Chapter 11
Genuine fear lit her eyes, and this time she didn’t push it away. She revealed her true feelings to him, letting him into a vulnerable side of her he wasn’t sure even existed.
He had to get the letter to the station, but he couldn’t leave her. Not now. Not when she looked so scared. “I can stay.”
“Really? Because you don’t have to if you have plans or something else to do. I’d call my sisters, but I don’t want to worry them just yet. And Luna has PTA tonight anyway, then Sammy usually meets up for drinks—”
Reid held his hand up. “I can stay.” He leveled his gaze with hers, not wavering.
“Okay, you’ll stay.” She bit her lip and spun toward the stainless-steel fridge. “You hungry?”
And just like that, the vulnerability was masked, packed back up and shoved away.
“I can alw
