Page 51 of Wild Rush Of Love
Safe in Rush’s arms, his heart beating beneath her ear, Reena lay draped across his chest and let sleep take her.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Reena racedout of the staffroom and almost crashed into Caitlyn.
“Whoa. Where’s the fire?” her friend asked.
“I’m finished.”
“Finished setting the staffroom on fire?”
Reena laughed. “No. Finished work. I’m heading home.”
“Ah, that explains the rush.” Caitlyn chuckled. “Rushing home to Rush.”
“Funny. But yes. He’s cooking dinner.” She grinned. “I don’t want to be late.”
“Don’t let me hold you up then.” Caitlyn held out her arm, signaling she should go first.
“Thanks.” Reena moved past then stopped. “Oh, I wanted to thank you for last week and say how wonderful it is to have you for a friend. You changed my life when you came into it and I’ll be forever grateful.”
Caitlyn smiled and waved her off. “It goes both ways. Now get. You’ve got a hot man waiting for you.”
Reena grinned. Yes, she did. She had a very hot man at her house cooking her dinner. “Catch you later.”
She waved over her shoulder as she powerwalked out of the back of Sunday’s. Nodding and waving at a few regulars and Mrs. Wallace, she was on the street and dashing home a minute later.
Rush hadn’t told her what he’d planned, only that he’d be making them dinner tonight and needed the afternoon to get things ready. It must be some meal. Reena couldn’t wait to see what he’d prepared.
She’d had most of the day to think about their situation—her feelings—without his eyes tracking her around the room. He’d decided to stay home instead of accompanying her to work and while she’d missed him terribly, she’d been able to think.
Two things had become clear.
One—she wanted to keep seeing him.
And two—she was ninety-nine percent certain she was falling for him.
Falling so far that she was willing to try this long-distance thing. She’d already spoken to Ewan Collins about matching her shifts to Rush’s so that she could see him every second weekend. She wanted to tell Rush her plan at dinner tonight but expected she’d be blurting it out the second she got through the front door. She was so excited she doubted she’d be able to hold it in any longer than that.
God, she’d been tempted to text him the news the minute she’d finished talking to her boss.
By the time she hit her street, she was running. And laughing.
“Hey, I hope all that happiness is for me.”
Reena skidded to a stop and turned to see Rush standing on Mrs. Abbott’s porch. “What are you doing there? I thought you were cooking us dinner.”
“I am. Just returning something I borrowed earlier.” He came down the steps and walked toward her. “I hope you’re hungry.”
“Yes, but—”
He cut her words off with a kiss.
She was pretty sure they would have stood on the street making out for hours if his phone hadn’t started ringing.
He pulled back and held her face in his hands. “I missed you today.”
Smiling, she said, “Me too.You. I missed you.”
