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“Put your phone down,” he ordered. “I just said I’d take you home.”
“You truly are just an asshole.”
“I’m also the guy who just got you out of that whole situation.”
“And the reason I was in it,” I pointed out. Even if it had been my own stupid fault for trying to drive. My head hurt. My heart was racing. I couldn’t decide whether I wanted to throw up or curl into a ball and cry.
Neither sounded appealing.
He growled, then slammed the car into drive and pulled back onto the road abruptly. “You shouldn’t be out clubbing, anyway. You weren’t old enough to be in there.”
“I wasn’t drinking, and you’re hardly my father, so shove it.”
“No, your father…”
I snorted.
“What? I know Gibs, I know exactly what he’d do.”
“Must be nice to be so sure.”
It wasn’t long before I recognized where we were. I was definitely having him drop me offoutsidethe gate. Then I’d call Dix as soon as I got in. Fuck, he was gonna kill me.
“Who is Dix?” Lachlan asked after another brief, albeit a welcome, bit of silence.
“None of your business.”
“Boyfriend?”
“See my previous answer.”
“Ace…”
“My name is Kaitlin Crosse. You can call me Ms. Crosse. Or Kaitlin—”
“You go by KC.”
“To my friends,” I fired back. “You and I arenotfriends.” I shouldn’t even be in his car. It wasn’t until he pulled up to the gates that it hit me. He’d driven straight to my mother’s place without looking at directions.
They knew where we lived.
Great.
More things they knew that we didn’t. I reached for the handle, but he touched my arm. “Ace…”
It was a mistake to look at him. I knew it was a mistake, but the door was still locked. I didn’t even get a word out before he cupped my face and slanted his mouth over mine.
Unlike in the club, there was no hesitation here. No distance or gasps of breath. There was just the silken glide of his lips over mine and fuck if it didn’t threaten to drown me in need.
The seat belt lock came free, and I slid it off my arm before stretching into the kiss. I leaned over into the driver’s seat as he slid back. Our tongues dueled, and little shivers of lightning danced up and down my spine.
I stretched my fingers until they glided over the lock keys on his door. Biting into the pillow of his lower lip, I groaned even as the locks released. Then I yanked backward from him and jerked the door open.
“Goodbye, Lachlan.”
I was out and heading for the gate without looking back. “Ace…”
I ignored him, racing up the side into the hedges along the property to find the slot I could ease through onto the other side. I made it almost all the way to the house when Wayne came out, a frown on his expression. “There’s someone down at the gate…”
