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I stare at Jay, thankful he’s a deep sleeper.
Daniel jostles the can of beer, then takes a small sip. “Did you know I was in New York before you came?”
“No. If I had, I wouldn’t have come here.”
A sadistic smile tips his lips. “I never took you for a coward who would run away from their past.”
“I’m not a coward. I just don’t like unnecessary confrontations.”
“So I’m unnecessary now? Not a very good sales pitch to get back into my good graces.”
“Does such a place even exist?”
“What?”
“Your good graces.”
“It does.”
“Shocker, considering you’re pickier than royalty.”
“I can be reasonable.”
“Not even if you were hit on the head with that word.”
He smiles a little, or more like smirks, before he takes another sip of beer.
Silence falls between us, heavy with unsaid words and vindictive thoughts.
We’ve been at each other’s throats so much that it feels wrong to have this small moment of peace.
But I don’t break it.
Don’t try to fill it.
Because I might have been drawn to his charming side, but I enjoyed Daniel’s silence as much as his words.
What I didn’t enjoy were his actions. Each and every one of them.
And he’s watching me as if he’s contemplating the best way to make me agree to his less than subtle offer.
Problem is, I can’t stop thinking about it either.
Even though I’ve completely closed myself off to that side of me.
But I could never close myself off to Daniel.
16
DANIEL
Ithink I made a mistake.
No, it’s not a probability.
The fact that I’m even thinking about it is a clear indication that I did make the fucking mistake.
And I’m in the middle of an even bigger mistake.
