Page 30 of Love Undiscovered
“What do you do when it rains?” she asks.
“I drive slower.”
“No, I mean, how do you avoid getting wet?”
“I don’t. I usually have a spare pair of jeans or pants in my saddlebag in case mine are too wet. But my boots are waterproof and my jacket and helmet take care of the rest.”
“That’s a lot of hassle just to ride a motorcycle,” she says.
“Depends on your perspective, I suppose.” I shrug my shoulders. I don’t tell her that I can borrow an unmarked sedan from the station when I need to.
“What are you guys whispering about over there?” Lexie asks from across the table.
“Nothing,” she says at the same time I say, “Driving in the rain.”
Lexie laughs and then yawns, stretching her arms high above her head. Ethan’s eyes about bug out as the top of her strapless dress lowers more as her arms go higher.
Kat whispers in Brad’s ear, he smiles big.
“Okay, well it looks like we are going to head out,” Brad announces to the table. “My girl is tired and I’d like to get her home.”
He comes over to me and shakes my hand, and then leans in to give Remi a kiss, saying loud enough for me to hear, “Thank you for doing this. It meant a lot to Kat to have you here. I know it probably wasn’t much fun all things considered.” He nods his head in my direction.
“I’m right here.”
“I know,” Brad smirks.
I’ll be honest, Matthews and I aren’t ever going to be friends, and it’s because I wanted to have sex with his woman and he knows it. But I still work with her periodically, and she’s wearing his fucking ring, so it would be nice if once in a while he could let that shit go. I glare at him in return.
Kat moves in from behind him, gives me a hug and a kiss on the cheek, and says,
“Thank you so much for bringing Remi. I know it couldn’t have been that enjoyable, given that she was your date and all.” She says the last part in a loud whisper. Then she attempts to wink at me, which contorts her face in such a way she looks like she’s having a spasm. But, it breaks the tension between Matthews and I, which I appreciate. Remi, however, does not like Kat’s comment and says as much.
“Thanks, bitch,” she says to Kat.
Kat blows her a kiss in return. Remi flips her off.
The couple’s departure spurns the rest of us to leave as well. Remi and I say goodbye to Ethan and Lexie at the valet station. I walk over to my bike and pull my leather jacket from the saddlebag, then wrap Remi in it. If her nipples are any indication, she’s cold in that dress.
I have the valet signal for a cab and sit back to wait with her.
“You’re putting me in a cab?” Remi asks.
“I am.”
“Why?”
“Because it’s late and you’re cold. Plus, you’ve been drinking and I don’t want to risk your safety if you can’t hang on.”
“That might just be the sweetest thing you’ve ever done for me, Chance Bauer,” she says slurring her words just a bit.
“More so than holding your hair back when you puked in college?” I ask.
“Oh, why’d you have to bring that up?” She slaps me on the chest. I grab her wrist and pull her toward me. She stumbles into me, then relaxes her body.
“You’re warm,” she sighs. I wrap the edges of my suit coat around her as well and envelop her in my arms. She snuggles in closer. I start to feel warm inside. A weird warm, like when I’ve just received a compliment, or my mom tells me she’s proud of me.
I like it.
The cab comes just in time to save me from thinking too hard on how much I like the way Remi feels in my arms. I put her in the backseat, swipe my credit card to pay in advance, then follow the cab to her house anyway to make sure she gets there safely.
