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“It’s cool, right?” Perry picks up his burger and takes a giant bite, groaning as he starts to chew. “This is fucking delicious.”
I grab my burger with both hands—it’s huge—and bite into it, moaning in pleasure as soon as it hits my taste buds. “Oh, this issogood.”
“Right?” He keeps taking bites, like he can’t stop.
“How was work?” I ask after I set my burger down and grab the ketchup, adding some to my plate before I drag a couple of fries through it. They’re crispy, hot, and delicious.
“Long day.”
That’s all he offers.
“How’s your brother?”
“Grumpy.” He takes another bite.
Again, that’s all he says.
Why is he not telling me much? I don’t even know what he does for Halcyon. Something about customer care? No, that doesn’t sound quite right. Winston is the grumpy CEO who makes demands and Perry is the one who sweeps in afterward and sweetens the deal with his endearing personality and charm.
My husband, the sweetheart.
Though he can be ferocious. Moody and gray. Mean and restless.
“Are you grumpy too?” I ask after a few minutes of silence while we eat.
He lifts his gaze to mine. “I’m not grumpy. I just—don’t want to talk about work. It’s boring.”
“You don’t like your job?”
“I love it.” His smile feels downright false. “I’d just rather focus on other things. Like how Jasper supposedly trained your cat to fetch.”
“There’s no supposedly about it. He totally trained her. I’ll have to show you when we get home, though she’ll probably be snoozing.”
“Catch it on video and send it to me,” he suggests, his phone dinging right on cue. He checks it, frowning slightly before he shoves his phone back into his jeans pocket. “You having fun?”
His question catches me off guard and I smile at him, touched that he asked. “Yes. This is the best date I’ve ever been on.”
“You must not have dated much.”
“Not at all.”
His gaze is assessing. “You don’t even want to know what I’m thinking right now.”
I know what he’s thinking about, because I’m thinking about him too. Is Seamus always going to pop up between us like this?
God, I hope not.
***
We exit thediner to discover it started raining and I yank my denim jacket over my head, running to the car, following after Perry, who unlocks the door and opens it for me so I can slip inside. The moment he’s in the driver’s seat, he revs the engine and zooms off, his face full of intense concentration as he drives the wet city streets. I try not to let myself get too caught up in him, but it’s no use.
I’m completely caught up in him. The sexy way he drives, the expression on his handsome face, the way he stays focused, though I’m sure he feels me watching him.
It’s like I can’t stop watching him.
“Where are we going?” I ask at one point and he just shakes his head, his lips curved into a closed-mouth smile.
“You’ll see.”
