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“No, we don’t.”
“Yes, we do. Stop so I can buy one. Dad’s plane just landed. He won’t be at baggage claim for at least ten minutes.”
He sighed while he took the exit for the lei stand. Lei makers rented out stands for people to buy leis for those coming to the islands. She was picking out a very pretty Ti-leaf lei when someone stepped up beside her.
It was odd that she didn’t hear anyone since her senses were usually on alert, but that was because Ian had been watching out for her. When she turned, she fought the urge to take a step back. Standing next to her was Seth Harrington. She couldn’t get away from the man.
“What are you doing here?”
“Looking to buy a gun.”
She snorted. “No, why would you be at a lei stand?”
“My parents are getting here, or they just arrived.”
Their parents had been on the same plane?
“And you?”
“Our father.”
“Our?”
She pointed to a very irritated Ian, who was watching the by-play. He drummed the steering wheel with his fingers.
“Oh, I didn’t notice him.”
She wanted to laugh at Seth’s irritated tone. The woman came over so Autumn could pay for the lei.
“Hmm.”
He should not make that noise in public. Not near her, at least. It sent little waves of heat coursing through her blood. “What?”
“I don’t know which one to get.”
“Well,” she said, holding up her lei, “this is the best one for guys, but your mom, what’s her favorite color?”
“Blue. It was always all over the house. We even had a blue house one time.”
She snorted again.
“There you go. Get her one with blue flowers. See ya later,” she said, practically running away. She wasn’t proud of it. Once she climbed back into the SUV, her brother smirked as he backed out of the parking spot.
“Your boy has a crush.”
Butterflies filled her belly, and she frowned. “What do you mean?”
He said nothing as he drove around to the parking lot. Autumn knew this was one of his ploys, so she tried to control her need to demand an answer. He was such a butthead. Spies…they always liked to control the narrative even if they weren’t in the business anymore.
He parked his car, and she still said nothing, even though she wanted to scream at him. She should be used to this, but while they weren’t raised together, they were siblings. He knew exactly how to get under her skin.
Finally, as they stood at the crosswalk waiting for the traffic to pass, he said, “Harrington was checking you out.”
Again, those butterflies took flight but were more like drunken butterflies. They were making Autumn feel a little sick to her stomach.
“He was not.”
It was so insane that she simultaneously wanted it to be true and false. And yes, a few days ago, he’d told her he wanted her, but it still did nothing to calm her nerves.
