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“Effie.”
Jesus. She was going to make herself ill, bending over like that. He pushed the stuff off the seat and then leaned over to undo her seatbelt. Then he slid her across the seat toward him.
He quickly put the middle belt around her.
“Steele, what are you doing? I’ve got to tidy all of this mess up.”
“Look at me.”
She continued to ignore him. What the fuck? No one ignored him. Not even Grady.
“Effie. Look. At. Me.”
To ensure that she did and that he didn’t start losing his goddamned mind, he reached out and cupped the side of her face, turning her to look up at him.
“All the mess—”
“Stop.” He placed his thumb over her mouth and her eyes widened. “You’re going to stop talking now and listen to me, baby girl. Understand?”
Her eyes went even wider as he called her baby girl. Shit. Grady was going to kill him.
But he didn’t care.
It was worth it to see the warmth in her eyes, the way she slid against him.
“I don’t give a shit about the state of my car. That can be tidied up. I do give a shit about the state of you. You need to calm down, baby.”
She shook her head, her eyes moving away.
“I didn’t say you could move your eyes away,” he warned in a low rumble. “Eyes back on me.”
Her gaze shot back to him.
Good. So she could follow directions. Steele decided to try something else.
“That’s a good girl.”
Oh yeah. More softening. He liked that too.
He moved his thumb away from her mouth. “Now, you’re going to listen to me. Give me your hand.”
“W-what?”
“Give me your hand. You asked for it before and I was too slow to give it to you. So give me your hand.”
He got impatient when she didn’t move and reached out to grab her hand.
“Jesus, you’re freezing. Why didn’t you say something?” He bent down and adjusted the heat for her.
“Oh, it’s okay. Just poor circulation.”
He shot her a look. “Why haven’t you told me about this before?”
She gave him a confused look. “Why would I?”
“Part of working for me, Effie.”
“Does everyone who works for you tell you every little thing about them?”
