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I can see the amusement shining in her gaze, and I chuckle. “You’re desperate to know how it went.”
“Nope. That’s your business, and you’ll talk to me when you’re ready.” She turns to the stove and hums a tune that I’ve never heard, then looks at me over her shoulder with a raised brow. “Breakfast?”
“Not this morning.” I walk over and pull her away from the stove. “I’ve got the morning all planned out for us.”
She shakes her head. “You can’t possibly already have a day planned for us already, you’ve barely been up.”
“And how do you know?”
Wren shrugs and backs a few steps away from me. “I’m a heavy sleeper, but not that heavy. You weren’t exactly quiet in the shower, you know?”
“Sorry, didn’t mean to wake you up.” She waves me off like it’s no big deal, then I clear my throat. “In that case, go get dressed into something more outdoorsy and we’ll head out.”
“Sure thing, Rockstar.”
While she heads into her room to get dressed, I quickly slip things into a small basket – or my version of basket, since I don’t have the fancy woven ones that most people use for a picnic – and pray that she’ll like it enough.
I’ve got everything packed and hidden away before she’s made it into the entryway, and I trail my gaze over her frame with heat flaring up in them. “You look nice.”
“Let’s get this show on the road, Rockstar, we’ve got some work to do today that doesn’t include having fun.”
When she walks in front of me, I can’t help but watch the way her hips sway dramatically, and I briefly wonder if she’s hoping I’ll be watching. Before she catches me in the act, I quickly look away from her ass and focus on meeting her at the passenger side of my car.
At least we’re not taking hers.
Once she’s seated inside, I gently shut the door and take the things I packed to the trunk. This feels more like a date, and I can’t even bother denying it. After last night, I don’t think I could if I tried.
There’s no doubt in my mind that this is going much further than a working relationship.
***
I pull into a clearing and give her a nervous smile as she stares at the scenery ahead. “I, uh, hope you’re okay with eating here.”
She snaps her attention to me and raises a brow. “Here?”
Without answering, I get out of the car and pull our things out of the trunk before heading over to her side of the car. She pushes the door open while curiously eyeing the bucket. “A bucket?”
“Let’s pretend it’s a basket.”
She follows as I lead us closer to the edge of the canyon and I pull the small blanket out of the bucket, then drape it carefully onto the ground. Wren blinks a few times. “What is this?”
“Well, I thought that was obvious, Teach.”
“Asshole,” she mutters while slowly sinking onto the blanket, then she looks up at me. “I mean, what are you doing it for?
“It seemed like a good idea at the time, but I’m thinking I should’ve chosen to do something else?”
“No. No. Sorry, this just isn’t something anyone’s ever done for me and it’s sweet. Not sure how to react about it, honestly. What does it mean?”
Although I’d love nothing more than for her to acknowledge it for what it is – a date – I know she needs to be the one to take it to that next step. “Whatever you want it to mean,” I say, then sink onto the blanket next to her with a smile. “You get to choose, Wren.”
She doesn’t say anything, just stares into my eyes like she’s searching for an underlying truth somewhere in the depths of them, and I clear my throat. “Until then, let’s dig in, yeah?”
“This is weird, right?”
I shrug. “Doesn’t have to be, unless you make it that way.”
“Right.”
