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Harvey
We were heading out to eat dinner when I stepped ahead of the group and saw the flash of someone barreling around the corner. What was destiny trying to tell us here? This was the second time we had crashed into each other at a corner. Not just bumped into one another but crashed.
The first time, I was the one in a rush, now it was her turn. For that brief moment, I was tempted to take her face and kiss her again. I wanted to take up where we had left off, but Alice and Maggie were already pulling her away from me, and Greg clamped a hand over my mouth while Trevor yanked my arm toward the alley.
Jake laughed. “You know, I would have let you talk to her, but your sister scared me tonight when she said that she’d dip my man parts in hot oil if I let you two speak to one another.”
“You’re scared of Holly?” Trevor asked him.
“Wait, is Holly Melton’s sister?” Joe jumped into the conversation.
“Duh!” Trevor said and knocked him upside the head.
“Damn, she was beautiful. You sure you don’t want to introduce us?”
I glared at him. “Not on your life.”
He shrugged, and then I turned to look back around the corner just in time to see her get into a taxi. She was wearing leggings, a sweatshirt, and sneakers and looked like she was heading out for a run. Was she racing to get away from us?
Alice and Maggie joined us again, and Maggie pointed at me. “You should be more careful.”
“What? I didn’t do anything. She’s the one that came racing around the corner.” I chuckled. “That’s not the first time we have bumped into each other, either.”
I proceeded to tell them about the night I went to Todd’s and how I had run into her at another corner.
“Aww,” Lexi said sweetly. “It’s like it’s meant to be.”
Trevor laughed. “Two trains crashing in the night. Wonder how much carnage is going to come from it next time they meet?”
“Very funny,” I growled at him. I turned to Maggie and Alice. “Did she say where she was rushing off to?”
“She was trying to get away from you,” Wyatt joked, and I ignored him.
Alice and Maggie glanced at one another, and Alice shrugged. “She was on her way to work.”
“Work? It’s after eight.”
“I guess she cooks someplace,” Maggie said. “At least that’s what she said as she left us.”
She was a cook? Hmm, interesting. I wonder what she liked to cook. I turned back around and glanced down the road. What kind of restaurant did she work in? A tavern? A diner? Maybe one of those mom and pop places? Maybe at one of those franchised steak houses or Italian eateries. How many restaurants were there in the city? How long would it take me to visit each one to find her?
“Oh, geez,” Alex sighed. “I can see his mind working now. He’s probably trying to figure out where she works so he can casually walk in and sit down.”
I laughed. “I was not!”
Trevor shoved my arm. “Yes, you were.”
I grinned. “Okay, I was.”
“Just wait until Sunday, and then you’ll know whether you made an impression on her or not.”
“Fine,” I growled. I hated waiting, but I didn’t have much of a choice, now did I?
* * *
I wokeup Sunday morning tense and pushed myself during my workout. I even ran a couple of extra miles just to try and wear off some of the anxiety—it didn’t work. I was still a nervous wreck when I left the house to go to my meeting location.
Today was the day that I would find out if she chose me. I hoped that she did, and that wasn’t just the competitor in me. I honestly did feel something with her, and I wanted to explore that. In fact, that’s exactly what I told Tarin when I did my quickie interview before taking a seat at the coffee shop.
