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I chew on my lip. Everything about this afternoon has suddenly turned heavy and stifled. And I hate it.
“I’m sorry, I—”
“Don’t worry about it.” Dax sighs, then pushes off from the guard rail and turns toward the roof stairs. I follow him down through his apartment to the front door to meet Logan.
“I’ve got my own key for the main door, you dick,” Logan says as Dax opens it wide. “Oh.” Logan’s gaze lands on me, and a grin spreads across his face as he looks from Dax to me and back again.
“Hi Rose.”
“Hi, Logan.”
“We’ve got work to do,” Dax snaps, frowning at Logan and then darting his eyes to me briefly. “You okay getting back?”
“I’m only…” I motion toward the trees that sit in front of the cottage.
He looks at the sky. “It’ll be getting dark soon. I’ll watch from upstairs until you get inside.”
“Why would you do that?” The words tumble from my mouth, earning a dark glare from Dax.
He cocks a brow as he continues to stare at me, repeating, “I will watch.”
The intensity in his eyes makes heat fire in my cheeks.
I walk out the door and turn back to face him. “Um, okay.”
I stand stunned as he tips his chin and then closes the door. How can he go from friendly host, to deep in thought and moody, to weirdly over-protective, all in the space of ten minutes?
I walk back to the cottage quickly as dusk settles. The entire way, the hairs on the back of my neck are standing to attention, uncomfortably aware that he is watching my every move.
I get to the front door and pause. Should I wave? Show him I’m here? No, that’s stupid. He knows I am. He’s watching.
I take my keys from my bag and fumble with them, dropping them to the floor.Stupid.I bend to retrieve them quickly, not paying attention to how I do it.Shit.I stand and smooth my dress down. It’s fine. He’s too far away. No way did Dax Silver see my ass in the lace thong beneath my dress. Not unless he has a telescope hidden up there in his comfy-ass apartment.
I take a deep breath, opening the door with steadier hands.
No, definitely no telescope that I saw.
I walk inside and flick the sitting room lamp on, looking out the front window and up to the main house where the lights are on in half of the upstairs windows. The one on the far left is his bedroom. I only saw it quickly on the tour. It felt odd spending too much time in there. The only thing I remember is he has a four-poster bed. A modern one with voile drapes around it.
The light in it flicks off.Is that where he stood to watch me?The idea of Dax Silver standing in the window of his mansion, dressed in black, his biceps tensing beneath his tattoos while he watches me, sends a shiver up my spine.
Only, with the way he blows hot and cold, I’m not sure whether that’s a welcome shiver or not.
Only time will tell.
Chapter 6
Dax
“Letmeseethemessage again.”
Rose’s face lights up as Logan passes her his phone. She and Jasmin bend their heads over the screen.
“She’s definitely flirting.”
“Absolutely. You should flirt back,” Jasmin agrees, and the two of them break into giggles.
I lean back in my chair, a smile playing on my lips as they chat and laugh at things. It’s so good to see Jasmin happy again. Seeing her here like this with Rose, it makes my chest swell with pride and relief that she can still smile the way I always remembered. I haven’t seen it in a while. Maybe Rose’s arrival is what’s brought it on.
