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KATE
Had Drew almost kissed me?I wondered as I watched him and his date on the screen walk around London. From the way my heart had reacted, I certainly thought so.
It took the next five minutes for me to finally urge my pulse to a normal rate. And then of course, every time I peeked a sideways glance at him sitting beside me, it would skyrocket again.
This couldn't be good. I was supposed to be focusing on my career and my dreams. Not falling for the unobtainable guy from my past. I couldn't afford to risk another guy breaking my heart, especially not the one who'd broken it the first time.
Drew was just handing out his final roses on the TV when my phone started ringing.
When I saw my brother-in-law's name appear on the screen, I frowned. Jonas never called me.
"Hello?" I answered with a question in my voice.
"Kate! Thank goodness you answered." Jonas sounded out of breath. "We've been in an accident and we can't get ahold of your parents."
"What?" I sat up straight, my heart pounding in my temples.
An accident.
My vision blurred and memories of the last time I'd received a call like this flashed through my mind.
"Is Lana okay? Are the boys okay?" I didn't even attempt to hide the panic in my voice. “Is the baby okay?”
In my peripheral vision, I noticed Drew go on high alert next to me.
Jonas' voice cut through the line again. "The boys are home with a babysitter. Lana and I are okay, but we have to take Lana to the hospital to make sure everything is okay with the baby."
I went limp with relief. This wasn't a repeat of last time. I hadn't lost another sibling. I drew in a deep breath, hoping it would calm me. "What do you need me to do?"
"Could you go to our house so the babysitter can go home? It might be a long night, and I need to focus on Lana. She's really worried about the baby."
"I'll head there now." I hung up and turned to Drew, my body shaking from the surge of anxiety. "I need to go." I stood and pushed my phone into my back pocket with a trembling hand.
Drew stood. "Wait, what's going on? You're shaking." He set his hands on my shoulders and studied me with concern etched in his eyes.
"Lana and Jonas were in an accident." I leaned into him, wrapping my arms around his torso. "I thought Jonas was calling to tell me Lana had died. It was like reliving the night of Aiden's crash all over again."
Drew's muscular chest raised and fell as he sucked in a breath. "I'm so sorry." He hugged me closer, rubbing my back. The motion had an amazingly calming effect. "Let me go with you. You're watching their boys, right?"
"Are you sure?" I didn't want to sound too hopeful, giving him a way out of his obligatory kind gesture, but I really could use his help. The boys were likely to be shaken up if their babysitter told them what was going on, which meant it would be harder than usual to get them to bed.
"I'm not exactly super busy tonight, since my dinner guest is about to run out on me."
“Okay then.” I stepped out of the hug so I could look at him. "Please come."
"Do you want me to drive?"
"If you wouldn't mind, that would be great." I was so anxious I'd probably cause another accident.
"Not a problem. Follow me."
He led me out of the theater room, down a few halls to the other end of the house. He flicked on the light to the huge garage to reveal four different vehicles.
I held in a gasp. "How many cars do you need?" My gaze ran over the Lamborghini I'd seen him driving before, to the Cadillac Escalade, and then to another fancy sports car that I had no idea of what it was, but boy was it hot!
"Is that your old truck from college?" I asked, pointing to the blue pickup in the back corner.
"It helps remind me of where I came from.” He shrugged as he grabbed a set of keys from a hook on the wall. “It's also nice to drive around when I feel like blending in."
