Chapter 48

Alexi saunters up beside me, casually pulling a drawer open I hadn’t got to yet, slides out a pile of take-out menus and lays them in front of me quietly. I can feel his eyes on the side of my face, and make a good show of ignoring him.

“You’re sexy when you’re pissed at me.” He has that whole husky, seductive tone going on, and I grit my teeth and get angrier. I’m madder than hell, and no Carrero charm will fix that. I know what he is doing, and it won’t work.

“Well, I must exude twenty-four-hour seduction then, seeing as that’s how often you make me pissed at you. You are quite the expert in angering me by the hour.” I sulk and move to fill my glass slowly so I don’t spill any and focus on deliberate, careful movements to convey how furious he has made me.

“If all I wanted were to fuck you, then I wouldn’t have brought you here. I would have made a play for you at the club and not put any effort in. I know how to get your panties wet.”

I blanch at that stat