Страница 23 из 60
It wasn’t the money that she was willing to give me that made interest and hesitation billow. It was the fact she was willing to offer me anything at all.
It made my cock twitch.
It made me wonder...
Picking up my final strawberry, I ate it slowly, savoring the sugar and licking at its juice. “I don’t know.”
She froze. “But...you’re open to discussing it?”
I shrugged. “I’m unsure at this point.”
“What would make you sure? Why are you so intent on killing me? Tell me that, and maybe I can—”
“You don’t belong here. I need you gone because I don’t know any other solution. Because you have nothing to offer me other than complication and will end up demanding more than I can afford.”
Silence tumbled between us, heavy with thought and consequence.
She let her arms uncross and hands settle into her lap. Her breathing turned slow and deep as her forehead scrunched. I watched it all as she shook her head, her eyes narrowing on the puddle next to her.
I couldn’t guess what she was thinking, but whatever it was took all her concentration. All her courage. Everything she was.
Finally, after what felt like forever, she lifted her chin and captured my eyes.
She studied me. Her gaze dropped to my mouth, swept to my hair, then glided down my body.
She nodded once.
Inhaled hard.
Then murmured, “I have something else to offer.”