Hell, I’d been thinking about Lexi’s body, her scent every hour, and had to resist the damn urge to call her up to my office just as often.
“The way you’re driving today?” He shook his head, “You almost sent my car spinning out there, Jonah. You’re taking risks and being reckless. This isn’t like you. What’s going on?”
“Race with me once more, and I’ll tell you,” I said, narrowing my eyes at him.
Alex liked to pretend that he could read the people around him well, and I liked to pretend that he was full of jack shit.
But today, racing didn’t feel like it used to. The thrill was still there, sure, but I wasn’t twenty-five anymore.
I hated that I could feel age creeping in while Lexi still had all that wild, electric energy ahead of her. She had years left to be reckless while I was starting to crave the quiet. We couldn’t be more different, and I found it mildly troubling.
“You almost ruined my car during the last round,” Alex protested, getting out of his car to survey the minor scratch.
“For this scratch, you’re buying me another car,” he announced.
I laughed. “It’s a trivial paint job. How about I buy you dinner after and call it even?”
“I think it’s even only when I ding your car, Walkers,” Alex said wryly. “I swear, someday, I will.”
He was silent for a moment before he finally asked, “So, what’s up?”
I cast a glance at my name that was stitched on my fireproof suit, my monogram shimmering in gold thread. And all I could think of was a certain woman with red-gold hair, unusually blue eyes and a fiery temper.
“Are things that bad at Altika?” he demanded, walking over to stand next to my car. “I thought things had improved since you’d been there.”
I nodded. “Things haven’t really improved, and I got an earful from an employee about a month ago.”
That made Alex stop in his tracks. “An employee?” He paused.
“Even worse. It was an intern.”
“I bet they’re out on the street, searching for another job now. I don’t blame you.”
“Actually, no. She’s still employed.”
“She?”
I chucked him a wry look. “She,” I confirmed.
He shook his head. “I’d watch out if I were you.”
I nodded. “You don’t have to tell me. She’s fifteen years younger than me.”
He grimaced, and that look instantly set a fire to a desire I hadn’t known I had. I wasn’t supposed to want Lexi for many reasons, but Alex insinuating that I shouldn’t want her? Well, that only made me want her more.
“Let me guess. She’s pretty, and you decided to forgive her?”
I thought back to her looks. Beautiful hair, skin, and body.
I shook my head, “That’s not why. I met her once before at Aurelius.”
Alex cursed, and I turned around to look at him.
“You slept with her, didn’t you, you prick?”
He knew me too well. I didn’t bother responding.
“We didn’t know who each other were back then,” I admitted. “She wasn’t an Altika employee at that time. She started working the following Monday.”
