He also used to be a skiing champion and had a long-term girlfriend.
I never thought he noticed me.
Jaeger watches Mason tell a funny story about Adam, and a small smile curves his lips.It’s the cutest guy smile I’ve ever seen, and it transforms Jaeger from large, enigmatic male into something more approachable and appealing.
He’s definitely going on Gen’s list.Notmylist, because I don’t need a list, butGen’slist, I remind myself.
Mason laughs at Adam, who’s trying to defend himself for chasing after a woman he thought was Gisele while skiing, and Jaeger’s mouth morphs into a full grin.His gaze strays to mine, as though he senses me looking.
His smile reduces to something sultry and curious, and my stomach tightens.For a second, I lose the ability to breathe.
Holy shit.That smile is lethal.
Jaeger hasn’t looked at me dead-on since we arrived, and the impact sends my brain tumbling.His eyes are dark green along the edges of the iris, like the center of a pine needle, growing lighter toward the middle.Abruptly, he looks down at his hands, before observing his friends again.
I slump in my seat.This might be Tyler’s high school friend, but he’s changed.
I’m reeling.I mean, really freaking out right now.I’ve never felt instant sizzle before, and withJaeger—my brother’s friend?That’s a no-go zone.I have a boyfriend!
I lift my hand and signal to the waitress.She sees me and walks over.“Shot of Cuervo, please.”
Startled faces peer at me from around the table.What?“Anyone else want one?”
Jaeger and Adam order a shot.
Breanna, Adam’s girlfriend, purses her lips and glares.“Excuse me!”She flips her hand out at Adam.“Girlfriend sitting here.Why are you talking about pursuing another woman?”
Oh right, the Gisele conversation.God, that seems trivial compared to the mini-crisis going on in my head.
“Bree, that was way before we met.”Adam squeezes Breanna’s shoulder.
“Right, ’cause if you saw Gisele now, you would totally ignore her and have zero interest out of your love and respect for me.Is that what you meant to say?”
“Uhhh, yeah.Absolutely.”Adam smiles mischievously at his friends while he pats Breanna on the back.
“I saw that!”Breanna snaps.
Gen absently passes me the green olives from her martini while watching the Breanna and Adam soap opera.
Grinning, I pop one into my mouth and glance up.
I choke before the olive passes my tonsils.
Jaeger is staring at my throat.
His gaze lifts to my eyes and heat rushes my face.
I’d like to say the look he’s giving me is one of observation, as though he’s watching an exotic bird eat an unusual food.Gen’s informed me on more than one occasion that my love of green olives is unnatural.But Jaeger looks sexy, and hot, and his gaze is sending fiery signals to my girl parts.
“I remember you now,” I say without breaking eye contact.“You had a girlfriend.”
The heat in his eyes disappears.He looks away.“That was a long time ago.”
An enigmatic response from an enigmatic person.This is the Jaeger I remember.Quiet.Reserved.
Jaeger glances at Gen and his expression softens.
There’s no reason to strike him from Gen’s list.Not when I remember him as a good guy.
