Jaxen POV
Scarlett had caught me in a lie.
I stared into her flustered yet stubbornly defiant eyes and smiled.
“Then let me put it another way. Keep the noise down. Otherwise, I'll end up staring at your underwear, and I'm worried I'll Have Another reaction that embarrasses you.”
Scarlett kicked me.
After straightening her dress, she bared her teeth at me in a warning that would have been more intimidating if she hadn't looked so flustered.
“You promised you wouldn't force me into anything. We're supposed to keep our distance.”
I released her wrists.
“Right. I'll try not to force you.”
Taking her to this island had already stretched the boundaries of what I could rationalize to myself.
There were other things I had no business doing, not if I wanted to retain even a shred of mor
