Page 23 of Broken Rules
Savannah threw her hands up as she turned her back on the passionate new couple and headed up to the office.
After the last server dropped off their cash, she waited, listening to their feet drum down the stairs. And then she heard the distant thud of the heavy backdoor shutting. She closed her eyes, and for a moment just listened to the silence.
She was alone.
Her heart started to race.
Would he come?
She held her breath waiting, wanting for him to be there so much.
Chapter Seven
Savannah stared atthe clock in the office. It was almost two-thirty in the morning. She’d finished her closing duties an hour ago, but still she lingered, waiting...for him.
Last night, he had said it wasn’t goodbye. If that was true, then where was he?
Then an idea occurred to her that made her heart race even faster, but not for a good reason.
What if a job went wrong and he got caught? What if he was, at that moment, sitting in jail?
She groaned. Why the hell was she worrying about a guy who could have been busted for armed robbery.
What was wrong with her?
She wasn’t a stupid girl. She was pretty smart, actually. She had a degree in English. She was well-read and reasonably well-traveled thanks to her college summers spent backpacking around Europe. She was a manager at a successful restaurant in an affluent town with a steady income and a savings account. She had even started investing her money.
Hell, she had a 401k.
She wasn’t an idiot. But still, all evidence at that moment said otherwise. She was alone, holding her breath, desperately wishing for an admitted criminal to break into her place of employment and kiss her through his freaking balaclava.
It was official.
She was a bad, stupid girl.
She pressed her hands against the table and stood. Then, with determination imbuing her stance, she crossed the room, grabbed her purse, and left her office. Ignoring the little voice inside her that begged her to stay and wait so that she could feel his hands on her body again, she carried on, down the stairs and out the back door. When the sea air hit her face, she took a deep breath.
