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“Nothing,” she said, her voice thin. “I’m fine. You can leave. I’ll be okay.”
He resisted the urge to roll his eyes. “I’m not leaving you here.”
Finally she turned her head to look at him. But he didn’t expect to see the fear in her eyes. Jesus, she looked terrified.
“Please go,” she whispered.
Dammit. He pushed himself off the window and walked around her car, wrenching open the passenger door so he could sit down inside.
Silently, she wound the window up and looked at him.
“You want to talk about it?” he asked her.
“About what?” Her voice was thin.
“Why you won’t drive in the rain.”
She ran the tip of her tongue over her dry lip. “Not really.”
“Okay.” He pulled out his phone and tapped another message to his mom.
Been held up sorting something out. You okay to stay for another half hour? Sorry. – Pres
No problem. I was going to stay until the rain eased, anyway. Take your time. – Mom x
He put his phone back in his pocket and turned to look at her profile. Her nose was straight, slightly upturned at the end. Her lips were as soft as he remembered. Slightly parted so she could breathe.
“Cassie,” he said. “Are you scared of the rain?”
She swallowed hard. “I thought we weren’t going to talk about this.”
Okay then. “What should we talk about?”
“How you’re going to get out of my car and drive home so I don’t feel bad about detaining you?”
“I’m not leaving until you do.”
For a moment she said nothing, before letting out a sigh. “Then I guess you’ll be here for a while.”
A smile was pulling at his lips. Damn this woman was stubborn. He kind of appreciated it though. Because he was stubborn, too.
“Let me drive you home.”
She inhaled sharply. “I’m not leaving my car here.”
“Okay. Then I’ll drive your car.”
“I need it for work tomorrow. It’s fine. Thank you, but I’ve got this.”
She so didn’t have it.
He ran the pad of his thumb along his jaw. He needed a shave. “Have you always been scared of it?”
“We’re not talking about this, remember?”
“You haven’t given me another subject to talk about.”
She let out a long breath and turned to look at him. “You missed a couple of notes on that last song.”
