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He’d fulfilled his end of our deal. The least I could do was be honest with him.
I played with the knot of my tie and swallowed thickly. “I enjoyed your fire.”
“My fire?” Blue eyes lifted. They were still shuttered but he was listening.
“When you danced. You’re not only incredibly talented, but you enjoy your work. The joy and passion you radiated on stage were what drew me to you more than anything else.”
“Oh.” A small smile tilted his mouth.
“I entertained the idea of offering you the job after that first dance.” I looked away. The hope and vulnerability on his face was more than I could handle at the moment. “But that was more of a fantasy than a plan. I decided to offer you the position because you confronted me.”
“Really?”
With a single nod, I looked at him. His expression was thoughtful but held an undercurrent of something I couldn’t read.
“I’ve spent my entire life surrounded byyesmenand people who’ll quite literally fall over themselves to do whatever I say. No one ever talks back or calls me out on my behavior. No one except my sister, Vlado, and you.That’sthe reason I offered you the position. Not because you’re a good dancer or because I’m attracted to you. Because I knew you’d challenge me and not let me get away with any bullshit.”
he grinned slyly, his eyes sparkling with mischief. “You’re attracted to me?”
This timeIrolled my eyes. “Are you fishing for compliments?”
“Duh.” He put his folded hands under his chin and batted his eyelashes. “I’m a needy bitch. Now validate me.”
“I’m attracted to you,” I deadpanned.
“Nope. Do better.” He dropped his hands. “Make me believe it.”
“I’m attracted to you.”
“Is that supposed to convince me?” He flicked his head to the side, moving a lock of hair from where it had fallen over his eye. The hair fell right back into place. He lifted his hand, presumably to push it back.
I was quicker.
Nick’s breath caught as I gently brushed the hair out of his eye and tucked it behind his ear.
“I find you very attractive,” I murmured, pinning him with a heated stare.
He gulped, not breaking our eye contact. “Hey, Vlado?”
“Yeah?”
“Does this car have a divider or anything?”
The partition behind his seat lifted, cutting off his view of us.
“Why did you do that?” I asked.
“Because I don’t think Vlado would be into watching us since he’s straight.”
“Watching us do what?”
“You’re attracted to me; I’m attracted to you. We should do something about that, yeah?”
“Sex wasn’t part of the contract.”
“Who said anything about sex?” Nick’s eyebrow went up and he grinned impishly.
“You did?”
