Page 46 of Axel

Who is this man? Giving me … what?Butterflies?

“I’d reach for your hand and ask,” he doubles down, “but I don’t want watching eyes to know you’re more than my paralegal.”

Yep, they’re butterflies.

“Just so we’re clear,” I grin, “is this harassment or stalking?”

“Have dinner with me,” he smirks, “and make it both.”

“Only if you say yes to my plan to help Nick and Zar.”

“Which is?”

“You have to agree to agree to it.”

He laughs. “You need to start a podcast called, ‘Ruby Thinks You’re Stupid.’”

“Agreeing with mewouldbe wise.”

The hot dickhead keeps laughing. “The wisest way to my grave.”

“So you don’t trust me?”

“Nope.”

“So you’re chicken shit?”

“Never.”

“Then agree to my plan, and let’s earn some trusttogether… for Nick and Zar’s sake.”

He licks his teeth, his glacial eyes hot with curiosity. “Fine. Have dinner with me, and I’ll hear your plan.”

“You’ll agree to it.”

“What are you? Seal Team Six?” Even when he mocks, he’s sexy. “I don’t agree to a mission unless I plan it. But you’re smart and love Nick and Zar, too, so I’ll give it serious consideration.”

Okay, Axel didn’t stay alive this long, evading the mafia for whatever reason by being stupid. He’s super calculated and really looking like a yummy cuntsnack right now.

“Fine,” I huff. “Give me the protein bar, and we have a deal.”

Grinning, he doesn’t take his eyes off mine while he unflaps his briefcase, fishes around, and presents me with a peanut butter and jelly flavored bar. “Your favorite.”

“How’d youknow?”

“I’m the Seal Team Six of stalking.”

I laugh, munching on my bar for our afternoon stroll back to his place. Lucky for us, there’s a veterinarian’s office a few blocks from Axel’s place, so he carries Sparky there.

And don’t think I didn’t notice how he secured his gun into a back holster under his jacket before we left his house. He couldn’t carry it into a courtroom, but otherwise, he’s always packing.

Yeah, a gun and that monster in his pants.

Walking down the sidewalk with him holding Sparky, I notice the threat of other pussies adoring the sight of him, too.

Axel turns heads.

Lots of them.

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