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mushroomed. “You worry too much, kid.”
    “I’m not worried.” I patted some papers into a neat stack, dodged his stare. “I’m just gonna miss him. That’s all.”
    “Maybe I should have a little guy-to-guy chat with him.”
    My head shot up. “You wouldn’t.” The last thing Riley needed was to think I was wavering. It was bad enough I panicked when he first told me.
    Trey’s burly laugh vibrated across the compact room. “You sure?” He pointed past me to the window overlooking the main street. “’Cause now might be the perfect time.”
    One glance out the window, and I flew through the door to meet Riley before Trey could corner him inside.

chapter Five
    One Condition
    Riley strolled up the narrow walkway. It wasn’t right for someone to make a pair of khaki cargo shorts and a rust-colored button-down look that attractive.
    His grin toppled sideways. “You guys have surveillance cameras out front?”
    After as long as we’d been together, he shouldn’t still be able to make me blush.
    I stashed my hands in my pockets and dragged my sneaker over a dandelion poking through the sidewalk divider. “I’ve sort of been on the lookout for you for the last half hour.”
    “Guess I better make sure the wait was worth it.”
    His eyes found my lips. Even a foot away, my pulse accelerated, already sensing his touch. He kissed me as though he’d been staring out his own window all day too.
    He leaned back. “Did I pass?”
    I clenched his forearm to keep from melting into the crack alongside the weed. “My Jell-O legs aren’t answer enough for you?”
    “Just checking.” His smile might as well have been another kiss.
    And I was supposed to go without seeing that same smile for four months?
    He reached for the doorknob. “Let me stop in to see Trey before we go.”
    Teetering on my heels, I tried to tow him in the opposite direction. “Trey’s busy, and we want to beat rush hour traffic.”
    “At seven o’clock?”
    Okay, bad excuse.
    He opened the door. “It’ll just take a sec.”
    Head hanging, I shuffled behind him into the office and shot Trey a look of warning.
    “Riley, my man.” Trey winked at me while giving Riley one of those half-hug-half-handshake guy hellos. “Congratulations. Heard you got a sweet deal in Nashville.” Trey boxed the air and nudged him in the shoulder. “Big dog now, eh?”
    Riley rubbed his jaw line. “Yeah, guess I got pretty lucky.”
    It had nothing to do with luck. Would he ever recognize his own talent? Beside him, I threaded my fingers through his.
    He looked from me to Trey. “Listen, I wanted to ask if you’d mind keeping an eye out for Emma while I’m gone. I’ll be away for a few months. Might be gone until January.”
    So, that’s what this is about.
    Trey sat on the edge of his desk and crossed his ankles. “Don’t worry, bro. I got your back.” He leaned forward and lowered his voice. “But I gotta be honest. Your girl’s kinda stubborn.”
    Riley laughed. “So I’ve noticed. Which is why it’ll give me some peace of mind if you could see her in and out when she’s here.”
    I butted between them, arms pinned over my shirt. “I hate to break up the little bromance you’ve got going on, but you guys realize it’s rude to refer to me in the third person when I’m standing in the same room as you, right?”
    The desk shook with Trey’s laughter. “Like I said.”
    Riley curved his hand around my shoulder and pressed me into his side. “I really appreciate it. Means the world.”
    “You got it.” He fake-punched Riley’s arm again. “Hey, live it up in Nashville for me, huh?”
    “I’ll see what I can do.”
    The skin on my arm burned against Riley’s cool fingers once we stepped back outside.
    “I’m glad he’s around to keep an eye on you.”
    “I can take care of myself.” I spun to face him head on, but he caught my lips before I got another word out. Cheater .
    It took the entire walk to his Civic to remember