23 GABRIELLA BEFORE PAXTON LEFT, I kind of hinted that he should maybe go out for drinks after he and Derek were done racing. I needed to make sure I had plenty of time to get back before he did. Luckily, he’d showed me some moves that could possibly help me out. One was how to gouge someone’s eyes out. I prayed I wouldn’t have to ever do it, but if it came down to me or my attacker . . . I’d sure as f**k do it in a heartbeat. I packed my ‘sexy’ clothes in a gym bag because there was no way in hell I was going to wear it out. Scar was just going to have to settle with seeing me in a pair of yoga pants and a T-shirt for the time being. Once Paxton pulled out of the driveway in his blue race car, I sat by the window and watched the gate close. Thankfully, it wasn’t dark out yet, but it wa

