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“You knew.”
“I know about cars.”
“I’m sorry to make you come out here and do all this.”
“I don’t mind. You’re going to have to bring the car in so I can fix the gauge, though.” He looked at the time on his phone. “Unless you’re free now?”
“You don’t have to work on it now. It’s late. You probably want to go home and relax.”
“I really don’t.”
“Why not? You should be spending time with your family.”
“Don’t want to.”
“Well, if you’re going to be stubborn … I guess we’ll go fix my car now.”
“We?”
“I can provide excellent moral support.”
A slow smile spread across his face. “Okay. Follow me.”
I followed behind his Mustang until we arrived at the darkened shop. Tanner opened the garage door, and I pulled in. He turned on the overhead lights and rolled a stool over to me as I got out. I watched as he laid out several tools on the floor before sitting in the driver’s seat. He worked quietly, his eyebrows furrowed. What is he thinking?
“So, no plans with Gabe tonight?”
That’s what he was thinking about? “Nope.”
“That’s weird.”
I raised an eyebrow. “Why?”
“If you were my girlfriend, I’d want to spend time with you.”
“He’s not my boyfriend.” It came out more defensively than I’d planned. “We’re just friends.”
“Why didn’t you call your friend Gabe when your car broke down?”
“I don’t know if he knows anything about cars. You were the first person that came to mind.”
“You’re dating someone and you don’t know if he knows anything about cars?”
“I’m not dating him! Besides, he told me he doesn’t know how to drive a stick.”
“What kind of man doesn’t know how to drive a stick?”
“What is with the third degree?”
“We’re friends. I talk to my friends about these kinds of things.”
I rolled my eyes. “Yeah, I can really see you and Derek discussing the inner workings of your relationships.”
His shoulders shook as he chuckled.
I stood and leaned against the car to get a better view of what he was doing. “So, what about you?”
“What about me?”
