Chapter Twenty-One: The Ride Home

1012 Words

Neither of us spoke for the first few minutes of the drive. Lucas sat across from me in the back of the car, watching me with an expression I couldn't quite place, and I sat with my arms folded, still turning over everything I'd watched happen at that party. "You're quiet," he said finally. "Just thinking." I replied flatly "About what." He asked "About how many women in that room seemed to think they had some claim on you." I said it lightly, though it didn't come out as light as I intended. "Isabela on your arm. That woman from the Madrid office who kept finding excuses to touch your sleeve. I lost count after four." His mouth twitched, the beginning of a smile he was clearly trying to hold back. "Jealous, Signora DiGiallorenzo?" "I didn't say that." "You didn't have to." He shift

Free reading for new users
Scan code to download app
Facebookexpand_more
  • author-avatar
    Writer
  • chap_listContents
  • likeADD