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But this wasn’t about her. It would be selfish of her to want him to stay.

“I don’t know. I’ll talk to Alejandro. I’m here for the moment.” Tobias spoke to Jenner, but his gaze was on her. She couldn’t help but shiver in pleasure at having his full attention.

It was a heady feeling.

Then she noticed how Jenner was looking from her to him. What was he thinking?

“Do you have family there? Are you missing people?” she asked. Why hadn’t she asked him this before?

“No family, Cherry,” he replied gruffly.

But he didn’t say that he wasn’t missing people. Yep, she was definitely selfish.

“You should tell Alejandro that you want to go back,” she told him.

He actually grinned at her. “Tell him? Nope, I like living.”

Was he saying that Alejandro would kill him if he told him what he wanted? No, that was crazy.

“Alejandro wouldn’t kill you. He’s actually a very nice man,” she informed him. “Very reasonable. I’m sure if you tell him you want to go back he’d be more than happy to let you.”

Did Jenner just groan? And why did he have his face pressed against her thighs?

Not that she was complaining or anything.

He could put his face there anytime he liked.

Urgh, Immy! What are you thinking?

What was wrong with her?

“What? What is it?” she asked. Even Sampson was gaping at her now. He still had his phone to his ear. She thought he was trying to get hold of Isaiah or Abe.

She was worried about them both.

“Did you seriously just call Alejandro a nice, reasonable man?” Sampson asked. He walked over and placed the back of his hand over her forehead. “Nope. She hasn’t got a fever. That doesn’t explain why she’s delusional.”

“Hey! I’m not delusional!”

“Baby,” Jenner said in a low voice, smiling up at her.

God. He was so darn gorgeous.

“What?”

“Alejandro is many things, nice is not one,” Jenner told her.

“He’s always been nice to me.”

Jenner’s smile widened. “That’s because you’re Immy. How could he not be nice to you? Everyone has to be nice to my Twinkles. It’s the law.”

That was sweet and kind.

And totally not true.

But she found herself melting and smiling back at him.

“I want you to stay with me here tonight, all right?” Jenner said firmly. And she knew that while it might have sounded like a request, it really wasn’t.