Page 462 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 11
“Just close your eyes, Scarlett.”
I wished Jacob had given me that warning. I closed my eyes and Axel put his hand on the side of my face again. I felt the little drop of wetness touch the inside corner of my eye.
“Blink,” he said.
I followed his instructions and then he did it with the other eye too.
His hand gently slid down the side of my neck. “Better?”
I slowly nodded. “Yeah. They don’t burn as much now.”
“Seriously...what happened?”
“Nothing.” I forced myself to sniffle. “See? Allergies.”
“You never had allergies before.”
“I think I’m allergic to homework.”
Axel laughed. “Well luckily we don’t have any tonight.”
“What?”
“I finished the assignment your dad gave us before I came over.”
“You can’t keep working on it without me,” I said. “I haven’t even seen our official proposal. Let alone any of the coding.”
He shrugged. “I’ve got it covered.”
“Axel, we’re supposed to be a team.”
“I already have a team. Now, shall we?” He gestured to my door.
“Shall we what? We need to talk about our project.”
“I’m starving. Aren’t we having dinner?”
Crap.I’d been so distracted I’d forgotten to tell my parents that Axel was coming to dinner. “Other door,” I said.
He laughed. “When is this going to stop?”
“Never.”
“Your dad won’t be mad that we’re alone together in here now.”
“You’re right. He’d be livid.”
Axel chuckled. “If you say so.” He pulled open the trapdoor. “By the way, what happened in your secret lair? I forgot to ask you yesterday about the glass. But now there’s water all over the place too. It looks like a tornado swept through there.”
“Oursecret lair. And how would I know?” I lied. “Sophie uses it more than me.”
“At least my portrait is unscathed.”
I laughed. “Did you really paint that?”
“Of course.” He closed the trapdoor behind him.
I shook my head. I didn’t have time to think about that ridiculous painting. I needed to give my parents a heads up.
