Page 95 of The Rules Of Attraction
“Anytime, angel.”
There it was again, the flicker of something in her eyes that told me she wasn’t as okay as she said.
Seeing the pensive shimmer in the shadow of her eyes, I got up and walked around to her. I took her arm and pulled her closer so I could lean down and kiss the top of her head. She seemed to like that.
“Thank you.” She whispered.
With her long, graceful fingers, she reached up and touched my chin. I caught her hand just as she was about to withdraw it and held it to my chest.
“What’s up with you?” I asked.
Summer shook her head, opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. It was the gesture of someone who wanted to talk about what was wrong, but would rather not.
“I’m okay.”
“Do you want me to come home with you?”
“No, I’m good.” She stepped away from me and backed away. “I’ll see you later.”
Although she gave me a little smile, I knew it was forced because it didn’t reach her eyes the way it usually did.
She left quickly too.
I thought I’d get to work on Devon’s background checks now so that I could fit in everything around my afternoon meetings. If I could get home early enough I’d see if maybe she wanted to go out or make her dinner.
I got the same off feeling about her as I did when I thought that something wasn’t quite right with Devon.
It made me wonder what she must have gone through with her ex. It had to be him she was thinking about.
If it was feeling bad about her father, I figured she would tell me.
It got to me that some other man could have this hold on her.
The question was, could I do anything about it?
