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And I might be a lot of things, but I always at least tried to be honest with myself.
I knew where I stood.
I got what I brought to the table.
I understoodexactlywhat my shortcomings were.
“Rosie?”
The soft, husky voice had me blinking, realizing that my eyes were stinging, that I was dangerously close to crying. With this man close.
Again.
Stupid.
God, I wassodamned stupid.
“Rosie, baby—”
I shoved him away, and the movement must have been a surprise because I managed to get free from his hold, managed to yank my car door open, nearly smacking him in the chest with it.
Freedom was near, and my seat was within reach, and—
His hand gripped my arm again, and he tugged me back out of the opening, spinning me toward him.
“Let me—”
His hand came to my cheek.
And his thumb brushed the underside of each eye.
I saw the glint of my tears perched on that rough finger and cringed. I was Billie Rose, mayor of River’s Bend and badass extraordinaire. I didn’t cry…
Except in front of this man.
And he had the evidence right there on his thumb. “I don’t think you’re terrible,” he said so fucking gently that ithurt. “I think you’re—”
Fuck.
I needed to go before he finished that thought, gave me something that couldn’t be and—
His palm came to my face. “Rosie,” he said again, andGod, I loved when he called me that, when he held me so gently. Loved when his lips parted, and his mouth came close enough for me to feel the hot dampness of his breath on my skin. When his fingers flexed on my cheek, tilted my head up so he could stare into my eyes.
And…
I wanted.
And…
I couldn’t.
So…that was when I used my last avenue of escape.
My fingers slid into my pocket, felt for the rounded plastic of my key fob.
And I didn’t care that I’d just played doorbell ditch, and this could very well get me caught, especially in the quiet evening.
I just…pressed the panic button on my key fob.
