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“Oh, I like the way that sounds,” he whispered, and kissed her harder.
She gave up trying to puzzle out his odd behavior and instead kissed him back with enthusiasm if not with skill.
He let her go slowly. He smiled, his dark eyes warm and full of secrets. “Try to get some sleep. Snow’s going to be fine.”
She drew in a long breath. She smiled back. “Okay.”
He turned and started to the truck.
“Be careful,” she called after him. “The roads are slick.”
“I didn’t notice,” he drawled with amused sarcasm, and kept walking.
She watched him swing the truck around, dazed with unexpected pleasure. He stopped in the middle of the road and powered down the driver’s side window. “Will you get inside?” he called.
“Bossy,” she muttered.
“Count on it. I’m a lobo wolf. You’ll never tame me. But you’re welcome to try,” he added in almost a purr.
She laughed and went back into the house. He didn’t leave until she closed the door.
* * *
She went into work the next morning with a mission. She was going to find that thief.
She downloaded some software Jeff kept that substituted for a sketch artist. She hadn’t seen the man’s face, but she did a fairly accurate tracing of his long form, just slightly bent, and his dark, unruly hair. As she started adding things to the portrait, she remembered the bag he’d been carrying. In her whole life, she’d only seen one of those big canvas bags once. She couldn’t remember where, though.
“What are you doing?” Jeff asked when he came back in from answering a call.
“Hi,” she greeted him with a smile. “I’m trying to make an accurate sketch of the man I saw at Dal’s house.”
He looked over her shoulder. “Not bad, Deputy,” he said.
“Thanks.” She glanced at him. “Dal said to tell you that you owe him. He wouldn’t say why.”
His high cheekbones flushed a little. “I sort of took credit for something I didn’t do,” he confessed. “That pizza. I didn’t really send it to you. Dal did.”
Her heart jumped. “He did?”
He recognized that look on her face. He just chuckled. “No more daggers at ten paces?” he teased.
“I don’t really know. He’s changed, all of a sudden.” She searched his eyes. “He broke it off with Dana yesterday.”
“He did?” He had the same expression that she knew was on her face when he’d told her the truth about her pizza.
She laughed. “So maybe I’m not the only one who’s getting a surprise.”
“Why would you say that?”
She was looking past him. “You might turn around,” she said in a loud whisper.
He did, to see Dana in a pretty blue coat standing just inside the front door.
“Hi,” she called to Jeff. “It’s almost lunchtime. I was wondering if you were free.”
“I’m not, but I’m reasonable,” he quipped.
“Oh, you,” she teased.
