(Jaxon)
I took a breath at the top of the stairs.
Shirt on. Hair still damp. Heart still going a little too fast.
I wasn’t nervous about Kendall. I was nervous about Zoe.
She was waiting downstairs. Probably didn’t like what she walked in on earlier. And now I had to face her like I didn’t just accidentally give her a full view of me shirtless.
I walked into the kitchen. They both looked up.
“Hey,” I said, scratching the back of my neck.
Zoe raised her eyebrow. Kendall gave me a little smile.
“Much better,” Zoe said. “Now I can focus.”
I gave a small laugh. “Yeah. Sorry about earlier.”
“You didn’t seem sorry then,” she muttered, sipping her water.
Kendall sighed. “Zoe.”
“What? I’m just saying. We’re going to talk soon, Jaxon.”
I paused. “Okay.”
She looked me up and down like
