‘In that?’ He nodded haughtily at her light weight dress, she glared at him and caught him looking her dress up and down, her bare shoulders and neck.
‘Why not?’
He gritted his teeth, flexing his jaw and never responded. Just looked for a cut off in the road to turn around and head back to her cottage in a smooth manoeuvre.
Sitting in the dark, illuminated only by dashboard lights she felt cocooned with him in a little black box. He expertly spun the car around, shifting gear and heading back. He was a capable confident driver and somehow that just added to his list of charms that made her feel like throwing her shoes at him. His posture tense and unreadable as he kept his eyes on the road.
‘Going somewhere nice?’ Rose said airily.
None of her business, but well, she decided to be as
