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Her bottom lip disappears between her teeth and I force my gaze to stay in her eyes. Something’s obviously bothering her and me fantasizing about her mouth won’t help either of us. “You want to talk about it?”
She shakes her head and looks away toward her bedroom.
“Her marriage is not doing well and she’s not in a good place.” Her chest sags a little as if it’s weight she’s been carrying there.
She and her sister are close. They spend a lot of time together and Saona often talks about her. It doesn’t surprise me that she’s worried.
“I’m sorry she’s going through all that.”
She nods. “I don’t know how to help her. I can’t live with a person I can’t trust. I wouldn’t be able to look David in the face every day.”
The churning inside her is in every syllable, in every word. I know exactly how she feels. This is why no matter how many times Josie calls asking me to still be friends and telling me how she will always love me, I won’t budge. I don’t need any more friends. Especially, not the kind that once dumped me because she didn’t think I was good enough.
But this is not about me and Josie.
“You don’t have to. You walked away and that was the right thing for you. I’m sure Sierra will do the same when the time comes. You just have to give her time and be there for her as she makes up her mind.”
She sighs and her chest heaves with it. “You’re right.”
I hate that sad look in her face and would do anything to make it go away. “I’m always right. You should know that by now, which is why you need to stop arguing with me all together.”
An emotion flashes over her face and her eyes narrow.Yes, this is what I want.I couldn’t handle it if she wasn’t a feisty pain in the ass.
“Man, that ego is huge.”
“Like my dick?”
She rolls her eyes but a smile twitches at the corners of her mouth. Her ugh sounds more like a sigh, like she can picture and feel my cock. “Did you call me so I can listen to you fluff your own ego? Am I expected to add things like, ‘Oh yeah, Jax, you’re just so big. Everywhere.’”
Her voice is breathy and teasing and I have to remind my body she’s messing with me. This is the thing I like the most about her. She doesn’t get mad or caught up when I’m crude or being a cocky asshole. She rolls with it and gives it right back.
“Actually, smart ass, I called to fluffyourego.” I switch the camera around to face the powder room and take the opportunity to readjust my sweat pants to accommodate my erection.
Her mouth drops and her hand shoots to her chest. “Oh. My. Gawd,” she squeals. “Jax, it’s amazing.” The smile is so big it brightens her whole face.
And it’s contagious. “It looks better in person. I’ll take pictures in the morning light. You were right. The two blues look so good together.”
“Wow. I don’t even know what else to say.”
I turn the camera around to face me and frown at her. “What? No gloating? No, ‘I just knew it would turn out gorgeous?’”
She shook her head. “Thank you for listening but all I did was suggest colors. You did an amazing job, using your handy skills.”
A different light is now shining in her eyes and her smile is so warm, so honest, so incredibly sweet, that I get caught up in it and make a dangerous wish.I wish you were here to enjoy it with me.
My throat thickens and I’m embarrassed by my thoughts. I try to fix it in the only way I know how. “Maybe some day I can fuck you in there. You know, my way of saying thank you.”
Her face goes blank.Shit, I went too far this time.
Then she shrugs a shoulder. “Then we’ll have to do it on the floor, against the living room walls and hanging from the ceiling. Those were my idea too.”
I’ll be beating off tonight, again.
