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I nod.
Then head to the kitchen.
Breakfast. Call with Kat. Table read.
And then…
Oh no.
I’ll be alone with Jaxon again.
THIRTY-EIGHT
JAXON WILDE
Seven Hours Later
It’s my off day. Usually, I kick it off—like all my days—with relaxation and setting the day’s purpose. Period. That’s human stuff. Taking care of myselfasa human being.
But after kissing Zara?
I’ve been off.
Why did I do it?
I’m supposed to have more control than that. Is my impulse control getting worse?
Yeah.
It is.
I made sure she was settled in her office before having breakfast. I didn’t know what she liked, so I had a whole buffet waiting for her.
She picked one of my egg white omelets and took a croissant toast with jelly. I didn’t think she’d touch any of my three omelets that contain extra protein powder, which I eat to get it all in—but now I’m down to two, and oddly… that’s okay.
I like sharing with Zara.
Last night, nearly losing my battle with willpower, I almost knocked on her door to make a proposition.
I can tell she wants me just as much as I want her.
We need to fuck each other out of our systems already.
Just one time. One good time, and we can quit whatever this thing is that makes me want to be inside herall the time.
But held out. And also, today, after that kiss, I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t sit across from her at some restaurant pretending to be on a date. I didn’t want to talk to her. I don’t want to know anything else about her.
I don’t even want an answer to the question that’s been gnawing at me: Why did she shoplift face cream? It still makes no damn sense.
Since day one of production, I’ve been trying to reconcile how someone with her career—her face, herlife—ends up stealing something that costs less than ten dollars. To me, that’s insane.
And that’s always been my read on Zara: sexy as hell, but equally off her rocker.
I didn’t even want to give her the final pin. But her team and my team had already ironed out the deal.
Then, Roger said it was the smarter move. He laid out all the reasons why Zara was the safer bet. He’s probably choking on those words right now.
Yeah…
