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the image of his jaw. You could do sharp U-turns on that square jaw.
    “Of what?” he prompted.
    Skye blinked at him. “Huh?”
    “You’d hate to see my idea of what?”
    “Just about anything.”
    “That’s pretty broad.”
    “Don’t you have some thief to chase down or something?”
    “Your shoplifting charge came up when I checked your record earlier.”
    “So you stopped to pat me down? Make sure I didn’t steal anything from the station?” She held out her arms. “What’s the matter? Are you missing any staplers or tape dispensers?”
    Nathan just gave her a look. And it wasn’t a “You’re a sexy goddess” look. It was a “You’re a loon” look. “We seem to have gotten off on the wrong foot,” he said.
    “Would that be the foot you planted on my neck?”
    “That never happened.”
    “I was speaking figuratively.”
    “You’ve really got a thing against authority figures. Why is that?”
    “And you’ve really got a thing against free spirits. Why is that?” she countered.
    “Look, I just stopped to give you something.”
    “The keys to the city?”
    “Your car keys.” He handed over the ring. “You left them at the station.”
    “Why didn’t you give them to me when you stopped Sue Ellen?”
    “At first, I didn’t know you were in the car.”
    “And once you did?”
    “I guess I got distracted.”
    “No,” she scoffed. “You? Distracted? By little ol’ me? No way.”
    “You do have a powerful personality.”
    “So do you.”
    “Something we have in common, I guess. The only thing, probably.”
    Suddenly, she had the overwhelming urge to prove him wrong. “Naw, I’m sure there are other things we have in common. You breathe air. So do I. I read from left to right. So do you. I live in Rock Creek. So do you. See, that’s a bunch of things.”
    There it was again. That hint of a smile. This time, she called him on it. “Hey, I saw that.”
    “What?” His face was impassive once more.
    “That smile. Don’t bother denying it. I saw those lips of yours move upward just at the corners there.”
    “You did, did you?”
    “Absolutely. You should smile more often. It’s good for you. Relieves stress. Laughing is even better.”
    “How do you know I don’t laugh a lot?”
    “You don’t seem the jolly type.”
    “Now who’s being judgmental?”
    “You’re right.”
    “I am?” He seemed surprised.
    “Yeah. Maybe you’re a balloon clown on your days off, I don’t know.”
    “A what?”
    “A balloon clown. You know, those people who dress up in clown outfits and twist balloons into little dog shapes for kids. Or maybe you’re a stand-up comic on the side and you just aren’t telling anyone.”
    “Not likely.”
    “No?”
    “No.”
    “Why did you take your sunglasses off when you were speaking to Sue Ellen, but you don’t remove them when you talk to me?” The question was on her mind, so she asked it. That was the way she was.
    “I didn’t wear them when I spoke to you in my office.”
    “You want to know what I think?”
    “Not really. But I have a feeling you’re going to tell me anyway.”
    “I think I throw you off balance, so you wear those sunglasses to put a wall between us. To keep me at a distance. What’s the matter? Do I scare you?” She shimmied her hips and moved closer.
    “Right.” He was using that scoffing tone again, but his voice sounded a little huskier this time.
    “Intimidate you, maybe?” She made another tempting move.
    “Not at all.”
    “Provoke you? Excite you?”
    “None of the above.”
    “Right.”
    “Like I said earlier, try to stay out of trouble. Although I have a feeling that might be difficult for you to do.”
    “Who knows? Maybe I’ll surprise you.”
    Skye thought she heard him mutter “You already have” before he marched back to his patrol car and left her, standing there at the side of the road.
     
     
    “She got to you, didn’t she?” The comment came from Nathan’s administrative