My breath hitched. The tremble in my knees and the wetness between my legs would have been mortifying if I wasn’t so indignant. “I’d really like to see you try, Mr. Phillips.”
“Don’t tempt me, Miss Cruise.”
Neither of us were budging. I was interested to see who’d break first.
As it turned out, Cindy is the one who caved.
“You guys know this is a family restaurant, right?”
The tension crackling around us dissipated in snap. I grabbed my purse and jacket roughly. “Let’s get this over with,” I grumbled. “Don’t you have
to walk ahead of me? To look out for danger or whatever?”
Theo nodded. “Don’t try sneaking off.”
“I won’t. There’d be no point.”
The tiniest smirk tugged at the corner of his lips. “Good girl.” Good girl.
His words echoed around inside my skull, etching themselves pe
