“Firstawaydate.”
“Mhmm. First creepy away date,” I muttered, pretending to pout.
“Actually”—he slid closer to me and kissed my jaw—“this is pretty damn cool. I like that you brought me somewhere unexpected.”
“I like the unexpected.”
Reid leaned back on one hand and twined his fingers with mine.
“Sometimes on my days off, I like to just get in my car and go,” I said. “Drive somewhere I’ve never been or get lost and try to find my way out. Discover cool abandoned parks like this, or spots I’ve never been to. There’s so much beauty and interesting places people will never see because they’re too afraid to go off the beaten path.” I rubbed my thumb across his. “Plus it gets me away from the majority of the human race.”
“You don’t seem too antisocial,” he teased.
“Nah, but it’s nice to unwind sometimes. My job is stressful, and when it gets to be too much, I like being able to escape and clear my head.”
Reid nodded as he looked out over the hills. “I think I like that too. A brain break.”
“A brain break?” I chuckled. “I think you’ve had enough of those, wouldn’t you say?”
His jaw dropped and then he began to laugh. “Oh, touché, touché. I’ll have to get you back for that one.”
“Promise?”
Reid’s head whipped in my direction, and two seconds later he pushed me back onto the blanket and put his hand on my chest to hold me in place.
“What the—” I started, but Reid moved on top of me, straddling my waist, and then he bent down and kissed me, effectively shutting me up.
“Please tell me this is your way of getting me back,” I murmured against his lips, and as I leaned up for more, he sat back.
“Actually, yes.” His weight on my stomach disappeared as he moved off me and took a swig of his water like he hadn’t just attacked me.
“Wow.” I sat up and shook my head, in a daze. “You’re a fucking evil tease.”
“How was that for a brain break?”
“You’ve proven your point. And cut off my circulation,” I said, shifting my growing erection so I could actually sit.
Reid’s nostrils flared as he looked down, and he started toward me again, but I held a hand up.
“Whoa, boy. Give me a few minutes to calm down.”
“Maybe I can help,” he suggested, but then I saw the devilish twinkle in his eyes. “I could give you a hand…?”
“Fuuuck,that’s not helping. Talk about something else,” I said, as I lay back on the blanket to stretch out.
“Something other than the massive python in your pants?”
I let out a strangled laugh. “Yes, other than that.”
“I’m assuming you don’t want to talk about mine, either?”
“Reid.”
“Okay, okay.” He laughed again before growing quiet. “Thereissomething I’ve been meaning to ask you, but you don’t have to answer if you don’t want to.”
“Now that doesn’t sound like the man who demanded to know ‘everything’ about me.”
“I was trying to give you an out, but you’re right. You have to tell me.”