shifted, and Jayne cupped his ridged silken skull and stroked him reassuringly. Then warm, strong fingers accidentally tangled with hers. A heat-burst surged up to her palm and she only just managed to suppress a yelp as she leaped back, sending Ollie scampering for cover.
Her eyes flew to Todd’s. His were carefully schooled.
‘Sorry.’ The pointless apology tumbled off her lips.
Todd tipped his head to the side and stared at her—a burning, inscrutable regard—and shrugged. ‘It’s a start.’
Ollie. He was talking about Ollie.
‘I should get back to this enclosure,’ he said casually, as though the burst of static energy had been purely one-sided. Of course it had. He looked entirely unaffected.
She cleared her throat. ‘Yes. I should get back to work, too.’
Uh-huh. As if that was going to happen while her heart was racing and while she had something so delightfully ornamental to look at through the window. Jayne ducked her head and turned back for the house.
Oliver trotted happily after her, oblivious to the awkward human moment he’d just caused.
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