Chapter 54. If You Like

I don’t need to be asked twice. I jump up, suddenly a little too excited at being alone with him again, and know it’s because I’ve mentally taken another path and have a plan in place. One that hopefully involves those beefy arms around me and the sexy mouth on mine once again. I go to follow him as soon as he makes a move towards the door, and I almost gloat at the way Carmen’s face crumbles.

“One of us could show her.” She snaps bitterly, and he spins his head back, stares down at her with a blank expression, and doesn’t move a step further.

“Yeah, you could, but that’s not what’s happening.

I’m

doing it.” He shrugs with one shoulder, his tone icy cold, and it seems to shut her up. Recoiling back as though she’s been burned, and I can tell he’s in no mood for more defiance or squabbling. Her eyes mist over with what I expect are fake tears, maybe not this time, and I try hard to figure out what it is he ever saw in her. Carmen’s a horrible person with a s