Page 58 of Finding Lexie
“You’re right, of course you are. But the thought of someone hurting you literally makes me ill. If I could, I’d put you in a bubble so nothing and no one could ever lay a finger on you.”
Lexie couldn’t help but giggle.
“What?” he asked, pulling back a bit so he could see her face.
“I’m just picturing me walking down the street in a giant hamster ball.”
Midas grinned.
“I know you think I’m naïve,” she told him seriously. “But I’m not. I’m always cautious when I’m at work. When our clients are obviously having a bad day, I keep my distance. Believe it or not, today is a very good day for Theo. I mean, I don’t know him all that well yet, but I’ve seen him several times and he actually had a conversation with me just now. He hasn’t done that with many people.”
“That was a conversation?” Midas asked.
Lexie didn’t read any sarcasm in his tone, so she nodded. “Yeah.”
“Okay, Lex. But please, promise me you’ll be careful. I just found you, I don’t want to lose you.”
Lexie felt that all the way down to her toes. “Okay,” she said softly.
“Your hair all right? Is the tie tight enough?”
“It’s perfect,” Lexie told him. “Should I be jealous about how you learned to do that?”
He chuckled. “I watched my sister do it all the time growing up. And I was a swimmer who was around lots of chicks who were constantly putting their hair up. I’ve never actually done it before, so I wasn’t sure if I did it right.”
“You did,” Lexie reassured him, and just like that, she was turned on once again.
Midas’s eyes flicked down to her chest, and Lexie refused to squirm. She was a grown-ass woman, and if she found her…boyfriend—she supposed she could call Midas that, even though she’d just gotten to town—hot, it was perfectly fine. She wouldn’t be here if she hadn’t felt a connection with him, and from how much they’d talked since she’d arrived, she felt confident in calling him that…at least in her mind.
Midas snaked one hand up her spine and palmed the back of her head, and the other tipped her chin up. “You look beautiful today,” he said softly.
An asteroid could’ve landed right next to them and Lexie didn’t think she would’ve noticed. She only had eyes for the man in front of her. “Thanks. You look nice yourself.”
He grinned. “I can’t wait to take you out for real. I’ll have to beat men away with a stick. You in a dress, high heels, that amazing hair done up? Shit, I’ll be lucky to make it through the night without embarrassing myself.” He inched forward, and Lexie could feel his erection against her belly.
She couldn’t help but feel thrilled by Midas’s words and actions.
“Please,” she scoffed. “You’re hot as hell in your uniform, I can’t imagine what you’ll be like all dressed up. It’ll be me trying to keep women from throwing themselves at you and slipping you their phone numbers.”
Midas grinned. “Not happening,” he said. “Your number is the only one I want. And women can throw themselves at me, but my hands will already be full with you.”
His words were cheesy as hell, but Lexie felt all fluttery inside anyway.
Midas lowered his head once more, but before he could kiss her, a loud honk scared the hell out of her. Lexie jerked in his arms, and Midas tightened his hold. “Easy, Lex.”
“Move it, asshole!” a man yelled from the large SUV behind Midas’s convertible.
“I guess we’re going,” Midas said.
“Guess so,” Lexie agreed.
He took hold of her hand and walked her to the car, holding the door open and closing it once she was settled inside. Then he jogged around his car, flipped off the impatient jerk behind him, and climbed into the driver’s seat. “I thought I’d take you the long way to Waikiki, if that’s okay. Let you see a bit more of the island. It’s still early, and it’s Sunday, so the traffic shouldn’t be too bad.”
“Sounds good to me.” Lexie didn’t care where they went, as long as she got to spend time with Midas.
“Great. We’ll head up 61 to Waimanalo, past Makapu’u Point, Hanauma Bay, cut over to Kahala Avenue so we can go past Diamond Head and the zoo before finding a place to park at the far end of Waikiki, then we can walk the whole thing. Sound good?”
“Midas, I have no idea where any of what you just said is. So I’m just gonna sit here, soaking up the wind, sun, and company, and enjoy being in Hawaii.”
