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“See… I told you you’re mad. Twenty minutes ago, you would have said yes.”
He wasn’t wrong.
“Look,” he continued. “I know you have tomorrow off because of the fundraiser this weekend—”
“How do you know?”
A smirk edged his lips, his eyes full of mirth. “How did you know my every move today?”
Right…
“Point taken,” I sighed.
His fingers tightened. “Come out with me. Hang out with our friends. You know… Oakley, Barke, Sadie. I’m sure we can track them down. Or we can go up toThe Point.”
The Pointwas one of the local make-out spots that overlooked the lake.
“Have you been sucking exhaust fumes? We are not going toThe Point. Geez, Axel.”
“Fine. Then come with me to the bar.”
I rolled my eyes. When people talked about a dog with a bone, they might as well be referring to this man. He didn’t give up. “Fine,” I echoed. “But what about your…Marta?”
“I sent her on her way.” With a squeeze to my knee, he stood then headed for my bedroom door. “Believe it or not, there’s only one woman I want, Brisk, and it’s notthatpain in the ass. I’m interested in an entirely different one.”
“Axel!” I huffed. That smirk of his emerged again, the one that declared his victory and promised things I didn’t want to think about, even if my body was prepping for his return.
No. Nope. Not gonna happen.
His lips quirked, and I knewhe knewwhat was going through my thoughts. “Be ready to go in five,” he said in that low rumble that made me shiver. “I’ll go text them.”
Twelve
Axel
“What the fuck?” I muttered to myself after I’d set up things with our friends and waited for Bristol to get ready. My thoughts rolled over what had happened. I had no explanations to get Marta’s behavior to make sense. “What. The. Fuck?”
Fucking Marta. I just couldn’t catch a break! And right when I’d been making progress with Bristol.
I couldn’t believe my assistant had shown up and broken the mood just when I was finally breaching the protective wall Bristol had erected around herself over the past six years. The only way I could be more pissed at Marta would be if she’d come right out and told Bristol we had some kind of bullshit physical relationship—which we didn’t! Not now; not ever.
Still, the way she’d acted tonight skeeved me out, and I’d be talking to my uncle about reassigning her if he wouldn’t outright fire her. For once, he wouldn’t be the only one with ultimatums. Being the number two driver in the circuit had to count for something, even if it was only controlling which people I allowed to be around me.
Marta’s implications, touching me like that, what she’d said… All of it was too far out of line to be ignored.
People said guys were oblivious to things, but as a driver, I’d had to train myself to be aware of everything. When I was in the car, I had to multitask and notice everything at once. The skill carried over into everyday life.
Because of that, I’d known the exact instant Bristol had taken herself off to the bedroom, and I’d felt the ice-cold waves coming off her. It had probably been good she’d left. She didn’t need to hear what I said to Marta. I’d seen the avarice in Marta’s eyes and the small victorious smile when Bristol had gone to the other room, though for all intents, she’d acted as if Bristol wasn’t in the apartment. In that flash of a moment, it became clear my assistant’s days were numbered when it came to working for me.
Clearly, Marta didn’t read the room as well as I’d learned to.
“Axel,” she’d said, her voice a sultry come-on I couldn’t miss. “Let’s go sit down together.”
I’d shied back in the split second her hand had moved to touch my arm.
“Why are you here?” I’d demanded, not allowing her farther into the apartment.
“I just got the information on your travel and appearances for Fontana.”
