Page 158 of Burning Daylight
This is everything.
He leans back and gives me a soft, sad smile, his thumb pressing into my bottom lip.
Heat spikes through my middle.
“I won’t make a scene,” he says. “But if he keeps touching you, I’ll find him once he leaves and break every single one of his fingers.”
I nod slowly, heat curling in my belly. “Damn you. I find that incredibly attractive.”
He smirks, leans down, and presses his lips to mine one more time, and then he’s gone.
40
JULIETTE
“Ithought Alex was picking me up.” I frown at Paxton, who’s sitting behind the wheel of his Aston Martin.
Paxton quirks a dark brow. “If you wanted Alex to be the one to come, then you shouldn’t have texted the group.”
“Uh, no, I thought Alex was coming because hesaidhe was coming. There’s nothing wrong with you other than that stick wedged up your ass.”
He smirks as he pulls away into the traffic, his watch gleaming as he steers. I don’t know what kind it is, but I’m sure it’s expensive. Paxton collects watches the way other people collect fine art.
“Don’t be pissed because she likes me more,” Alex cuts in, leaning forward from the back seat.
I yelp, my heart thundering as I press a hand to my chest. “Jesus, Alex, I had no idea you were back there.”
“That’s because you don’t pay attention.”
I scrunch my nose. “I don’t even know what that means.”
“Means you’re not situationally aware,” he says.
“Okay, well, not all of us are trained for deep-space survival scenarios. Sorry I’m not in Starfleet.”
Paxton’s eyes flick toward me. “Was that aStar Trekreference?”
I blink. “What? No.”
He raises a brow. “Pretty sure it was.”
Was it?
“Crap, maybe it was.” I sigh.
He chuckles. “Don’t sound so upset about it.”
“I’m not upset, just irritated that Felicity is invading my subconscious.”
“Felicity knows aboutStar Trek?”
I stare at him. “Why are you asking that like it’s notyourfault?”
“How the hell is itmyfault?”
“Uh, I don’t know, because you let her watch it with you?”
He makes an affronted face. “I absolutely didnot.”
