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As he moves towards the back of the car, I feel like I am being managed.
I don’t like it.
“You don’t have to do that. I’ve got this handled.”
“Don’t worry about it,” he waves off my protest and takes out his phone and dials a number. Before I can stop him, he already arranged for tires to be delivered to our location.
I stare at him in exasperation as he takes out the spare from the back and rolls up his sleeves and gets to work.
Watching Zayn work isn’t a hardship in itself. As he uses the jack to raise the car, the muscles in his forearm standing out, I grit my teeth. Watching him get down and dirty, it stirs the rebellious nature inside me, and I want to sink my teeth into him.
I remind myself of the scene from last night.
A splash of cold water, indeed.
He is done within ten minutes, and as he stands back up, my arms are crossed over my chest and I force the ‘thank you’ from my throat.
“There. I’ll do the others when they get here.”
It is really hard to portray him as an asshole when his dark jeans are dirty from kneeling on the hard cement, and his white shirt has smudges of dirt from where the tire pressed against it.
His lips curve in a smile that is more strategic than humorous. “Looks like you can talk now.”
My lips thinned.
Asshole.
5
Zayn
Eve doesn’t look pleased.
Her pretty brown eyes glitter with annoyance, her long braid dangling over her bare shoulder that is a tanned and dusky color. She hasn’t changed out of her outfit and the tank top is a deep red, highlighting her figure, her long legs on display in the gray yoga pants.
One look at her is enough to get me hard and aching.
“I shouldn’t have kissed you yesterday.”
The words are out of my mouth, and I see the way her eyes shift and she crosses her arms against her well-endowed chest. However, she doesn’t utter a word, just cocks her hip out and watches me.
“Well,” I wipe my hands on my jeans before sticking them into my pockets. “To be clear, I’m not apologizing for kissing you. I’d do it again—”
She cuts me off, her voice so sweet in its anger that I can tell that she is itching for the penknife of hers. “What makes you think I’d let you?”
The smirk on my lips is slow. “Because I see the way you watch me.” I tilt my head. “You kissed me back yesterday. There’s still something between us.”
/> Eve doesn’t blink. “You’re an attractive man. I’m not blind. But I don’t sleep with every man who gets it going for me.”
There is a coldness in her eyes that hadn’t been there before and another emotion that I can’t quite identify. I wonder at it, but I am going to have my say, regardless.
“I shouldn’t have made a move on you when the whole point of the visit was to meet Mila. It was spur of the moment. I regret the timing, not what I did.”
Her lips are pressed together in a thin line and I know that I have hit the nail on the head.
After walking out yesterday, I realized the enormity of my actions. Kissing her might have sent her the wrong message.
I lean against the hood of her car, watching her. “I want to know Mila, but I’m not going to hide my attraction to you. I respect you, despite what I did yesterday. And not just because you’re my child’s mother but because you’re you.” I straighten and take a step towards her. “I want you, Eve. I wanted you back then, and I still do. So you can fight me on it all you want, but if I have to get under your skin to get you into my life, I will.”
