falters and he reaches up to stop my hand.
“That can absolutely be arranged.” He leans down and kisses me again, his hand holding onto mine. With his other hand, he hauls me against him as his tongue lunges into my mouth. What is he doing? His worshippers are still watching. I faintly hear a noise and a man clears his throat, interrupting us. I break our kiss and look over to the sound.
“Jesus, you two,” Rod complains. “I was wondering what you were doing, you were gone so long. Here, you’re hiding out behind a crypt making a baby.” I giggle and glance up at Finn, who is glaring at Rod. Shit.
“Funny,” Finn gripes and stands straight, but doesn’t let go of me.
Rod says, “When I said that you needed to get laid, I meant for you to do it at home.” I roll my eyes and step away from Finn, but he wrenches me back to him. What the hell is going on with him? He seemed to be fine earlier. Rod’s eyes drift over me in uncertainty. “Ready?”
“Ready for what?” Finn asks with an edge to his sexy voice, his hand firmly holding onto my waist.
I answer Rod. “Not really, but I suppose I do need to let Finn get ready for work.”
Finn probes, “Where are you going?” I look up at him and his brown eyes are glittering with a myriad of thoughts, yet I have no idea what’s going through his head.
“Rod’s taking me home. I rode here with Morgan. Rod said he’d take me home because she wasn’t staying very long after the race was over.” Finn drags his eyes over to Rod and his jaw tightens as he clenches his teeth.
Finn offers, “Ricky can take you home.” If I’m not mistaken, he actually sounds annoyed.
“Why?” I’m confused. I don’t understand his sudden reluctance to me riding with Rod. “Rod’s right here. Ricky has to take your bike to his house and my apartment is out of the way for him.” Finn stores his dirt bike in Ricky’s garage since they both ride and Finn doesn’t have anywhere else to keep it.
“What’s wrong, Wilder? You think I’m a bad driver? I’ll have you know that although the North Carolina signs test was a bitch, I passed my written test on the third try and my driving test on the second. I’m golden.” Not the best thing to say, Rod.
“I’ll take you home.” Finn tells me, not bothering to give Rod a response.
“What? No. Go home and take a shower. I’ll see you tonight.”
Finn argues, “It’ll be alright. I just can’t go up with you. I’ll drop you off and head home.”
“No you won’t. Stop.” I caress his jaw as he stares at me, my fingers moving over his stubble. There is definitely something going on with Finn. I can see it in his eyes, hear it in his voice and feel it in his hands. He’s so tense and that’s not like him. What did I do? Is he mad at me? Did I embarrass him in front of his fans or something?
“Wilder, why don’t you just take her home with you?” Rod questions as if we’re being oblivious to the obvious solution.
“No,” we both mutter at the same time. There’s no way Finn would make it to work if we’re together, and we both know it.
“Okay…” Rod replies slowly, scrunching his face in bewilderment. He makes a swooping motion with his arms towards the parking lot. “Then let’s go. I have to make a pit stop.”
I reach up and wind my arms around Finn’s neck to hug him goodbye. He folds his around my body and hugs me back, lifting me off of the ground. I’m instantly hit with his cologne from his opened suit. It complements his scent perfectly. I bury my face against his chest and inhale, which is both a good and bad thing. Good, because I could bottle the smell and carry it with me. Bad, because now it’s too long to wait for tonight when he’s wearing nothing, but the cologne.
Finn sets me down and I angle my head up to give him a kiss, but he beats me to it. He takes the sides of my head in his hands and kisses me, his tongue again in my mouth before I open it myself. Rod is