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“Are you sure you’re going to be okay?” I ask for the tenth time since we decided to split ways. It made the most sense as I’m needed at work and she has to get ready for her own shift. I still don’t like it, especially after everything that happened yesterday.
Paige rolls her eyes at me. “I’ll be fine. I’ve already missed too much work as it is. I’m lucky Brandi hasn’t fired me yet.” She gives me a look that reminds me I’m the reason for her increased absences as of late.
Unashamed, I shrug. Maybe I didn’t go about it the best way but it still ended with her in my arms. To get that, I’d do anything.
Paige stretches up on her tiptoes and kisses me before giving me a shove. I’m startled enough I fall back half a step before regaining my balance. I glare down at her and she just smiles up at me innocently. “Time to go.” She shoos me out of her apartment and into the hall.
Before she can shut the door, I reach through and yank her into my arms, taking her lips with mine. I kiss her until she’s left breathless. When I pull back, Paige reaches up a hand to her door to steady herself and I bite back my laughter. “See you later.” I wink at her as I turn and exit the apartment building.
Sliding into my car, I pull out my phone and shoot off a quick text to let Jesse know I’m heading in. My fingers hover over her name before I decide to put away my phone. I don’t know a lot about relationships, but this feels like a moment to give her space.
During my drive to work, I replay the conversation in my head, still shocked. I knew Paige would enjoy it, but I had gotten worried I’d gone too far, not that it’s stopped me in the past but something about her has changed me. I find I want to give her pleasure more than taking my own and it worries me the power this little black haired woman has over me.
My head isn’t any clearer by the time I pull up to Mickstruction. Regardless, I can’t be focused on Paige right now. There’s a lot on the line with this meeting and the fact that Jesse needs me there tells me all I need to know. We need this to go well.
Focusing on the task at hand, I step out of my car and head inside.
Showtime.
Chapter 29
Paige
The second I see Mick's car pull away, I drop my head in my hands and groan.
I can’t believe I said that.Whydid I say that? Things were going so well between us and then I had to get all up in my head.
After Mick forced the truth out of me, he became weirdly quiet, not speaking the entire drive back to my apartment. Now we’re spending the day apart with no plans to meet up afterward.
He wouldn’t dump me for that, right?
No, of course not, he seemed really into it. Maybe he likes it less when the girl likes it?
The thought of another woman with him makes me want to punch something.
Great, juuuust great now I’m the jealous, crazy girlfriend.
Wait,amI the girlfriend?
Reality slaps me in the face as I realize we’ve never had “the conversation.”
I mean, sure we’ve murdered people together, definitely slept together, fuck we’ve bled for each other. But, does that mean we’re a thing?
Smacking my forehead with my palms, I curse myself.
This is stupid, of course he likes me like that. Doesn’t he?
Instinctively, I reach for my phone to call Taylor but pause.
How do I explain the situation to her so she understands but that doesn’t implicate me in a murder?
Okay, murders.
Fuck!
Giving up on the idea, I begin getting ready for work instead.
I’m finishing up the last of my makeup when I hear a knock on my door. Confused, I pull up the app for my security camera and try to see who’s out there. The feed catches up and shows a man with a baseball cap pulled over his face. I try to see if I recognize anything about him as an uneasy feeling forms in the pit of my stomach. Pushing the button to talk, I ask, “What do you want?”
