Page 61 of There I Find Love

It wasn’t much longer when she got off the phone, a triumphant look on her face. “They’re good to go. I already explained that you’re doing demolition work. But if you want to send them specific instructions, I can drive.”

His first inclination was to decline her offer. But why not? Typically when he was in the car, he was the driver. He liked to have that control. But part of the reason he liked the control was so he could protect himself from other people. He liked to play by the rules and have ethics and values and character in his work, but he never assumed that someone else was going to go into a relationship with him in the same way.

Except, he knew Clara would.

Putting his turn signal on, he pulled off on the side of the road.

He had to smile at her surprised look. She was not expecting him to take her up on her offer.

“It’s because I trust you.” He didn’t have to ask why she was surprised, and she knew exactly what he was saying because her lips turned up and she nodded a happy nod.

He got out, a truck whishing by, almost knocking him down.

It made him want to take a hold of Clara as she came around the front of the car.

“The wind from the semi is more fierce than what you think,” he said, like that gave him an excuse to put his arm around her to guide her to his door.

She curved into his side and seemed to fit there just perfectly.

He didn’t typically walk around with his arm around her, in fact never had, and while it was a new feeling, he couldn’t deny it was a perfect one.

Another semi went by, and the air from that pushed against them.

“My goodness. You don’t realize there’s that much power when you’re driving beside them.”

He opened the door, and she hopped in.

Maybe they shouldn’t have stopped along the road, but it seemed like it would be smarter to stop and switch places than for him to try to do the business from his phone.

Regardless, she was safely inside, and soon they were on the road again.

“Did you even call your grandma and let her know you are coming?” she asked as she got up to road speed and set the cruise.

“Actually...I haven’t.”

“Maybe she’ll want to pack.”

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