Page 23 of Wild Rush Of Love
“After a day spent sitting on my ass in my truck, I could do with a dawdle.”
“You really drove all the way here?” The thought boggled her mind. It also gave her a thrill. A man had driven hours to see her. Reena couldn’t remember anyone driving an hour to get to her, never mind all day.
“Probably should have thought it through a little better, maybe chosen a quicker form of transport. Spur-of-the-moment decisions don’t lend themselves to much thought.”
“When did you decide to come here?” The idea that he would upend his life to come see her made her happy. On the other hand, if he hadn’t thought of it before now…
“This morning when the boss gave me the week off.”
“Oh.” Disappointment lanced her.
“Hey.” He stopped and swung her around into his arms. Cradling her against his chest, he tipped her face up with a finger under her chin and said, “I would have been here sooner if I’d had the time off. I’ve spent the week regretting not getting your number—”
“How’d you know where I live?”
Rush rolled his lips into his mouth, his gaze shuttering as a light flush colored his cheeks. “Hm…”
“I didn’t give you my number…well I did, but you wouldn’t have gotten it because you were already on your way here—”
“You gave me your number?”
“I called the Lodge this afternoon. Left a message for you. They said you weren’t there. The woman didn’t know where you were or when you’d be in but took the message anyway.”
He grinned. “You called me?”
“Ah, yes, I, um…” Heat filled her face. “Didn’t want to leave things the way we did.”
“The only thing wrong with the way we left things was I didn’t have your number.”
“So how did you know where to find me?” She had a feeling his answer would give her another thrill. Especially if it was the way she thought he’d gotten her address.
Rush sighed. “Could we not worry about that? Maybe pretend I got that message with your phone number…”
“As the bar manager, are you supposed to access the reservation system and the guests’ personal information?”
He closed his eyes and lowered his forehead to rest against hers. “No.”
“So you broke the rules to find me. Probably jeopardized your job doing it.”
“Yes. Maybe.”
She smiled. “Thank you.”
His eyes opened, their gazes connecting. “Thank you?”
“Yes. Thank you for wanting to find me so much you would risk being fired.”
Chapter Eleven
His job hadn’t enteredhis mind once he’d decided to come to Baltimore. “I didn’t think about it. The only thing that concerned me was finding you.”
Her eyes lit up along with her smile. “No one’s ever broken the law for me.”
“I’m not sure I broke any laws… Unless you count the speed limits between here and home.” He grinned. “I might have bent those a little.”
Reena’s smile grew and he pulled her into a hug. He loved seeing her happy. She hadn’t looked that way the last time he’d seen her.
The memory of her frown as she’d driven away had haunted him all week. Now he was here and she was smiling that sweet, sexy smile he’d spent two weeks soaking up, and he didn’t want to ever see her sad again.
