“Yes,” I say, trying to keep the irritation out of my tone.
“You’re needed in Design Room Four when you have a chance.”
“Spend the night at my place,” Jax says, surprising me. “You can come over as soon as you’re done here. But please make sure you wake me up when you get there.”
I’ve wanted to invite him to spend the night, but unsure of the territory we’re in. I’ve also wanted him to invite me over. But for the first time, I remember he and my sister were together. At his house. In his—
“Or I can wait on you at your place, if you don’t mind me being there without you or sleeping until you get home,” he adds, now sounding nervous too, which is probably because I hesitated.
“That would be perfect,” I tell him, feeling his body relax under me before his lips find mine.
He seems to no longer care where my mouth has been, because the kiss grows to be a little out of control, and it takes yet another knock to remind me I’m at work.
“Oh for fuck’s sake, I’ll be there in a minute,” I groan.
“Sorry, Ms. Brendon. I thought I was at Bo’s office.”
Jax looks at me and cocks an eyebrow, and I realize what I just said. Great. They think they were knocking on Bora’s door because I forgot to wear my usual filter.
“Frustrated?” Jax muses, enjoying the hell out of this.
Deciding not to let him gloat and know exactly how much power he has over me, I grab my phone and text him the entry code to my door. When his phone buzzes, he smiles at me, not looking at it.
“I’ll be honest; I plan on doing the creepy thing where I look through your panty drawer.”
I laugh while rolling my eyes and standing up. “Knock yourself out.”
He waggles his eyebrows playfully, and I try not to do the giggling thing. He kisses me one last time before walking out, and I try to make a mental list of things to hurry and do so that I can get home as fast as possible.
Chapter 37
JAX
“You’ve been missing a lot,” Cody says quietly as he clocks in. “Stopped by your place to talk to you last night, but couldn’t find you.”
We’ve managed to not really speak but continue working together this week. Apparently he’s tired of the silent treatment.
“I’ve been spending the night at Bo’s place the last couple of nights.”
I watch him, waiting for him to say something that will piss me off. Instead, he nods slowly, breaking eye contact.
“So this is the real thing, then. Huh?”
“Looks like it. We’re back home, and I still like her just as much as I did when we were on vacation.”
No way am I divulging just how much I’ve learned that I like her. So much that I can’t stand not getting to spend more time together than just the nights. But right now, that’s all there is available. I got sick of waiting on her to ask me over, so I made the move. To hell with seeming eager.
I’ve also just shown up for the past two nights, sleeping until she got home and woke me up. If she doesn’t want me there, then she has to stop rewarding bad behavior, otherwise, I’m just going to keep showing up.
“Right,” he says, clearing his throat.
“You can apologize and we can move on. Or we can keep up the silent treatment, and only speak about business oriented things,” I tell him.
I could fire him, but I’m not that shitty of a person. Cody needs this job.
His lips thin, and I can tell he’s trying not to get pissed. “So fifteen years of friendship hangs in the balance because of a girl you just met.”
I nod, barely staying on the right side of the crazy line. I’d hate to get into a fight in my own gym, when I have a strong policy against it.