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“Everything okay?” Carrick’s standing by the table.
I quickly clear all emotion from my face and throw on a smile before looking up at him. I think quickly on the spot. “Of course. Your dad was just telling me some funny stories about when you were a kid.”
“Oh God.” Carrick groans, dropping into his seat. “What did you tell her, so I can quickly repair the damage you’ve done?”
“Nothing bad, son.” Owen glances at me. “Nothing for you to worry about anyway.”
I pick up my glass of wine and chug it back.
The rest of dinner passes by in a blur for me. I make sure to join in the conversation and laugh in all the right places, but all I have buzzing around my mind are Owen’s words.
We’ve just finished dessert, and I’m more than ready to leave.
“Are you staying for coffee?” Owen asks. “Or an after dinner brandy?”
“I’m okay,” I answer.
“Carrick?” Owen says.
I look at him when he doesn’t respond to his dad straight away. He’s staring at me, and I can see it in his eyes. He knows I’m not a hundred percent myself.
“You tired?” he asks me.
“A little. But you go ahead and have a drink. I don’t mind.”
He looks at me for a few seconds longer. He seems to be weighing something up in those beautiful blues of his. He pulls them from me to his dad. “No, I’m fine. Thanks, Da.”
I love it when he does that, drops the D and calls his dad Da. It’s so sweet.
“I reckon we’ll head back to the hotel now.” Carrick calls the waitress over for the bill.
“I’ll get this one, son.” His dad puts his hand out as Carrick reaches for his wallet.
“Okay. Cheers, Da.”
Owen is the only person I’ve seen Carrick let pay for anything. Must be a father-son thing.
Once the bill is settled, I get up from my seat. Carrick helps me into my coat.
“You coming back to the hotel with us?” Carrick asks Owen as we leave the restaurant.
“No, I have somewhere to be.” He nods in the direction of a waiting town car. “But I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“Okay.”
“Was lovely spending time with you outside of work, Andi.” Owen kisses my cheek.
“You, too.” My smile is tight.
As we start walking, Carrick puts his arm around my shoulders, and I put mine around his back. His free hand takes hold of my hand, sliding his fingers through mine, holding it against his hip.
“I’m sure my dad’s got a hook-up in every country we go to—that, or he has a gambling problem.” He chuckles to himself.
“What makes you say that?”
“Ah, for at least one of the nights we’re in each country, he just always disappears off to ‘somewhere to be’ with no further explanation.”
“Has there been anyone serious since…your mum?”
“There was no one when I was a kid, none that I knew of. Then, there were a few girlfriends when I got a bit older, but his focus has always been on my racing career.”
“He loves you a lot.”
“Yeah, he does. Sometimes too much. I think he’s that way because he feels he has to make up for my mother leaving.”
“You can’t blame him for that.”
“I know.”
“My mum’s the same,” I tell him. “Since my dad…she’s a bit overprotective at times.”
“How’s she coping with you being away, traveling the world?”
“She’s slowly getting better about it.” I laugh lightly.
“How about you dating me—a driver? How does she feel about that?”
He’s never really asked about my mum’s opinion about him before. I’m guessing seeing his dad tonight has sparked that.
“She’s happy, if I’m happy.”
Honestly, she hasn’t said much when I tell her things about Carrick and me. I think a lot of that has to do with his reputation. And a part of what he does for a living, too.
“And are you?”
I smile wide. “Very.”
He leans in and kisses me. “Me, too. Like I’ve never been before.”
Taking a hold of his hand that’s over my shoulder, I lift it to my lips, pressing a kiss to it. I snuggle into his side.
As we walk on, I hear the soft sound of Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” start to play from the speakers outside a restaurant just across the street where people are sitting out front, dining in the beautiful evening.
“I love this song,” I murmur.
Bringing me to a stop, Carrick says, “Dance with me?”
I glance around. “Uh, here?”
“Yeah, here. I want to dance with my girl under the stars.” He gestures to the bright night sky.
Then, he twirls me in his arms, so I’m facing him. Moving his arm from my shoulder to my waist, his free hand takes my hand.
“You want to dance right here in the street, next to a litter bin?” I toss a glance in the bin’s direction.
He slides a glance at it, a grin sliding onto his face. “You can’t deny the romance of what a bin can bring to a situation.”
“Oh, yeah, all that dirty litter…so sexy.” I start laughing, loving the feel of his own laughter against me.
“Shut up, and dance with me. You’re killing the moment.”
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