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“It just was.”
I recognized the familiar mutinous set to his jaw instantly and knew trying to get anything else out of him would be like trying to get milk from a llama.
Stubborn.
But this was literally life and death. Didn’t he see that? How could he be so careless?
“I know you’re embarrassed by the allergy thing, but—”
Her jerked back as though I’d smacked him. “I am not.”
“Then what other possible reason could you have for not telling people about the severe allergy that could kill you?”
“What’s in your bag?”
I blinked, momentarily stupefied by the answer to my question with a question. A question that literally made no sense.
“What?”
“Your bag. You yelled for Max to get it.” He tilted his head to the side, distracting me with the strong line of his jaw.
Snap!
I blinked, my eyes refocusing to see Lars pulling the fingers he’d just snapped away from my face. “Pay attention.”
“Put a bag over your head then,” I muttered.
His eyes flew to mine, shock resonating between us. Laughter burst out of us both, the force of it battling back some of the insane tension in the room.
“You are utterly ridiculous,” he said, a lightness to his voice that I’d missed so much.
“No, you’re just that beautiful,” I echoed.
The tip of his tongue wet his lips, and his Adam’s apple bobbed with his swallow. “What was in your bag, Win?”
“Nothing.”
He took a step forward, and my skin tingled. “Is it an EpiPen?”
“No.” My voice was hoarse.
He wouldn’t give it up, though, and took another step. “If I went downstairs and dumped out that bag, there wouldn’t be an EpiPen inside?”
“What does it matter?”
“It matters to me.”
Our feet were almost touching, and even with me barefoot and him wearing shoes, I was still taller, but his presence was polarizing. It made me so fucking weak.
And that scared the ever-loving shit out of me.
“So what?” I tossed out, taking a step away from him, claiming back some of my space. “So what if I carry around a pen now? It’s for emergencies.”
“Do you know a lot of people with allergies, then?”
Before I could think, I answered. “Just you.”
Silence blanketed the room, the kind of silence that was loaded with so much noise. I took another step and turned away. I could barely breathe in here. I could barely think. When he was this close, all I could do was feel.Want.
