She spun out of my hold so fast I barely had time to register it.When she was at least three feet away from me, she crossed her arms tight over her chest like armor.
“I have not,” she said quickly.
She still wouldn’t look at me.
I leaned back against the desk, folding my arms, watching her carefully.“Uh-huh.”
Her jaw tightened.“I’ve been busy.”
“Busy,” I murmured.“That's funny.Your phone seems to work just fine—and Nerissa's.”
That got her.
A flicker of recognition and embarrassment crossed her face before she smoothed it away.
Then I said it.
“The picture.”
Her cheeks flushed instantly, soft color blooming like I’d brushed my thumb there myself.
“That was a mistake,” she said, looking to the window.“I meant to send it from Nerissa’s phone to mine.”
“Funny what one little mistake can do,” I drawled.
She finally looked at me, no doubt catching on to my suggestive tone.Her eyes held mine, the air between us stretching thin and humming like a live wire.
I let my gaze drop deliberately.Slowly.Taking her in in the way I hadn’t allowed myself to since the first night we met.God bless whoever invented leggings because the way they were clinging to her thighs was heaven.
I would give anything to—
“Well, it was a mistake, so don't get any ideas.”
“Me?Ideas?I wouldn't dream of it, trouble.”She narrowed her eyes at the smirk donning my lips.“Why would I get any ideas when my girl sends me a sexy lingerie—”
“Don't.”
She stepped forward and shot a warning glare at me.
I raised my hands in obvious surrender, though I could tell she saw the mischievous glint in my eyes.
“God, you're so infuriating.Makes me want to return your gift.”
My… what?
Furrowing my brows, I tilted my head at her and asked, “What gift?”
She stepped closer to me and reached around to the desk, grabbing up a small box tucked beside her laptop.I raised a brow when she held it out to me, expression carefully neutral.
I blinked.“What’s this?”
She shrugged, suddenly very interested in the edge of the box.“It's your birthday.”
Something warm cracked open in my chest.
A grin tugged at my mouth before I could stop it.“Did my girlfriend buy me a present?”
She rolled her eyes so hard I thought they might get stuck.“Just open it before I take it back.”
