Page 40 of The Wrong Date Deal

“Do you know where you’re going, by the way?” she asked, gesturing around them and changing the subject.

August shot her a look like she knew what Piper was doing, but she did look around like she was trying to figure out where she’d led them. “Uh… no.”

Piper laughed. “Well, as beautiful as the snow is, it’s getting cold and I’m hungry. You?”

August continued looking around. “Yeah, I could definitely eat.”

“Great. Then, I know where we’re going.”

“What? Where?”

“My place.”

“Your place?”

“Mm. Yes. You were basically leading us there, anyway.”

“I was?”

Piper laughed. “You were. See, the world is amazing and things… work out.”

“You’re getting that from me accidentally leading us to your place?”

“Absolutely.”

“I think it’s just a coincidence,” she said, reaching out to grab Piper’s hand and stop her.

Given that they were both wearing thick gloves, it wouldn’t have taken much to break free of the grasp, but Piper stopped and turned. “Everything okay?”

“Yeah. Just, you know, I can go back to my car, or we can eat out. You don’t have to—”

“Oh. It’s totally fine.” She grinned. “I mean, unless you’re worried I actuallyama vampire and I’m leading you back to a grisly death?”

August scoffed. “No. I just don’t want to put you out.”

“You’re not. I’m offering.”

“Fine, but if I find out you sleep in a freezer, I’m leaving immediately.”

“Oh, don’t worry, being out here is giving me my chill for the day.”

August eyed her. “Maybe I’m not surprised you like the snow.”

Piper laughed. “Well, assuming I’ve hidden my vampire paraphernalia well enough that you decide to stay, we can take a look at your opening lines if you like?”

“On Hummingbird?”

“Yeah.” She grinned. “Don’t worry, I’ll show mine too, so you don’t have to feel weird.”

“Oh, I don’t think there’s a way to do this without feeling weird.”

“Yeah, fair point.” She shook her head and kicked up a bit of snow in front of them, watching the way it glittered in the light. “I’ll show you mine so we can both feel weird together.”

“You don’t have to do that.”

“Hey, we made a deal.”

“Yeah, to be the person we could contact after a bad date.”

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