The Heartbreaker (2011)
“He congratulated himself on noticing her expression at all considering the fact that for the trip into Tucson she’d changed into a scoop-necked red T-shirt tucked into white shorts. He forced himself not to ogle at the creamy expanse of thigh only inches away from his hand as he fiddled with the radio dial trying to find some tunes to serenade them on the way out of town.
“Forget it until we get closer to Tucson,” she said as they drove up Tombstone Canyon and headed toward the Time Tunnel.
He ...switched off the radio. “Just thought some music might cheer you up.”
She glanced at him, her eyes hidden behind wireframed sunglasses. “How do you know I’m not cheered up?”
“Your mouth gets all tight when you’re upset.”
“My mouth isn’t tight.”
“Yes, it is.”
“Is not.” She pulled on her lower lip and made a face at him.
He laughed. “Now it’s not.”
“It’s all that damned Colby’s fault. He insisted on eating lunch in my workroom, and after he left I couldn’t cut glass without breaking it.”MoreLess
“Forget it until we get closer to Tucson,” she said as they drove up Tombstone Canyon and headed toward the Time Tunnel.
He ...switched off the radio. “Just thought some music might cheer you up.”
She glanced at him, her eyes hidden behind wireframed sunglasses. “How do you know I’m not cheered up?”
“Your mouth gets all tight when you’re upset.”
“My mouth isn’t tight.”
“Yes, it is.”
“Is not.” She pulled on her lower lip and made a face at him.
He laughed. “Now it’s not.”
“It’s all that damned Colby’s fault. He insisted on eating lunch in my workroom, and after he left I couldn’t cut glass without breaking it.”MoreLess
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