Page 57 of Shattered By the Currents

“To check in. To make sure you’re upholding your end of the deal.”

“I haven’t told anyone anything. You know I won’t.”

“I like tothinkyou won’t, but you can never be too sure.”

“Youmade sure. And the only thing I asked for in return for my silence, theone thing, was for you to leave me the hell alone.So don’t call me again. Don’t even think about me.” She hung up and slammed her fist against the wheel.

Minutes ago, her heart had been racing for Connor, and Xander hadn’t even been a thought. Now? He’d dragged her back down again. With one single call.

She needed it to end. But it was starting to feel like he was a nightmare she’d never wake up from.

Connor pulledinto the dirt parking lot beside the old firehouse. He’d woken in such a good fucking mood…then that call had come through on Raven’s phone, and the smile had been wiped clean off his face.

He wanted details. He wanted her towantto share with him. They had a connection and it was more than physical. Did she feel it too?

He climbed from his truck and crossed to the building.

Inside, Ethan turned from his computer. “Hey. Everything okay?”

Connor dropped into the seat beside his friend and ran his hands through his hair. “No. Raven and I fell asleep together last night.”

Ethan’s brows rose. “Did you…”

“No.”

“Huh.”

“Huh? That’s it?”

Ethan leaned back in his seat. “Shouldn’t you be in a good mood? You like her and this is progress. You look like you’re ready to murder someone.”

“She got a call from her ex this morning.”

“Does he call often?”

“She said no. I have no idea what’s going on with them, just that he emptied her bank account and she hates talking about him.”

“Sounds like a piece of shit.”

“I just want the story. I want to know her past. How she got here. Why she separated from the guy. Hell, why she was about tomarrya man who would do something like that to her.”

Ethan was silent for a second. “I mean…I can see what I can find. We went to the same high school, so I have enough details to do some digging.”

A part of Connor wanted to say yes. That would be the easy way out of this. Ethan was good at finding information. Hell, he’d worked as a PI for a year.

But he wanted to hear it from Raven. He wanted her to trust him enough to share everything. And, if she found out he went behind her back, she might see it as an invasion of privacy. Which would make him an asshole, especially after his speech about trust last night.

He shook his head. “No. It’s okay. I’ll wait.”

“I’m here if you change your mind.”

“Thanks. How’s Maggie?”

A genuine smile curved Ethan’s lips. “She’s perfect, man. Don’t know how I got so lucky.”

Over a decade ago, Ethan had lost Maggie, but since getting her back, he was a new man.

“Good. You deserve to be happy.” Connor was just rising when the SAR phone rang.