Chapter 184: Impromptu Dinner Date

Together, they walked to the truck where Angus opened the passenger door for her. Gritting her teeth, Anna managed to make it into her seat without groaning in pain. As she watched him walk around to the driver’s side, she sighed with relief at being off her feet again.

Angus climbed in, buckled his seatbelt, and started the truck. Checking to make sure no one was coming, he made a u-turn and headed back down the street.

Country music played softly as Angus drove past the sign that pointed to Eagleton, a town roughly twice the size of Crystal Springs. Anna glanced at his profile illuminated by the dashboard lights.

“Um, thanks, by the way,” she said. “For coming to get me, I mean. And for remembering the boots.”

“I’m happy tae do it.” He briefly looked at her before turning his eyes back to the road in front of them. “I’m guessing there’s a reason ye called me rather than yer brothers. Or yer parents.”

Anna crossed her arms again and said nothing.