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I studied him, trying to remember if we’d made plans for today. But as far back as my mind could go, I couldn’t remember anything.
“What are you talking about, Klaus?” I asked him. He was constantly rambling on when he shouldn’t.
“It’s Saturday,” he reiterated. “The bar?”
“That’s not our Saturday ritual.”
“It could be. Now, move aside.” He pushed my shoulder, and I backed up, allowing him access to the house.
“I’m not going to the bar, today, Klaus,” I stated, closing the door and turning around to see that Quinn was there, staring at us in curiosity. She looked surprised at our topic of conversation, but she hid it well. She coughed and straightened her back as if to pretend like she wasn’t listening.
But I knew better. She was relieved. She was happy that I wasn’t going to the bar. I wasn’t doing it for her, was I? No, I didn’t owe her any kind of loyalty. The sole reason was because I only wanted one woman underneath me tonight, and I wouldn’t find her at a bar. She was standing right in front of me.
“Quinn,” my brother exclaimed and walked over to her. Klaus took her hand and kissed it. “It’s always a pleasure.”
She smiled, politely. “Same here.”
“What are you dressed for?” His eyebrows furrowed as he looked at her scrubs.
Quinn nodded at me. “Ezra’s about to take me to the vet office.”
“Work?”
“Yep.” She replied shortly.
“Speaking of which,” I intervened, not wanting Klaus attempting to woo her, like he was so good at. “How about you make yourself useful while you’re here and watch your niece until we get back?”
Klaus showing up may have worked in my favor. If I was going to tell Quinn my idea then I needed for us to be alone. The best way for that was if Paige was out of the picture. She didn’t need to know about any of this, and with how smart she was, I didn’t want her piecing any of it together. Paige was smart for her age.
I could tell that my words were making Klaus curious, and the only reason he was holding himself back was because of the woman standing beside him. Maybe he figured out why I wanted the time alone, or perhaps he didn’t and still just wanted a shot at Quinn himself. I hardly ever knew anything that went through his head although I was glad for that for a majority of the time.
“I mean, I was going to…”
I cut him off and grabbed Quinn. “We’re leaving,” I announced. “Be back in a bit.”
Before Klaus could say anything, I moved Quinn outside, my hand on her wrist. I hadn’t even thought about the fact that I was touching her before I was. But here I was, walking her outside to the car. I knew that I should have let her go, but that was the last thing that I wanted to do. So I didn’t.
I walked Quinn to her side of the car and waited for her to get inside. I caught a glimpse of her face, as she settled into the car. She was beyond nervous and surprised. There seemed to be more to it than that, though. She had a cute blush to her face. I had embarrassed her, and for some reason, I was happy about that.
Once I got into the car, I put the key in the ignition and put the car in drive. My head looked at Quinn, and she was staring out the window. Her lips were parted, and she was breathing heavily. What I wouldn’t give to peer into her thoughts and see what was going on in there.
One thing I knew for sure was that she was confused. And I didn’t blame her. There were parts of me that weren’t even completely sure of myself or what I was doing. All I knew is that it needed to be done. And all I could hope was that she felt the same way…although what were the chances that she didn’t?
I turned the car onto the road, trying to remember where her vet office was. Once I was on the road, my attention turned to Quinn, fully.
“Do you know why I offered to take you to work this morning?” I wanted to know what she was thinking before I told her the truth, just out of my own curiosity.
“So you could apologize for how rude you were?” She offered before I saw her eyes widen. Quinn had managed to surprise herself with her words, and the more important part, she’d managed to surprise me. I had already known how mean I’d been to her, but I didn’t want to be reminded of that.
“You thought I was rude?”
She raised an eyebrow at me. “Yes.” Then, she swallowed. “But I shouldn’t have said that. You’re my boss, and I’m sorry.”
“I was an ass.”
Yes,” she agreed. “You were.” She was still looking out the window.
“That isn’t why I offered to drive you to work.”
