She stomps her foot. “Fine, well, then you work for me. And you don’t get a say in who I date, who I do anything with. You decided that we can’t be together, and I’m not going to just sit back and watch all these cowgirls throw themselves at you.”
I shake my head. “What the hell are you even talking about?”
She holds her hands up and presses her back to the door. “Look, I don’t want your ‘job’ to interfere with you getting laid. Take the rest of the day off.” She starts shooing her hands at me. “Go ahead. I’m sure if you hurry you can catch up with the big-breasted blonde.”
She’s jealous. She’s not just jealous, it’s raging through her. Shocked, I shake my head. “You’re jealous.”
She slams her hands on her hips. “Of course I’m fuckin’ jealous.” She shoves me in the chest, and I take a step back.
She slides out from between me and the door and walks to the center of the room. Her chest is heaving with every breath she takes. She won’t look at me now. “This is not working out. I’m going to call Lone Star Security and see if they can send?—”
I cut her off. “Over my dead body.”
She looks down at the ground. “Dillon, you’re making this harder than it should be. You say we can’t be together, well, I can’t be…” She waves her hand between us. “I can’t be this.”
I shake my head. “I’m not quitting. You’re stuck with me, London.”
She rolls her eyes. “Yeah, uh, how exactly do you think this is going to work?”
I shrug. “We’ll go back to before. Like it was last night before?—”
I slam my mouth shut because just thinking about that kiss makes me hard.
She takes a step toward me. “Before that kiss? Is that what you were going to say?”
I cross my arms over my chest as if that’s going to protect me from these feelings raging through me. “Yes. I know that kiss was everything, but?—”
She blurts out a laugh. “But you can’t be with me. Yeah, that makes complete sense.”
I point to the door. “Come on, we need to check on Queenie, and you need to get ready for your ride.”
She stops next to me on her way to the door. “If you’re not going to be with me, then you’re going to have to get used to the fact that I’m going to date. I mean, just like you said, I’m young.”
Let her go.That’s what I tell myself, but I still reach for her. I pull her to me, and her body is flush against mine. I’m hard everywhere she’s soft. “Don’t push me, London.”
She laughs. “Oh yeah, what are you going to do?”
I lean down until our mouths are inches apart. “Honey, you have no idea what I want to do to you, and if you keep pushing me…”
My voice trails off as her eyebrows lift.
Slowly, I release her and put my hand to my head. “London, please, can we discuss this later? I want to get through this day and get you home.”
She smiles at me. “And what do you want to do to me when we get there?”
I clench my hands into fists. It’s either that or I’m going to reach for her. “London. Please.”
She holds her hand up all innocently. “Fine. Let’s go.”
I point to the door. “After you.”
I make sure not to watch her ass sway back and forth as I follow her out the door.
CHAPTER 5
LONDON
I’m listening to the veterinarian, trying to ignore the way Dillon is hovering by my side.
