Chapter 365

"What do you think?" Summer Knight was still mad and smacked Alexander Barron’s hand away the second he tried to mess with her. Her eyes were dim and distant—clearly still pissed that he hadn’t come to her rescue yesterday. "I know you’re still upset about what happened, and I’m sorry," Alexander explained, his voice low. "It’s just… I saw Sophia Ford there, and I didn’t want to blow our cover. Besides, those were your brother’s guys. They wouldn’t have actually hurt you." As he spoke, his hand slid to her slender waist, idly moving around, clearly trying to butter her up. Summer tensed immediately, her face darkening. "Alexander, get your hands off me!" She tried to grab his hand and push him off, struggling to pull away, but her efforts barely made a dent—he didn’t budge at all. If anything, it only made her feel even more trapped. "This is a workplace!" she snapped, warning him with narrowed eyes. Sure, maybe those men wouldn’t hurt her. But that didn’t make it okay for him to just