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“You take that,” I say as I swoop her up in my arms and carry her out to the truck.
She doesn’t protest as I set her in the passenger seat, and I wonder if it’s because she’s running behind or if maybe she likes having my hands on her body.
Please let it be the second;I plead as I jog around to the other side of the truck and climb in.
SIX
Grier
I half expectedHunter to leave after he dropped me off, but he ended up carrying me inside and making sure I was settled before he ran down the street to the deli. He’s been in his truck, watching me just like every other day ever since.
He brought me lunch today, and we ate it in the small break room in the back before it was time for his appointment. That was close to an hour ago now, though, and he’s still outside.
He’s still watching me.
I can feel his eyes on me just like every other day, but something has changed. Instead of imagining what it would be like to have him kiss me or press his big body against mine, now I know.
And that’s turning me on.
After I saw his closet and bathroom this morning, I knew this wasn’t just a fling for him. No one goes through that much trouble to learn everything about the other person or spends that much money for one night together.
Hell, I should have known it wasn’t a fling after the first week I was in Fallen Peak. Hunter never let me out of his sight. He’s been telling me how much he wants me, how we belong together since I met him. I guess I just needed him to show me.
He wants me.Me!And I want to give in.
“How was last night?” Anise asks, and I see her giving me a knowing smile.
“Oh, yes! I meant to ask you that! It was so hot seeing Hunter carry you off,” Mabel says as she gives Jonah a haircut.
I see him look at her, and she grins.
“Not as hot as you, babe,” she assures him, and he smirks.
“It was… good,” I say, my eyes straying to the front window and over to Hunter’s truck.
“Why don’t you clock out now? It’s not like we’ve been that busy,” Anise suggests, and I notice her eyes straying over to Hunter’s truck too.
She flushes when she sees Whit there, and I wonder what happened between the two of them. I should stay and ask her, but I’m too anxious to see what Hunter has in store for me tonight.
"Alright. I'll see you guys later,” I tell them as I take off my apron, and they both shoot me knowing looks as I grab my purse and head for the front door.
Whit and Hunter both jump out of the truck as I push open the front door, and I bite back a smile when Hunter heads right for me and swings me up into his arms.
“You shouldn’t be walking around in those heels. There could be ice,” he tells me, and I raise an eyebrow at him.
“I feel like you would say that if it was sunny and the middle of summer.”
He laughs, not bothering to deny that he just likes having me in his arms, and I let him carry me over the pile of slush in the road. He sets me in the passenger seat and buckles me up. I huff out a laugh, and he grins at me.
Once he’s behind the wheel, I turn to him.
“So, what happens now?” I ask him.
Is he going to just take me home? Are we going back to his place?
“Now, it’s time for our second date,” he says, and I lean back in my seat as he reverses out of the parking spot and heads toward downtown.
“What are we doing?” I ask him, and he takes my hand in his.
