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“How about I meet you outside here?” I counter his offer.
“Sounds good to me, here, take my card. You can reach me there if you have any issues,” he smiles as he hands me his business card which I take then flip between my fingers, my eyes casting down for just a moment as I read.
“Perfect,” I smile widely at him.
“Perfect,” he repeats after me, “I’ll see you Monday at eight.”
“You sure will.”
He turns but stops in his tracks after a step or two forward, spinning on his heel to face me once more.
“I didn’t catch your name?” one of his thick brows raise as his gaze narrows on me and I feel my heart stutter in my chest.
Smiling, my cheeks pinch, and my throat thickens for just a moment before I swallow the feeling down.
“Aspen” my voice is quiet, but loud enough to float across to where he stands a little in front of me.
“Aspen,” he repeats, as if testing my name on his tongue, feeling how it rolls off the tongue.
“Pretty name,” a slow wink from him causes my heart to fall from my chest and I give a small but curt nod. And with that, he walks out of the coffee shop with a little bounce in his step. Once he is outside, he passes where I am sitting and lifts his fingers to the side of his head and salutes me on a smirk before he disappears.
As soon as he is out of sight, I suck in air and the realisation smacks me in the face at what I have just agreed to.
Hard.
I spentmost of the morning at Sunny’s and after three or four coffees I feel like I am buzzing. I normally have one coffee in the morning and I’ll have another later on in the afternoon, but I am fully caffeinated out and awaiting the almighty crash.
Pulling into the farm, I see three heads pop up from behind the fence as Tripp, Pacey and Austin barrel over to where I park the car.
Pacey is opening the door before I have even cut the engine.
“Eager, are we?” I groan as Austin holds his hand out for me to take which I am grateful for.
“How did it go?” Tripp asks as he runs his hand round the back of his neck, squeezing slightly as his eyes are glued to mine. They’re nervous.
“Fine, he approached me, and I agreed to dinner on Monday,” my smile is lopsided and nerves drum away in my chest when I hear a commotion behind me. Turning to face the driveway I see Riggs storming towards me after dropping a couple of barrels to the floor.
“You did what?” his brows raise, his hands on his hips.
“I don’t need to repeat myself,” I turn my face away from him, “you quite clearly heard what I said.” I slam the car door down and head out of the garage and towards the porch.
“You don’t understand,” Riggs rushes out as he follows me, hot on my heels and the panic is evident in his voice. “Clay ain’t someone you can mess around with. My stupid ass brothers don’t apply logic to their dumb ass plans,” his voice is low, his hot and heavy breaths snort from his nose. I look past him towards Tripp who is muttering something to Pacey before saying a little louder that he is heading to the office. My eyes flick back towards Riggs.
“I’m not messing with him. He can buy me dinner, I caninnocentlypick his brains… or maybe if I’m not innocent, I can pick a lot more,” I snigger knowing full well that’ll get under his skin.
Before I can even make it to my front door, I am being pulled and pushed up against the hard cladding of my home, his hips pinning me still as he puts his full weight on me so I am unable to move at all.
“I’m getting a little tired of your bratty behavior.”
“Really?” my brows raise, sarcasm dripping from my tone, “Maybe you need to fuck the brat right out of me then.”
I watch as his beautiful green eyes widen at my crude words. I feel how his body relaxes against me and I take that as my cue to shove him off me.
“What’s the matter Riggs? Cat got your tongue?” I snipe at him, my heart racing in my chest as I knock into him with my shoulder and storm through the front door.
This man is getting on my last nerve.
CHAPTERSEVENTEEN
