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“The one you were wearing a few seconds ago.”

“Can’t tell you. If I tell you I’ll have to kill you,” she said in a playful tone.

Blake caught on to her mood quickly. His eyes moved the length of her thigh before the hand that was closest to her rested on her leg. Warmth and heat radiated into her from his touch. “If you tell me, I’ll tell you what I wanted to do to you when I saw you in those sexy as fuck jeans.”

Pax’s eyes flashed to him and she felt the warmth spread through her at his words. “Oh, yeah?”

“Yeah.”

“Well then, in that case I guess I could tell you.” She didn’t elaborate wanting to draw the flirtatious banter out a little as the car ate up the miles on the freeway.

She waited for a beat and he glanced at her. She could feel the blush that crept over her cheeks, making her damn her fair skin once again.

“Well?” he asked.

“I was smiling because…” She paused then. “You know when you put your arm over the back of the headrest to reverse?”

Blake looked at her and frowned obviously confused. “Yeah?”

“Well, it’s hot.”

Blake looked across at her again; his lips teased into a grin. “Hot? You think it’s hot when I do that?”

“I think you’re hot breathing,” she muttered under her breath.

“Pardon? What did you say?” he said hand to his ear.

“I said, yes, you’re hot when you do that.”

Blake suddenly pulled the car to the side of the road causing Pax to brace as he hit the vehicle into park. She glanced at him, surprised but had no time to react before he leaned in and kissed her hard and wet. The tip of his tongue touched hers and her mind went blank of all thought except how it felt to have Blake kiss her like she was the only thing in the world that mattered at that moment.

He slanted his head as he drove his fingers into her hair and cupped her head using her hair to gently pull and angle her so he could go deeper until she was squirming in her seat. Eventually, after what seemed like minutes but were probably only seconds, he pulled back. He didn’t release her though, he held on to her hair, cupping her head as his blue eyes smouldered in the darkness that was lit only by passing cars.

“So fucking beautiful and you gave me that when I know you’re worried about your dad. You still had time to give yourself to me.”

Pax remained silent not knowing what to say because it hadn’t felt like she was giving to him. It had felt natural.

“Want to fuck you,” he growled, and Pax felt her body go liquid. “Haven’t got time and what I want to give you needs time. But I will say this—what we have, Gracie, is special. Seeing the crack in that glass tonight where the bullet hit drove it home to me. You are it for me. I’m all in with us. No holding back, none of that shit. We do this. We do it and we do it to build a life together.” Her heart cracked at his words and she felt the second it healed back into a healthier place. “You want that, baby?” he asked his voice growling and rough.

Never in her life had she wanted anything more than to build a life with this man. He was everything to her. Although she recognised it had been since Monaco that she had been falling for him. Now she felt like the fall was complete. She didn’t give him that yet. She didn’t want to tell him she loved him and frighten him. Despite his words, Blake had been a ladies’ man. He was a good man, a kind honourable one but starting something and being all in was different from declaring love for someone wasn’t it?

“Yeah, I want that.”

Blake nodded and she saw an understanding in his eyes as well as relief. “Let’s go see your dad so I can show you what those sexy jeans do to me. Sexiest ass I ever did see,” he said almost to himself as he pulled back onto the road and into traffic.

“Cal?” she asked as she left her hand in his as he drove.

“Yeah, gorgeous?”

“Thank you.”

“What for?” He seemed perplexed.

“Everything,” she said throwing up her hands to encompass the car.

Blake gave her a smile that made her heart stutter and her breath hitch. “No problem, beautiful.”

The rest of the drive was quiet, and they reached the hospital in an hour including the make-out session pit stop. Her muscles tensed as Blake came around her side after parking and helped her out, his body blocking her from anyone wanting to take a shot at her. Once inside the glass doors of the reception area, he held tight to her hand as he found out what floor her father was on.