Chapter 15

Emma

“You got to be kidding me,” I whisper the second my eyes land on Reed’s ride.

If there were any doubts about Reed Walton being rich before, there sure as hell isn’t any now. His car looks so new and expensive that I’m afraid simply sitting in the passenger seat might decrease its value.

Reed chuckles at my flabbergasted expression with his blue bedroom eyes dancing over my features, and I immediately experience palpitations.

Will I ever get used to Reed being my mate?

With his masculine square jaw, perfect nose, and charming half-smile, the man is downright gorgeous. There are also crinkles at the corner of his eyes when he smiles that—moon goddess knows why—I find sexy as hell.

“It’s just a car,” he says, but the look in his eyes tells me he knows just how much more than “just a car” it is.

Bitterness churns within me. “A car that costs more than my family’s trailer…”

“Hmm?”

“Never mind,” I mutter as I approach the shiny thing. “If I scratch it or something, do you have insur