Page 15 of Playing with Fire

“If it's past ten, I'm going to take you up on the offer to stay in the guest room.”

I swallowed and quickly nodded. “Okay.” Somehow, the idea of her sleeping a room away made it feel even more real than sleeping downstairs in my living room.

Once she was back in the car, we climbed back in the truck and I pulled the rig out of the parking lot. The silence in the cab was deafening.

“Jay's so going to kick your ass, man,” Zack spoke loudly from the back.

“He won't.” I glanced in the rearview mirror. “Because nothing's going on.” It was the truth. I was doing everything I could to not be attracted to her, and I sure as shit wasn't making any moves.

“Yeah, but how long do you think you can keep resisting that?” Adam side-eyed me. “Because the way you were looking at her, I’d say you don’t have any chance of holding out much longer.”

“Truth,” Zack added. “I thought you were going to rip my arm off.”

“Stop it.” My knuckles turned white as I gripped the steering wheel tighter. “Nothing's going on, nor will be going on. Don't go starting shit.”

“Dude, we won't need to.” Adam smirked. “What we're telling you is if you look at her like you did just now in front of Jay, he's gonna think something's happening.”

Fuck. Was I that obvious?

“Just openly flirt with her like I do. He'll think you're harmless, too.”

Adam chuckled. “Or he'll kick your ass.”

“Assholes,” I mumbled.

I needed a better plan. Avoiding her was no longer an option, and I was obviously doing a shit job of covering up my attraction to her. How long could I possibly go without needing to be around both of them? Maybe if I admitted I was attracted to her and let him kick my ass it would remind me she was only twenty-one. His baby sister. My nanny.

Off—fucking—limits.

Chapter Ten

IZZY

I pulledthe car to a stop in the pick-up lane at the elementary school and put it in park. It would be at least another five minutes before they let out, so I glanced down at my phone, hesitating if I should tell my sister Angie anything or not. Would she tell me she told me so?

She was the one who said maybe Logan acted like an ass around me because he was into me. But if that were true, why did being attracted to me make him so annoyed? I didn't get it. Because he was friends with my brother?

I needed to talk to someone about it, though. At Jay's wedding back in March, I almost thought Logan was flirting with me at the bar. Until his demeanor changed and I talked myself out of it.

I sighed and switched over to my texts with Nicole instead. I needed someone to tell me I was being ridiculous, reading into things that weren't there. Nicole was the most levelheaded person I knew—well, besides my sister—but with this situation, I didn't need Angie adding things in my head.

Me: I'm getting weird vibes from Logan.

Nicole: Who?

Me: Maggie's ex. The dad I'm nannying for now.

Nicole: Oh. Weird like how?

Me: One minute I think he's checking me out and then the next he looks pissed off.

Nicole: Wait. I thought you said he found you annoying.

Me: Well yeah. But now I'm getting the other vibes.

Me: Just tell me I'm reading into things.

Nicole. Do you want him to be checking you out?

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