Page 69 of Finding Lexie
Her voice lowered so no one nearby would overhear. “Besides, the only guy I think about late at night when I’m in bed is you.”
“Yeah?” he asked.
Encouraged, she went on. “Yeah. I swear just looking at you makes me hot.”
“Shit, Lex,” he swore. “You’re killing me here.”
“For the record… I know that you aren’t dating me for sex. You’ve made that more than clear. You’ve driven me everywhere, put up with me sticking that hula doll on your dash, taken me to every touristy thing I’ve asked you to, even that luau last weekend. And you’re going to get lost in that maze at the Dole place with me, even though I’m sure it’s not how you want to spend your time.”
“I’ll be with you, so it’s exactly how I want to spend my time.”
Gah. He was so damn sweet. “Right, anyway, all I’m saying is that I get it. And I appreciate it. But… I want more.”
“More? You want me to take you somewhere else? Just say the word and we’ll go,” Midas assured her.
“I want you to take me to bed,” Lexie blurted. She thought she heard a choking noise on the other end of the line. “Midas?” She had second thoughts about being so blunt.
“Jeez, Lex. Have mercy.”
She grinned. “I just want to make sure you know you have nothing to be jealous about. You’re the only guy I want.”
“Good,” he growled.
He said something else, but Lexie’s attention was suddenly focused on movement across the room. “Hang on,” she said tensely.
“What’s going on?” he asked, any tenderness gone from his voice, as if he’d flicked a switch.
“I don’t know… Oh, shoot! Theo’s in a fight.”
“The same guy we saw on the street the a few weeks ago?”
“Yeah.”
A few women screamed, and suddenly there seemed to be a stampede away from the side of the room where the fight was happening.
“Lexie?” she heard Midas ask, but then a woman tripped over a bag someone had placed at their feet while they were at a table and smacked right into Lexie. Her phone went flying out of her hand and landed on the floor a few feet away.
More people screamed, and now it seemed as if everyone was yelling. Lexie grabbed the woman who’d run into her. “You okay?”
She nodded but immediately turned and headed for the exit, along with many of the other people who’d been in the room.
It was complete chaos for a minute or two as half the room did their best to disappear out the front doors at the same time, the other half yelling. Some were encouraging the fight, others were trying to stop it. Lexie tried to calm the few kids who were there and keep people from pushing others over and trampling them as they tried to get to the door.
Looking around, Lexie saw her phone had been kicked under a nearby table, and she scrambled on her hands and knees to grab it. “Midas?” she yelled a little hysterically when she brought it up to her ear.
“What the fuck is going on?” Midas barked, sounding a bit hysterical himself.
“It’s okay,” she said.
“Seriously, talk to me right now,” Midas ordered. “What’s happening?”
“Theo got in a fight,” she said.
“Damn him,” Midas muttered.
“No, it wasn’t his fault. I mean, I’m not one hundred percent sure if it was or not, but I’m guessing it was the other guys who came in. They weren’t very nice.”
“What does that mean? Dammit, Lexie, you need to start explaining. Pid’s on the phone with the cops right now. They need to know what they’re about to walk into.”
