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I had htie, when there was a knock at the door Before I could call out that I wasn’t dressed, he’d pushed the door open I covered up hat I had at ed into a sweatshirt and jacket with leather logger boots on his feet He still wore those jeans that stretched across hisered for a ain "Weiss, I had ht What’s the problem?"

My skin flushed and prickled with the heated ood it had felt

I tossed leaht now"

His jaw clenched "Get dressed in so warm and meet me by the elevator in five minutes"

I would have mock saluted him, but he’d already turned his back and pulled the door shut Not tomy hands to cover myself up

I pulled on a pair of jeans, ht jacket, which was all I’d brought other than business attire I hadn’t thought I’d be getting out much, and my idea of British Columbia in the fall had apparently been vastly different from reality Because I’d lived in Southern California all my life, I wasn’t prepared for wintery weather in Septe the lines of winter at home

Jordan was silent, austere and refused to answerDown at the valet parking, he picked up the keys to an SUV that had been dropped off by a local rental coh not as nice as the one he drove at home

There were blankets and a box in the back seat In hway, it was labeled

"Are you taking us out of town so it will be easier to hide ri with the GPS He’d set the destination for some place called Porteau Cove Provincial Park, which looked to be on the road to Whistler, about an hour north of the city

We drove along the inlet out of West Vancouver, along Horseshoe Bay and itsislands off the coast The tension between us was thick, and it didn’t help that Jordan made no effort to start a conversation I stared out theand dru us out into the pitch-black night

An hour into our drive, he followed the GPS directions to turn off the road into the benighted park We crossed over railroad tracks and into alot that overlooked the sound There wasn’t a single light along the coastline, and with the ht our ere the stars

So many stars I’d never seen thisout the windshield, ape Out of the corner ofpier stretched out over the quiet, dark bay According to the signs, it was for a ferry that apparently visited sole me and then dump littered in the diht "Come"

I folded my arms acrossto ditch ruff laugh, Jordan got out and slammed his door shut As reluctant as I was to follow the co he’d say to the afore toward the pier, and I trotted to catch up with hih my quilted jacket and fashionable wool infinity scarf, the evening nipped at my cheeks

"Are you pissed at me?"

"What do you think?" he asked in a flat, even voice

"Why did you bring ry?"

"Because I planned this before you pulled your shitty little stunt"

I was silent for ano effort whatsoever to eable for me He took one stride for every three ofat the side of the pier, where I joined hi the slope of the loading raround in front of hi tears tothem to me I thanked him and slipped them on