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“We still need to talk, Elle. I’m not going anywhere until we do.”
His expression says he means it. I won’t be able to make him leave right now.
“Who the hell are you?” Ben demands. “And what do you want with my friend?”
“Ben, please!”
I step around him, bumping into the car door with my elbow. I grimace as my arm throbs, but I move out from behind my friend. Both of them are watching me, Ben looking territorial, and Luke…well, he doesn’t look happy.
Given how I left him six years ago, I can’t blame him for that.
“I’ll give you two minutes,” I say to Luke. “That’s it. And then you leave me alone.”
Luke’s jaw tightens.
“I don’t know if I can do that, but that will do for now.”
“That’s not the answer I’m looking for, Luke.”
“That’s all you’re going to get.”
He is glaring at me now, and I’m trying not to tremble. God, I never knew he could be so intimidating. Ben is watching me.
“Elle?”
“Go back inside, Ben. I’ll talk to Luke alone.”
“What? What if he…?”
“He’s not going to do anything.” I keep my eyes on Luke. “Not in broad daylight.”
Ben looks skeptical, but he moves towards the house with one last look at Luke. I wait until he is inside and the door shuts before I turn back to Luke. Only to see him right in front of me. I squeak and jump back before I bump into him. He grabs my arms to hold me up, but I push them away.
“Would you not do that? I’m on edge as it is.”
Luke doesn’t respond. He just watches me, a steely expression in his hazel eyes. I remember looking into them once, seeing the flecks of green mixed in with the brown. They were beautiful eyes.
Now he was staring at me in a way that made me uncomfortable, and not in a good way. I take a deep breath and count to ten in my head.
“How did you find me so quickly? You must have moved at the speed of light to catch up with me.”
“Your friend told me where you lived.”
“I figured that she would. She likes to think everyone is our friend. Her one weakness is that she’s overly friendly.” I fold my arms. “And I bet you spoke to her with a sob story about us having lost touch and now you want to reconnect. Tug at her heartstrings.”
“Not quite along those lines, but close enough.”
“Why am I not surprised?”
“I did want to talk to you, Elle.”
I shake my head.
“No, that is not happening.”
“Why not?” Luke puts his hands on his hips. “Why can’t I talk to the woman who spent the night with me and then just scarpers while I’m sleeping? What’s wrong with that?”
I flinch as his voice raises, and I hope that none of the neighbors that are home hear what we’re saying. I don’t want them to know what’s happening out on our lawn. I lower my voice, hoping he will do the same.
