Normally, they went out of their way to be assholes to everyone.
Not Jinx. He was unlike anyone she’d ever met.
And he would be gone any second.
Her throat tightened as her gaze went to her counter and she saw the small emblem that had fallen off his uniform. “Don’t forget this.”
Jinx cleared his throat as she handed his insignia to him. He kept waiting for her to mention her sister, but so far . . .
Nothing.
Not a word.
He zipped the backpack shut. “I better get out of here before they send someone else.”
Her eyes glowed with sadness. If she was acting, then she was good. “Try not to get into any more trouble.”
“You stay away from loan sharks.”
“Make no promises.” She stepped back and tossed her sponge into the sink. “Seriously though, take care.”
Jinx headed for the window. “You, too.”
“The door works.”
He smirked as he slid her window open. “This is safer for both of us.”
And still he waited for her to stop him.
She didn’t.
Not when he hit the fire escape or the street.
He even paused to look up at her flat.
Nothing.
And with every step that carried him further from her flat, he expected her to call out that she needed help.
Not a word.
Had she really just slept with him for no reason?
Don’t be stupid. People aren’t kind. They always want something.
No one cared about anyone else.
Your own brother slaughtered your parents and sold you to this life so that you’d be tortured and killed . . .
And yet he could still feel her hands on his body.
Worse? He ached for her.
This was so stupid. Impossible.
He kept repeating that over and over. Even after he was inside his own ship. But when he pulled his link out, he made the mistake of looking down and seeing the picture he’d taken of her.
The smile on her face.
