the inside of your car is… was.”
I winced at the comparison. I was terrible when it came to keeping my vehicle clean, even going as far as using antibacterial shit I’d found online on cotton buds to clean the stitching. I blamed the military for starting it and my new job for continuing it. With the things I’d seen and heard about…
Still.
“I’m clean, pretty girl. I haven’t been with anyone since I moved here, and I had to have a physical to join P.V.P.D.”
This time when she pushed up against my hand, I let her straighten up, and in the lighting from the dash, I saw how flushed she was and how unfocused her eyes still looked. Not gonna lie, it did a lot to me to know I was responsible for making her look like that.
“Awesome,” she breathed. “Now we’ve got that part of the awkward out of the way, I need to ask you if you’ve got a hoodie or towel in the car.”
Frowning, I ran my hands up her arms to see if she was freezing, but she seemed kind of warm to me. “Why?”
Chewing on her lower lip, she avoided eye contact with me and focused on my shoulder instead. “Uh, well, you’re kind of anal about your truck, and, well…” she trailed off and stayed silent for a moment. Just when I was about to ask what the fuck was going on, she drew in a deep breath.
“Okay, so gravity works in the way of what goes up must come down, right?” When I nodded, she ground down against me, almost making my eyes roll into the back of my head with how sensitive I still was. “Well, think about why that might be an issue for me right now.”
It took a moment seeing as how my brain was still slightly fried, but when it hit me, I almost opened the door and jumped out with her in my arms. Actually, I did get us both out of the truck, me still inside her, but I did it at a slower rate than a jump.
Carefully pulling out of her, I gave her a soft kiss and then moved to the back row and pulled out a t-shirt I had in there for emergencies. I’d been caught in the rain with a blown-out tire before, and driving while drenched was hell.
What had also occurred to me when my brain had come back online while I was trying to figure out what Tamsin was talking about was how fucking stupid I’d been to do this while we were out in the open. I hadn’t even considered the fact that Gjorka or one of his men could’ve found us while I was inside her. Hell, they could’ve come to the window with a gun pointed at my head, and I doubt I’d have noticed, and that was fucked up.
I needed to be better than that and stay aware at all times, which was why I hurried her back into her seat and had us back on the road quickly.
“Are you okay?” she asked softly, just as we were getting closer to her house.
Glancing over at her, I shot her a grin and wink. “After the night we’ve just had, absolutely. After what we just shared together, defi-fuckin’-nately.”
Pulling into the drive, I cut the engine and did a discreet look around us to make sure nothing seemed out of place as I helped her out of the vehicle and walked the short distance to the front door.
“I was hoping tonight would turn out like that, but I didn’t expect it to happen like that,” she breathed as she disarmed the alarm and I locked up.
Before we even put all the lights on, the smell of something foul hit us, and I just knew the night was about to change for the worse.
“Pretty girl, I don’t suppose you put rotten meat in the trash can and forgot to take it out, did you?” I was hoping and praying she said yes, but I just knew she wouldn’t.
Taking a breath in to reply as she hit the lights, she choked and made a gagging noise. “No, but now I understand why you’re asking.”
With a groan, I turned around and scanned the living room, expecting to find the source of it there. When nothing showed up, I took a step deeper into the house, looking around the whole time.
“Is this the canine version of hide and seek?” Tamsin whispered, holding onto my