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A cold sweat broke over his body This had been a stupid idea He had no idea what kind of driver Erin was She could be a speed freak for all he knew A trickle of moisture ran down his spine

Oblivious to as going through hisit to him “Would you like to drive?”

“Hell no!” he erupted

She looked taken aback by his short outburst but calmly palmed the keys and went around to the driver’s side of the vehicle He forced hiet him to the car door His hand shook as he reached for the handle, lifting it and pulling the door open He shouldn’t have suggested he come with her He should si But he refused to back do He hadn’t gotten where he was today by backing down fro him was himself

Soer seat He scrabbled for the seat belt, yanking it so swiftly the mechanish to clip it

“If you just let it roll back a bit,” Erin suggested, giving hie look, “it’ll let you pull it out slowly”

He gave it another tug, a hard one, and it locked again To his surprise, Erin leaned across hiainst his arm as she reached around him and her hand settled over his

“Here,” she said, “like this”

He forced hirip on the seatbelt and allowed her to release the belt before pulling it smoothly across his chest and lap

“There you go,” she said securing it into the buckle “All safe”

Safe? She was kidding right? You were only as safe as the skill set of the next idiot on the road In his case, he’d been that idiot, and Laura had paid the ultiance Sah his nose, out through his mouth—and try to relax

“Thanks,” he said abruptly, his eyes locked on the windshield in front of him

Erin started the car and eased it into gear, rolling slowly down the driveway So far, so good, Saht, but all sense of safety fled the rip on the door’s hand rest, but he failed miserably