Page 77 of With This Kiss
That finally got his attention. He sat up in his seat and leaned toward me. “Why didn’t you say that first?”
“Do you think it’s important?” I asked, feeling an inkling of worry.
He didn’t respond, but the way his lips pressed down in a thin line said enough.
The waitress came back with our food then. “Enjoy,” she said, winking at Caine.
He didn’t respond to her either.
She frowned and walked away with a small huff.
I picked up my sandwich and took a huge bite.
“Don’t worry about anything,” Caine said. I looked up and met his eyes. They glimmered with some unnamed emotion. “I’m not going to let anything happen to you.”
The food I had been trying to swallow felt like it was stuck in my throat. I couldn’t speak. I could only nod.
He wasn’t going to let anything happen to me.
I knew that already.
I smiled at him, and he nodded.
We went back to our food and finished our meal in silence.
17
JAMIE
The week went by quickly.
Mostly because work had kept me busy since we were expecting a large sum of money that would go toward some renovation costs for the old library soon, and I was in charge of that. And also because Reign and I hadn’t spent a night apart, and I didn’t know what to do about that.
Friday evening, he picked me up in his car.
It was a typical black compact car that looked and felt expensive without drawing attention to itself.
I was sure that was on purpose.
I looked at him from my spot in the passenger seat as he took the familiar route back to my apartment.
He liked my place.
I didn’t know why that was, considering his was probably more secure than mine. But then again, his did get broken into a few weeks back.
“Did they ever catch the person who broke into your apartment?” I asked.
He pulled the car up to a stoplight and turned to look at me. “No. And I’m not really pursuing it.”
I frowned. Either he didn’t keep any valuables in his home or…
“Are you not pursuing it because you already know who broke in?”
He nodded.
I swallowed.
There were many aspects of my dad’s and brother’s jobs that I hated. And several of those aspects were a part of Reign’s job as well. If he knew who did it, then it didn’t matter if he took this to the police or not. I doubted that person was still alive.
