mischief they would get into in high school.
Twenty minutes later headlights pulled in behind them. Rider opened his truck door as another truck pulled up next to him. Shade climbed out of the older-looking truck that everyone in town knew was Cash’s. Both Charles and Lily then got out of the car.
“What’s going on, Lily?” Rider asked as he walked next to Charles and looked down at the car with the two flat tires.
“We went for a walk and when we came back, the tires were flat,” Charles explained.
“I’ll get it loaded onto the trailer and drop it off at the garage.”
“I’ll give you both a ride home,” Shade offered, moving forward.
Neither of them said anything as the two men loaded Charles’s car onto the trailer. When they finished, Rider climbed back into his truck.
Shade went to the truck he was driving and opened the passenger door for them. Lily climbed into the truck first, holding her dress down as she slid across the seat so that Charles had enough room to sit. Shade climbed into the driver’s seat and started the truck, as Lily tugged her dress down over her knees.
When Shade backed up and turned around; she was sitting so close to him the movement of him shifting gears had him brushing his arm against her breasts. Lily stiffened, trapped between the two men with nowhere to go.
The silence in the car could be cut with a knife. Feeling agitated and uncomfortable in the silence, her hand went to her wrist, but before she could snap it, Shade’s hand covered hers, preventing her from snapping it.
She slid her hand away, laying both hands on her lap.
“I appreciate you and Rider coming out.” Charles broke the silence as they hit the outskirts of town. “We tried calling Lyle, but he didn’t answer.”
“That’s because he was at Rosie’s. I saw his truck as I passed.” Shade’s cold voice filled the cab of the truck.
“That explains it.” Charles muttered.
Lily expected Shade to drop her off first, but he kept driving past her house.
“Where to?” Shade asked.
Charles gave him directions and silence resumed in the truck. She had to force herself to keep her breathing even as they turned a corner and she was pressed up against Shade’s side. Thankfully, Charles lived close by and it wasn’t long before they were pulling into his driveway.
Charles opened the door when the truck came to a stop. “Thanks, Shade. You and Rider come by the restaurant and I’ll buy you dinner,” Charles said, getting out.
“We’ll do that,” Shade said.
“Goodnight, Lily. I’ll see you in church Sunday.
“Goodnight, Charles.”
Charles closed the door and Shade backed out of the driveway, his arm again rubbing against her breasts again. Lily tried to scoot over, but his thigh was sitting on her dress. When her dress started slipping up, she sat still, pinned in place. She didn’t make an issue of it, since it was a short distance to her house.
“Did you have fun on your date tonight?”
His harsh voice startled her.
“Yes. We went to the movie and ate with my friend Miranda-Kaley’s sister.”
Shade didn’t respond, stopping at a red light.
“Beth and the others came into the diner when we were having coffee. You didn’t go riding with them?”
“No, I wasn’t in the mood for a ride tonight.”
The light turned green, and the truck moved forward again.
“I’m sorry you ended up having to get out tonight,” Lily apologized.
“You would have done better keeping your own ass home tonight.”
Lily stiffened next to him. “What do you mean by that?”
Shade turned the truck down her street.
“I mean, you need to be cruel to be kind, and quit leading him on,” Shade replied, turning into her driveway.
“I’m not leading Charles on,” Lily protested, turning to look at him as he came to a stop.
“Yes, you are. When you went out with him tonight were you planning on fucking him?”
“Of course not,” Lily said, shocked at his blunt statement. She
Twenty minutes later headlights pulled in behind them. Rider opened his truck door as another truck pulled up next to him. Shade climbed out of the older-looking truck that everyone in town knew was Cash’s. Both Charles and Lily then got out of the car.
“What’s going on, Lily?” Rider asked as he walked next to Charles and looked down at the car with the two flat tires.
“We went for a walk and when we came back, the tires were flat,” Charles explained.
“I’ll get it loaded onto the trailer and drop it off at the garage.”
“I’ll give you both a ride home,” Shade offered, moving forward.
Neither of them said anything as the two men loaded Charles’s car onto the trailer. When they finished, Rider climbed back into his truck.
Shade went to the truck he was driving and opened the passenger door for them. Lily climbed into the truck first, holding her dress down as she slid across the seat so that Charles had enough room to sit. Shade climbed into the driver’s seat and started the truck, as Lily tugged her dress down over her knees.
When Shade backed up and turned around; she was sitting so close to him the movement of him shifting gears had him brushing his arm against her breasts. Lily stiffened, trapped between the two men with nowhere to go.
The silence in the car could be cut with a knife. Feeling agitated and uncomfortable in the silence, her hand went to her wrist, but before she could snap it, Shade’s hand covered hers, preventing her from snapping it.
She slid her hand away, laying both hands on her lap.
“I appreciate you and Rider coming out.” Charles broke the silence as they hit the outskirts of town. “We tried calling Lyle, but he didn’t answer.”
“That’s because he was at Rosie’s. I saw his truck as I passed.” Shade’s cold voice filled the cab of the truck.
“That explains it.” Charles muttered.
Lily expected Shade to drop her off first, but he kept driving past her house.
“Where to?” Shade asked.
Charles gave him directions and silence resumed in the truck. She had to force herself to keep her breathing even as they turned a corner and she was pressed up against Shade’s side. Thankfully, Charles lived close by and it wasn’t long before they were pulling into his driveway.
Charles opened the door when the truck came to a stop. “Thanks, Shade. You and Rider come by the restaurant and I’ll buy you dinner,” Charles said, getting out.
“We’ll do that,” Shade said.
“Goodnight, Lily. I’ll see you in church Sunday.
“Goodnight, Charles.”
Charles closed the door and Shade backed out of the driveway, his arm again rubbing against her breasts again. Lily tried to scoot over, but his thigh was sitting on her dress. When her dress started slipping up, she sat still, pinned in place. She didn’t make an issue of it, since it was a short distance to her house.
“Did you have fun on your date tonight?”
His harsh voice startled her.
“Yes. We went to the movie and ate with my friend Miranda-Kaley’s sister.”
Shade didn’t respond, stopping at a red light.
“Beth and the others came into the diner when we were having coffee. You didn’t go riding with them?”
“No, I wasn’t in the mood for a ride tonight.”
The light turned green, and the truck moved forward again.
“I’m sorry you ended up having to get out tonight,” Lily apologized.
“You would have done better keeping your own ass home tonight.”
Lily stiffened next to him. “What do you mean by that?”
Shade turned the truck down her street.
“I mean, you need to be cruel to be kind, and quit leading him on,” Shade replied, turning into her driveway.
“I’m not leading Charles on,” Lily protested, turning to look at him as he came to a stop.
“Yes, you are. When you went out with him tonight were you planning on fucking him?”
“Of course not,” Lily said, shocked at his blunt statement. She
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