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She nods, approaching me with her wrist thrust out. Like she wants me to smell it. “Yes, that’s it. And make sure you remember it’s jasmine. There are other scents, but I have the jasmine one in the blue bottle.”
I give in and gently grab her arm, bringing her wrist to my nose so I can take a deep whiff. I feel like a drug addict, who just took a big snort of cocaine. The moment the scent hits, I close my eyes, savoring it. She smellssofucking good.
“You like it?” she whispers.
My eyes pop open and I let go of her arm. “Yeah.” My voice is scratchy and I clear my throat.
“For your mom, huh?” She absolutely knows I’m full of shit now. My reaction confirms it.
“Sure.”
“Mmm hmm.” She returns to the sink, turning on the water and running the rag beneath it a couple of times before she shuts the water back off. “Thank you for helping me.”
“Thank you for dinner.”
“I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’d offer to make you dinner again, but I get the feeling you’d turn me down.”
“If you want to make Knox dinner and include me in it, I’m never going to turn you down.”
“So, you’ll turnmedown but not my dinner offers?” She keeps her back to me, wiping at the same spot on the counter over and over, emanating frustration.
I’m just as frustrated and I let out a ragged exhale, running a hand through my hair when she turns to face me.
“You saw the way your brother just reacted over your ‘interesting’ roommates. Imagine if he found out we started hooking up without his knowledge?” I toss at her.
Blair frowns. “First off, I would make sure my brother doesn’t find out that we’re hooking up. It’s none of his damn business, what I’m doing.”
“It is if it involves you and his best friend.”
“I won’t tell him if you don’t.”
“I have to tell him.” Doesn’t she get it? “I live with him. I couldn’t keep living that lie every day.”
“Where’s the lie in it? There is no lie. You just…don’t say anything at all.”
“It’s not that easy.”
“Right. And you’re making it extra hard. God, Cam.” She marches over to the sink, hip checking me, so I immediately shift out of her way. She turns on the water and drops the rag in the sink, then washes her hands. “Are you implying that you’re scared of my brother? Is that your problem?”
“I’m not scared of Knox.”
She laughs, turning off the water and drying her hands before she turns to face me. “Please. You’re terrified of his reaction, which tells me that you’re scared of him.”
I crowd her, trapping her against the sink with my hands braced on either side, her back against the counter. “I’m not scared of Knox.”
Blair tilts her head back, her glittering eyes meeting mine. “What is it then? Are you afraid of me?”
Yes, I want to tell her.You terrify the shit out of me.
Worse?
The way you make me feel is the most frightening thing of all.
SEVEN
BLAIR
I am completely surroundedby Cam, his big body pressed against mine, his hands on either side of me gripping the counter’s edge. He’s as solid as steel, muscly and hot, and I swallow hard when I note the determined gleam in his eyes. I basically accused him of being scared of me, when I’m sure that’s the last emotion he’s feeling. How could I scare him? I’m not that important to him. Not at all.
