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I glance at his naked chest, covered in tattoos. They glow in the headlights like magical inscriptions carved into honeyed marble.
“It’s nothing. I just got a little cold,” I say to his pecs.
“What am I going to fucking do with you?” he growls, his voice softening.
I look up into his eyes and he is staring at me. The light catches his hair, highlighting the golden strands that are all mussed up and falling forward.
“You shouldn’t be out alone at night. It’s not safe.” His eyes roam over my face and then body like he’s checking I’m okay.
“Did I wake you? Were you in bed?”
He looks at my mouth and then back to my eyes and licks his lips. “Yeah.”
“Alone?” I blurt, frowning the second it leaves my lips.
A grimace takes over his lips.
“You could have buzzed me in. You didn’t have to get out of bed.”
And leave whoever was there with you.
The idea that I interrupted Dax’s night has my stomach churning with humiliation. Is she watching us on the camera now? Will he go back and tell her what the stupid new girl did? Will they laugh about me being so stupid and getting locked out?
He moves to the passenger door and opens it. “Get in the car. I’ll drop you back.”
“You don’t need to do that, I can walk.”
He sucks in a breath. “Rose…”
“It’s only over there.” I point to the tree line, all draped in pitch black.
“Get in the fucking car!”
My skin prickles as I walk to the open door. I dip past his naked chest and slide into the seat as he drags in a heavy breath.
He slams the door behind me and stalks around the hood, all the muscles in his upper body moving in perfect harmony with one another.
He throws himself into the driver’s seat, his presence taking over the car.
Tension seeps into every space as he sits.
Just sits.
He doesn’t drive away. He wraps his hands around the steering wheel, taking deep breaths, his eyes focused on the gate outside the windshield.
After an eternity, he finally speaks, his voice a rough whisper.
“I’ve seen what men are capable of, Rose. I’ve heard them talk.” His eyes squeeze into slits as he keeps facing straight ahead. “Promise me you won’t be out alone at night again?”
My heart beats steady and strong, centering me as I stare at him.
“Promise. Me. Please.”
His voice loses all power as he looks at me. Waiting.
And for the first time, there is a vulnerability in Dax Silver that I’ve never noticed before.
And for all its raw beauty, it’s fascinating.
