A promise.
My fingers tremble.
I pull my hand back quickly.
He sees it. He feels it.
He sits back slowly, nodding once, controlled.
“Okay,” he says. Neutral tone. But his eyes? Burning.
“We’ll go slow.”
My chest aches.
I whisper, “Jaxon…”
“Yes?”
“…this is too much.”
“No,” he murmurs. “This is exactly right.”
I look away. “I’m scared.”
He softens. Just a little.
“You don’t have to be.”
I shake my head. “You don’t understand.”
He leans in again, closer than before.
“I understand more than you think.”
My breath hitches.
He smiles. Small. Dangerous.
“Let’s keep working,” he says.
Professional. Calm. But the energy between us… It’s not going anywhere.
And we both know it.
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