A Very Good Businessman
[Juniper] We’d been reading in the living room for over an hour when I reached a dilemma. I had to use the bathroom, but I didn’t want Jaxon or his parents to see what I was reading. If I went downstairs, but came back with the same book, it’d be suspicious and I hated the idea of taking it with me. No matter how clean a bathroom looked, I knew what germs lived there. I hid the book behind a cushion. Jaxon was entirely focused on his tablet. He’d slipped down to lay out on the couch. His long hair was mussed around him on the arm of the couch. He looked so relaxed, and practically edible in his tight blue jeans and black t-shirt. Standing, I smoothed my skirt and headed down the hall to find a restroom. Most of the doors were open, so it didn’t take long. As I headed back, I wo
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