It left him speechless, as she had expected. Siren did not mean to be cruel to her odd request, but she could not let her guard down either and believed he was actually being true to his words and admittance of affection for her. Besides, ‘miss’ could be he missed playing around with her. And ‘care’, because there was no one who could play with her but him. Not anyone. Not Cruz, or any of his minions.
She knew she was harsh in her judgment of him. He could be telling the truth, anyway. But this was Julio, she reminded herself. The criminal who killed his victims with cold-blooded hands.
He was done putting ointment on her face. When she jumped off the sink, he had to let her go and stepped back to watch her wash her arms on the sink. Their eyes met on the reflection of the mirror and o
