“Uh, yep. That’s where I live.” Why would she make that up?
“Not a good area of the city.” He frowned.
“It’s fine. I’ve never had any trouble.” It was actually true. She’d seen a few drug deals go down, and she was sure there were more shady deals where she couldn’t see, but mostly she stayed inside at night.
Tonight had been the exception.
She’d just wanted to forget for a while.
“Maeve?”
“Yep?”
“Your mind always wander like that?” he asked.
“Um. Yep. Sorry. I’ve always got a lot going on up here.” She tapped the side of her head.
“You shouldn’t go into your head when you’re with a strange man.”
“Aww, don’t call yourself strange. Sure, you’re quite demanding and grumpy, but you’re not strange.”
“I meant that you don’t know me well.”
Ahh. Right. Whoops.
“Sorry, I was going to tell you that weird is the new cool and all that . . . but, yeah.”
Awkward.
Leaning forward, he pressed a button that lowered the privacy screen down between the front and back.
Whoa. This car was luxurious. Leather seats. And was that a small TV on the back of the seat in front of her? Awesome.
A dark-haired man turned from the driver’s seat to look at them. “Where to, man?”
He had intense eyes, but his gaze didn’t linger on her.
Gray rattled off her address and the driver frowned. “Not a good area.”
“I know.”
They both stared at her with such disapproval that she found herself squirming on the seat.
“Just take us there, thanks, Mikhail,” Gray said.
“Sure thing.”
The screen went back up. She wondered what Gray did to be able to afford this gorgeous car and a driver. Maybe he was a stockbroker. Hmm, that didn’t really seem to fit. But then, she didn’t like to judge someone based on the way they looked.
Perhaps he was some sort of tech genius. Or he’d invented some sort of beard gel since his looked so good.
“Do you have to pee?” he asked.
“What? No. Why would you ask that? That’s not a normal thing to ask someone.”
He raised an eyebrow, looking amused. “It’s not?”
“No. We’re going to have to work on your small talk. Asking someone if they have to pee isn’t a great way to start a conversation.”