Page 372 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 11
“I don’t believe you.”
He smiled. “You’re going to love it when you see it.”
I rolled my eyes. “So did you have fun making out with Gemma?”
“If I did, would I be here?”
I stared at him. Did that mean he didn’t make out with her? Or he just didn’t like it? Maybe she was a bad kisser. Like me. “It’s late. I should probably get some sleep.”
“Okay,” he said. But he didn’t get up to leave.
“Axel.”
“What? Come on, put that flannel number back on and let’s get some rest.”
“You’re staying?”
“I know how much you hate scary movies. I’ll just stay until you fall asleep.” He patted the bed beside him. “I won’t let any zombies get you.”
I couldn’t refuse that. It definitely beat snuggies with my dad. I sat down next to him.
“You forgot your new pajamas,” he said.
“These are new.” I pushed my comforter down and slid under it.
“I like the other ones better,” he said and lifted his side of the comforter. He slid under the covers with me. But he stayed sitting up.
“I figured. Just like you like my glasses.”
He looked down at me. “I do like your glasses.”
Yeah, he liked the old me. Just like Jacob liked the old me before that. “Well, now I wear silky pajamas and contacts.”
“I’ve noticed. Get some sleep, Scarlett.” He reached over and turned off the lamp on my nightstand.
My eyes hadn’t adjusted to the dark, but Axel’s cologne was all around me. It made my heart race even more than the zombie movie had.
“Where did you get that?” Axel asked.
“Where did I get what?”
“The star.”
I looked up at the star on the ceiling that was glowing bright. “Jacob gave it to me.”
“He did?”
“Yeah.”
We were both quiet. And I wondered if maybe Axel knew the story behind the stars. He was Jacob’s best friend. He probably did know.
My eyelids started to grow heavy.
As Axel sat there protecting me like an older brother.
I was pretty sure he’d seen me top nude, as Aunt Ash would say. Yeah, I’d definitely accidentally flashed him when I’d started to change. I’d had no idea he was sitting there. And he hadn’t saida thing about it. He didn’t like me. No matter what anyone else said, I could tell. If he did...wouldn’t he take advantage of the fact that we were alone right now? In the dark?
I knew who would... My kiss thief.
