Gorgeous Baseball Cap Guy handed over the wrench with that maddening smirk still causing all sorts of flutters in her belly.
Focus. You’re here for Piper, not to get noticed by hot Good Samaritans.
She took the wrench from him, and they stood at the same time.
He braced a hand on the roof of her car and leaned forward. Was he meaning to crowd her? Intimidate her with those wide shoulders and eyes so blue it was like staring at a crystal-clear lake? Except Audrey didn’t feel intimidated. The spark that flamed to life took her off guard because…well, had she ever felt anything like that before? She couldn’t remember.
“You know, it’s customary to say thanks,” he pointed out.
“Thanks,” she offered.
His grin turned to a chuckle as his gaze dropped to her chest once more. He dropped his hand from the car and gave her a mock solute. “Have a good one. Try not to shred any more tires.”
Then he strolled away, moving with a grace that kept Audrey riveted in her spot for longer than it should have. Did Evan walk like that? Like he owned the ground beneath his feet? Better yet, why did she keep comparing the two men? Evan and Gorgeous Baseball Cap Guy were nothing alike. Evan was shorter and not as…overwhelming? Yes, that was a good word for the man. Overwhelming. Evan made her laugh and held doors open for her. Gorgeous Baseball Cap Guy was bossy and too big.
Too big?
Women drooled over men like him, and all Audrey could think about was how he’d taken over and kept looking at her boobs.
He also helped you out when no one else would stop.
Audrey blinked and realized she was still standing by the car, and Piper had once again pressed her face to the window. Audrey cleaned her tools up and replaced everything in the back of the SUV. When she was back inside the car, Audrey’s phone kept beeping. Then she remembered she’d received a notification when her tire had blown.
“Put your seat belt back on,” she instructed Piper as she started the car and pulled out into traffic.
“Did the car get fixed?” Piper questioned.
Audrey glanced over her shoulder and changed lanes. “Yep, good as new.”
“I have to go potty.”
“We’ll find a place to go at the high school.”
Piper was silent a moment. “Why are we going to a high school?”
Audrey picked up her phone as it beeped again. She thumbed the screen while navigating traffic. “We’re meeting your uncle there.”
Piper fell silent again as Audrey pulled up a text from Evan. She grinned as she thought about his deep brown eyes and silly sense of humor. He probably would have called a tow truck for her and then made sure Piper was taken care of. Evan was a gem of a guy who—
This relationship isn’t really working out for me.
Audrey scowled and scrolled through the messages, looking for the It’s not you, it’s me, pushing past the hurt knifing through her chest.
A second later, her phone buzzed again, and another text came through.
It’s not you, it’s me. You’re a really sweet girl, Evan wrote. But I can’t be in a relationship right now. I need to focus on me.
Audrey stopped at another red light and resisted the urge to toss her phone out the window. Dumped via text message. She’d expected better from Evan. Evan was supposed to be the real deal. Guys like him didn’t come along very often, and now she was filing yet another relationship into the Said and Done part of her life.
She huffed out a breath and leaned her head against the headrest. Of course she was hurt. She’d liked Evan. She could have even grown to love him if he’d given the relationship a chance. Maybe it was her. Maybe she had “damaged goods” stamped across her forehead. Why else couldn’t she pin a guy down longer than it took for the leaves to change color in the fall?
Audrey’s eyes jerked open when someone honked. The light had turned green, so she pressed forward and turned right toward the high school. It didn’t matter. Evan was just another guy in a long string of men who hadn’t been able to stick. All that mattered now was Piper and easing her transition into her new life with her uncle.
Except she was reasonably attractive, right? Yeah, Audrey was pretty sure she could hold her own. Guys liked blondes, and five-six was a decent height. She stayed in shape by jogging every morning. Audrey gave herself a once-over, glancing from her jeans to her button-down and giving herself a nod of approval. Then she did a double take as she pulled into the high school parking lot.
“Shit,” she whispered to herself.
Maybe dressing in the dark hadn’t been such a good idea after all. The gaping hole her missed button had created had afforded Gorgeous Baseball Cap Guy a straight shot to her hot pink bra.
She only hoped Cameron Shaw wasn’t anything like him.
Two
There’s a woman with a kid here looking for you. Why didn’t you tell me you had a baby mama?
Cameron Shaw sat on the edge of his destroyed bed as he thumbed through Blake’s text messages, ignoring the baby mama thing. He didn’t have one, that he knew of. Yeah, pretty sure.
His phone had started vibrating about twenty minutes ago, then turned to beeping when he’d been too preoccupied to answer. Blake was a needy bastard sometimes.
Cam thumbed his reply.
What the hell? Who are you talking about?
And why had she gone to the high school instead of his house?
Although, considering what he’d been doing twenty minutes ago, Cameron was glad the mystery woman hadn’t come knocking on his door. He’d been too busy digging his fingers into Tessa Monroe’s hips as she rode him.
Cam
