt, too.
“I can’t tell you,” she whispered.
“Why?” he demanded.
Her lips parted.
And then, across the fairgrounds, generators started exploding.
CHAPTER 15
Hunter stood and grabbed at the bars of the car, feeling it rock with his motion. Two generators had exploded, and flames blazed against the sky. On the ground, people were screaming, forming panicked swarms moving in every direction.
He had a perfect view from up here, though the wheel was still turning on its axle, as if the fires were just another spectacle to see from up high.
Another generator exploded, off to his left.
More people screamed. The swarms shifted, moving in a new direction.
Kate was beside him, leaning out as well.
Then her phone chimed, and she looked at it.
