Page 59 of Hollywood Undercover
Chapter 24
SEBASTIAN shook his head.He let her leave. She walked out of his house—more like ran. He was disappointed, but this whole situation was too crazy, and too funny to register the tragedy of it all. He wanted to howl with a laughter that kept bubbling up. That could have gone much worse. He let out a breath, locked the door, and went back to the living room to turn off the racinggame.
It was worth a shot. He couldn’t let her leave without trying to stay in touch. He knew she wouldn’t keep up her ‘Alex Roberts’ charade once she got back to her normal life. The only thing that didn’t sit well with him was Alexandra would leave without knowing one thing—that Sebastian knew who she was allalong.
There’s also the fact that I’mstraight.
It solved one problem, though. Clint and Beth wouldn’t meet her or out her. He got into rationalization mode. Her leaving would solve all his problems. Without Alexandra here to tempt him, he could also get back to his life. There were a few weeks left before knee surgery, and after that, another several weeks of physical therapy before he would return to work. He didn’t need anything messing with hismood.
So why do I feel like shit at the thought of her walking out of mylife?
He sat on the couch she had just vacated, and a whiff of her perfume wafted up. He closed his eyes and took it in. The frustration he felt bordered on agony. All he wanted was to touch her. Everywhere. To kiss her lips and taste her, and take her body until she wasundone.
It was too much to ask, with this game of hers that he chose to entertain. He was just as responsible for how things wentdown.
After hours of all that physical closeness on his couch—and no action—he was wound up and horny as hell. He yanked the controllers out of the console and put them away, thinking about her leg pressed against his. Her playful jabs and nudges, and her laughter. The way she looked at him when he slipped up and said he would never cheat on her. That “Wynona” character, which he surmised was that country singer, Wilkes, had to be a real piece of work to screw her over the way hedid.
Sebastian needed to face the facts. There was no way to tell her he wanted her, until she gave up the act. Her interest was there. He just didn’t know how to get her to be real with him. Calling her on her ruse would only force her to put up her walls again. He looked at the clock. It was almost dinner time, so he made his way to the kitchen. Her life and her decisions were none of hisbusiness.
Time to have a meal. Time to get over Alexandra Storme. She made her decision. She was going back to LA, to be LexxiRock.
