Chapter 62

“You forgetting something?” Alexi looks instantly stern, and I honestly have no clue what he’s on about.

“What?” I blink back at him in bewilderment, looking down to check my file and then my dress in case it’s something stupid, questioning everything mentally.

“Jackson? You’re not staying here, so why isn’t he with you?” It’s that edgy bastard tone coming back because… well, because it’s Alexi, I guess.

I sigh at him.

“Oh, for God’s sake, I am in the hallway of your…” I shut my mouth when I realise what I am saying, especially with the lift right at my side where I was almost abducted. Alexi raises that infuriating brow and stays staring like a cold stone arsehole. I crumble, all resistance wavers, and I am momentarily rendered compliant.

“Okaaaay!” I relent in an exasperated sigh.

“I shall get him.” I make a move to go, but the hand he splats on my chest ungracefully to stop me and almost sends me back on my arse and enrages me in an instant. He