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“I’d say the same thing. It’s about fucking time you two got back.”
“Mom, I gotta go.”
“Who was that?”
Oh, no one. Just the son of the woman who was more important than we were.“No one important.”
Shane leaned on the doorjamb with his arms crossed over his chest. A dark green thermal Henley pulled tight along his shoulders and biceps, bringing out the gold flecks of his hazel eyes. He hadn’t shaved since she’d seen him last. A beard darkened his handsome features, accenting the rough-around-the-edges man she’d missed. She hated that one look at him kicked her heart rate into high gear.
Son of a bitch.
“Mom, some answers just walked in. I’ll call you tomorrow morning, okay?”
“All right. I love you, sweetie.”
She looked away from Shane. “I love you too, Mom.” She shoved her phone into her back pocket. “Nice of you to show up.”
Shane crossed one booted foot over the other. “Glad you missed me, babe. Wouldn’t want you to get too comfy with Kain.” His body language said relaxed, but he was just as wound up as she was. And shehadmissed him. Kain had been attentive and charming, generous to a fault, but all she’d wanted was Mr. Surly. And right now, him calling herbabemade her want to slap the almost smile right off his face. The twitch of his fingers on his forearm echoed in the fluttering of her belly. Damn him for looking so good.
Kain rolled his eyes and opened the fridge. He pulled out three beers and slid them on the island. “If we’re done with the flirting?”
Kendall took a beer and snicked off the top, then bounced it on the counter until it spun in front of Shane’s beer.
His eyebrow rose as he walked in and took his beer. “Where were you two?”
“I think the better question is where were you, pal? You left me here without a car for three goddamn days.” The only reason she knew he’d taken her rental car back was because she got a text from the rental place thanking her for the car being dropped off. “Kain was the perfect host. Even showed me around Monterey.”
“I know. I told him to.”
She snapped the bottle down on the counter. “Excuse me? I’m not some dog you dropped off at the kennel, you as—”
“I know, asshole. Is this asshole with or without the adjective?”
She clicked her molars together. Swearing wasn’t going to solve anything, but the man brought it out in her like no other.
Kain leaned on the fridge and sipped his beer.
Rein it in. She took a slow breath and lifted the bottle to her lips again. Shane did the same, and she forced herself to look away from his strong neck muscles pulling as he swallowed. Her hormones had been happily in a box for months. This man had to be the game changer?
“Are you done now?” Shane asked.
Not trusting herself, she simply nodded.
“We’ll be heading out in the morning.”
“Pardon me?”
“Pack up all the new goodies Kain bought for you.”
“I bought them myself, thanks.”
“Wasting trip money, babe?”
The bottle shook in her hand from holding it so hard, so she put it down. “First of all, I missed a perfectly comfy flight to stay and figure this out. A flight you asked me to skip so we could go back to New York together.” Okay, so the flight was economy and about as comfortable as sitting in a bumper car for eight hours, but goddamn that man.
He shrugged. “I trust you about as much as you trust me.”
“It was your bright idea to wait. So tell me, hotshot. How are you getting us back to New York?”
