Page 47 of Danger and Dominance

“Yeah… I’ll need to drive if I get it, but that’s okay because she’s apparently got her own car.She just can’t drive it around.As long as I don’t get pulled over, I won’t come up in the system.”She would make sure she was always obeying all the traffic laws to keep that from happening.

“Even if you do, just let one of us know, and we’ll have Lincoln pull some strings.”

Cassidy gave him a thumbs-up.

Oh my God, what’s wrong with me?

She put her hands back in her lap.Would sitting on them be suspicious?

Sitting on them would probably be suspicious.

“Are you sure you’re okay?”

Crap.He was onto her.

“Fine!”

A long silence filled the car as Cassidy stared straight ahead out the front window.She should do something.Anything.Something to prove that she was as fine as she was claiming to be.

Act normal.

How did she normally behave?How did she normally act?

What did she normally do with her hands?

“Cassidy,” Jensen said slowly.“Did you happen to eat one of the brownies next to the fridge?”

The question was so out of left field, it took her a moment to process it.

“I’m sorry, were they for something specific?I thought they were leftover from last night and that they were up for grabs because last night Mick said that we could?—”

“Cassidy, those are pot brownies.”The car came to a halt at the red light, and Jensen leaned forward, banging his head against the top of the steering wheel—deliberately.“Oh, fuck.I totally forgot to warn you.”

“Pot brownies?Oh my God, I’mhigh?”She’d never been high before.She’d never done any kind of drugs before.Mick had offered a vape before, but she hadn’t, though the brownies… “Oh God… is pot legal here?Am I going to be in trouble?”

“Well, you can’t take a pee test for a couple of weeks, I think.”Jensen shook his head.“Medicinal pot is legal, but recreational isn’t, so just… you need to keep it to yourself.Crap.Maybe we should reschedule.”

“No!What if someone else gets the job?This is the one I actually want.I’ll… I’ll focus.It’ll be fine.”

The light turned green again.Jensen sighed but put his foot on the gas pedal.

“Shit… I’m sorry.If this doesn’t work out, I’ll help you find another job that you want.So will Mick.In fact, I’ll put him in charge of it.”Now Jensen was babbling, which at least helped her keep her mouth shut.

He pulled off to the side of the street, and for a moment, she thought he was changing his mind and was about to turn them around before he nodded toward a cute storefront with a green awning and a huge cup of coffee painted on the window with steam rising from the mug.

“That’s it.Are you sure?We can call and see if you can reschedule.”

“No, we’re here.Let me just do it.It’ll be fine.”

This so wasn’t going to be fine.She should listen to Jensen and turn around right now, but for some reason, the words coming out of her mouth didn’t quite match up with her thoughts.Or maybe it would be fine?

“Okay, come on.I don’t think anyone who doesn’t know you will notice.It took me a bit to realize something was wrong.”Jensen huffed and opened his car door.“I’ll get you something to drink and eat.That might help.”

That actually made her feel a lot better.If he hadn’t immediately realized that something was wrong, then someone she didn’t know shouldn’t.She could totally do this.

Focusing on the door handle, Cassidy grasped it and pulled, then pushed the door open.I’ve got this.I’ve totally got this.

Jensen came around to help, closing the door behind her and offering his arm for her to lean on.Which helped.Moving was definitely harder than not moving.She’d be fine once she was sitting down.