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“Trev give you any trouble?”
“Aside from not wanting to eat his broccoli, no, he was great.”
“Damn kid’s been anti veggie since he was two.”
“Yeah, well, he did it. Pouting like a two-year-old.”
His gaze lifted, and she got a full smile from him.
“So, no trouble at all?”
She had the feeling he may know about the bike incident. Maybe Drake had called.
“No trouble except for the bike thing, but Jack seemed fine.”
His brows furrowed. Apparently, she was wrong. Drake hadn’t said anything. “Bike thing?”
She waved her hand in front of her face, playing it off. “Yeah, Jack wanted to take me for a ride down by the river, but Drake gave him some excuse about his bike not being fixed. Jack was disappointed, but he was fine.”
The corner of his mouth quirked up. “My old man wanted you on the back of his bike?”
She shrugged. “I guess.”
“Would you have gone?”
“Probably, if he insisted. I don’t know. Never been on a motorcycle before, so I probably would have caved for the experience. It was the down by the river part which had me most concerned. Isn’t that where you go to hide the body?”
The corners of his eyes crinkled, and he laughed, covering his mouth with a napkin. “Yeah, usually, but I think Pop was intending on showing you the river, not burying you in it. Ghosttown, it’s about twenty miles south of here. The ride has always been one of his favorites.”
“Oh.”
“Never been on a bike.”
It wasn’t a question, so she didn’t know what to say. Luckily, she didn’t have to because Caden asked another question.
“How come you stayed when Trev got home?”
“I um…I don’t know.”
“Helped him with his homework, huh?”
She snorted. “Barely. I mostly gave him the wrong answers, and he corrected me. If anything, I probably made it harder for him.”
“He didn’t seem to think so. Looked pretty fucking happy when I came in.” Caden finished the last bite and rinsed his plate before putting in the dishwasher. Her head was telling her to leave, but she was locked in her spot. Talking with him like this was something she wasn’t ready to end. He stood straight up and walked toward her. She stepped away from the chair, and her back landed against the counter.
His hands set on the edge of the counter on either side, caging her against the cabinets. He wasn’t touching her, but he could if he wanted to. He was so close. His head bent into the curve of her neck, and his breath fanned over her skin.
“Thought about you today.”
She didn’t know what she was expecting to hear, but that wasn’t it. She gulped and kept her gaze lowered on his chest. His nose skimmed her hair, brushing against her cheek.
“You think about me?”
Don’t answer. She gripped her thighs tightly to keep from reaching out and touching him. This was bad. She needed to get out of here. Butterflies in the belly were meant for girls with their first crush, not grown women without a future. Her breath hitched as he moved again and his chest pressed against her breasts.
“Don’t lie.” His chest rumbled in a soft growl. “You think about me, Riss?”
She licked her lips and closed her eyes. “Yes.”
