Tonya breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the turnoff for the driveway of Mike’s house. Her shoulders ached from the tense drive through winding roads with virtually zero visibility. She still didn’t know how Ashure had seen the deer crossing the road up ahead of them in time for her to avoid it.
She slid the gearshift into park and softly groaned when she reached for the key. Ashure reached over and turned off the ignition. She gave him an exhausted smile and laid the side of her head on the steering wheel.
“You should have let me drive,” he tenderly admonished.
She barely nodded her head. “You can tell me I’m too stupid to live after you help me out of the car. I think my muscles have frozen,” she tiredly teased.
“Ah, my little stubborn love, you are breaking my heart,” he said, c
