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I look over at him. "Nowhere else I'd rather be."

He grabs my hand and holds it the entire drive to his house. I'm fairly certain at this point that I've already fallen in love with him. It keeps running through my head at the oddest times. I'm surprised it hasn't slipped out yet. I wonder if he feels the same.

Chapter Eighteen

Marcus

Ican'tstopthinkingabout our date on Friday. It's been playing on my mind all weekend, and now I can't get much work done. I've been stuck on the same spot of this contract for an hour.

It was more than just how much fun we had. It was how she made me feel. I've never had someone be so in tune with the deepest parts of me that they notice how I feel before I speak the words.

Her ability to see what bothers me with my siblings was staggering. In all fairness, I know my siblings love me like crazy. It's just a persona I've had that no longer exists, and they're struggling to see me as I am today. Part of us always looks at our siblings and still sees the younger version of them that we grew up with. But it definitely isn't fair to me if they hold onto that for the rest of my life. I didn't even think of speaking up for myself until she brought it up.

I hear Lexi walking toward her office and spot her figure as it passes.

"Hey," I call. "You just gonna walk right past me with no kiss?"

She smiles as she walks into my office.

"I'm trying to be professional while at work."

I lean back in my chair and cross my arms across my chest. "So, you're thinking about it as much as I am?"

Her shoulders fall in defeat. "Yes! It's ridiculous. I should be able to focus better than this."

"Well, let's solve this little dilemma. You come over here and kiss the shit out of me. We'll see if it's enough to satisfy us both until lunch."

She struts over to my desk and puts her hands on the armrests of my chair. When she leans forward, I get a glimpse of her breasts. I should've thought this through—I'm just getting more turned on.

Her mouth closes in on mine, and her lips start to move. When I said kiss the shit out of me, she got the memo. I groan into her mouth, feeling like everything else melts away. My hands cup her cheeks, and I deepen the kiss. I don't know how long we kissed, just that I lost all train of thought.

"Hey, Marcus. Was just wanting to see if you…" Gabe turns the corner and stops in place.

Lexi jumps off me and wipes her mouth. Judging by the look on Gabe's face, he didn't miss anything.

I stand up and grab the back of my neck. "Shit. Sorry. I, uh, we were just." I realize there's no way out of it. "I've been meaning to tell you."

His eyes turn down at me. I can see every muscle in his body is tense.

He's pissed.

"I'm so sorry, Gabe." Lexi sounds terrified. "It was so inappropriate for us to do that here."

I look at her, wondering why she thinks kissing here is inappropriate. Savannah and Luke work together and have been known to engage in PDA all over the office. I know for a fact that they've fucked in each other's offices as well. At one point, Alexis worked here, too, and Gabe was no saint when she was around.

"How long?" he asks.

Lexi and I look at each other. "Since the weekend in Chicago."

He nods his head. I'm guessing he assumed that much.

"Was there something I could help you with?" I ask, trying to move this along.

"Nevermind. I can ask another time."

He abruptly walks out of the office. Lexi's head falls into her hands.

"That was so humiliating," she cries.

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