Page 290 of Chaos has a Name
This was more than shyness. She wasn’t an idiot to believe it was only that.
Rayna got the vibe he didn’t want her there.
So, she gave up.
There was only so much humiliation a girl could handle. Tomorrow was going to be a rough day when they had to come back on duty and work this case.
Oh, hell!
How was she going to face him again?
“I think you should just have it. Never mind us sharing it and having a picnic. I’m sorry I interrupted whatever you were doing,” she said, handing him the bag.
Her heart was racing, and all she could think about was finding a way to disappear and get the fuck out of there. As God as her witness, she was never going to recover from this.
This disappointment…
Well, the rejection sucked.
As she handed him the bag, Caspian felt that crash of disappointment.
He’d done it again.
Yeah, he’d turned off a really nice woman, who, for some reason, found him attractive. He’d just been so caught off guard that he couldn’t rehearse what he was going to say.
Or plan out his words.
Now, he was watching her leave. The prettiest woman he’d seen in his life was hauling ass to put as much distance between them as she could.
Rayna was already at her truck, and when she looked back at him, he saw it. As a Marine, you learned to read the room, and this was bad.
She looked…hurt.
God.
What the hell was he supposed to do, and why the bloody hell couldn’t he be normal and just have dinner with someone without this mess?
He had plenty of regrets as he watched her leave.
Part of him wanted to run after her, and explain. The other part knew he’d be a hot mess, and it wouldn’t matter. She’d never give him a chance now that he’d embarrassed both of them.
Well, that took care of that.
Now, he wasn’t sure what to think. He never had a woman pursue him, and he wasn’t sure what the next step was.
This kind of thing never happened.
God.
Damn.
It.
Normally, he found some courage, asked a woman out, and dropped the ball on the whole thing. He finally found a woman who wanted to have dinner with him, and she showed up with it too.
Yeah, this was his worst nightmare.
As she backed out of the driveway, and headed off, he sighed.
