CHAPTER 38

The drive to the construction site was made in companionable silence. Axel kept sneaking glances at Claire, but she was too lost in her world to notice. Claire was thinking about her past. After her father had committed the worst crime to her body, she had lost all interest in men.

Claire never dated in college. She would flirt, yes, at very attractive guys on campus, but she turned down every single one. There were quite a sizeable number of rejections by her sophomore year, but they all learned to just leave the "NO" girl alone. She hadn't cared, anyway. She didn't want to fall in love again, and she certainly didn't want to give anyone an opportunity to hurt her again.

Now, this. A blush crept up her cheeks when she remembered how wantonly she had responded under his touch. All he had to do was place just a finger on her, and she forgot all her resolutions. Was it because he was super hot? Was it the arrogance she had once detested making him look sexy? What was it about Axel that m