Page 63 of Tempting Fate

“You should ask him,” Drew says, and when I open my mouth to say, yeah, of course, that’s obviously the plan, he shakes his head. “You should ask him when Patch is with you.”

“I think I’m missing something here.” I look between them. “They really weren’t together before I got here?”

Drew shakes his head. I don’t think he’s lying. I don’t think either of them is. But then, I don’t know how I’d tell if they were. “I think… I think they’ve been attracted to each other since they first met. But Patch met Jamie not long after Tim—Well. It was a tricky time. He wasn’t going to push for anything.”

Tim. Jamie’s stalker. “What happened to him?”

Drew shrugs one shoulder. Dax’s are tense. Did he know Tim? Vince was living at the house then. Maybe Dax was there. “He left,” Drew says. “I think he knows better than to come back.”

“Good.” I don’t want him anywhere near Jamie. I don’t want anyone else near him, near either of them. I push that feeling deep, deep down. They aren’t mine.

“What are your plans for the rest of the day?” Drew asks. Lark has returned to the counter now, and I think his expression softens the tiniest amount when Drew looks over at him.

“I don’t—I didn’t have plans,” I say.

“All right.” Drew nods at my cinnamon roll and coffee. “Finish up. We’ll take you around the area for a bit. Yeah?”

I look at Dax. He nods encouragingly. Some of the tightness in my chest eases. I’ll still call Cate later, once I’m sure she’s done with work, but I feel a little better about what lies ahead.

“Yeah, okay. Sounds good.”