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CHAPTER SIX
‘MOONLIGHT’ XXXTENTACION
I watch Leo as he navigates the roads, and I can't help but notice the scar along the side of his face. Slightly covered by his scruff, a jagged pale line cuts from below his bottom lip to his ear. Damn, what the hell caused that?
Instead of asking, like the nosy ass I am, I compliment the car.
"This Mercedes is beautiful. Who d'you kill for it?" Omigod, someone slap me, please.
I can feel my face reddening from the stupid words that just spilled from my mouth. Mortification is too soft a word for how I feel at this moment.
I must be delirious from the adrenaline or still tipsy from last night. Either way, this will go down as one of the most humiliating moments of my life.
Leo chuckles before shaking his head. He doesn't reply, instead he digs something from his jacket pocket and I mentally slap myself for getting in the car with someone I barely know, aside from the rumors that is.
Mob boss, killer, international drug lord… The list goes on and on.
He did just put his name and neck on the line for you, Dice, I remind myself.
Just as I'm about to grab the cologne bottle sitting on the center console and use it as mace, Leo pulls a phone from his pocket and holds it out to me.
My heart rate slows as I stare at the expensive smartphone.
Completely unaware that I just went into a fight or flight mode for a minute, Leo sighs, "Take it, Dice. I got it for your mom anyway."
“For my mom?” I question, still not taking the phone from him as he maneuvers the car one-handed.
“Yeah, she says she uses a dinosaur phone with minute plans. I meant to drop it off last night, but I had business to handle.”
When I still don't take the phone, he turns to me, "Please."
He grumbles the word, and it looks like it almost pains him to use it. It disarms me and I feel my distrust of him crumble a little.
Smirking, I sass a little, "I'm sorry, what was that? The music drowned out your words."
I see a sexy as fuck dimple pop out as he folds his lips inward, trying to smother a smile I put on him.
"That's too bad. Now, take the phone, Dice, or I'll keep coming back until you do."
Tempting.
With a huff, I take the phone from his hand as we pull into the parking lot of the barista.
Is it stupid that I'm a little disappointed the drive was short? I click the button on the phone; I see I have a couple of minutes to spare.
"How d'you know where I work?" I turn in my seat to face him better.
I squeeze my thighs together when he licks his lips, leaving a sheen of moisture along his full bottom lip, "I make it a habit to learn everything I can about people who keep my attention.”
His eyes, the black eyes that starred in my dreams all night, look me up and down slowly.
"And you, Dicennica Garza, are someone who invades my thoughts repeatedly since watching your hips sway."
My heart is racing, and I feel my blood rushing to my cheeks. Leo lifts his fingers and lightly drags them from the apple of my cheek to the corner of my mouth.
His thumb pulls my bottom lip from between my teeth and I whimper a little. With my chest feeling like it's going to explode like a damn glitter bomb, I pull back and open my door.
Leo's hand drops and a look of disappointment flashes in his eyes before he tilts his head to the side and turns away while biting his own lip now.
