I nod and attain for the primary help equipment. “He mentioned you missed an appointment with an elder woman. Ellen one thing.”

“Ellen Morris. Oh shit. I’ll should name her and apologize.” He scowls. “Don’t know the place my cellular phone is. Fucking hell.”

“I’ll enable you to discover it,” I say, my curiosity piqued. “Who’s she? From the best way Gale talked about her, she feels like a particular shopper.”

“She is.” He lets me pull his hand onto my lap, put gauze and tape it round his hand. “She’s extra like…a buddy.”

“A buddy.” I shut the primary help equipment, put it on the desk.

“Yeah. She invitations me for dinners and live shows. She likes to pet my hair.”

“Sounds creepy.”

“Probably not.” He flexes his taped hand. “I kinda…prefer it. Not that it doesn’t annoy me when she orders me round. Sit. Put your head on my knee. Shut your eyes. However then…” He shrugs. “She’s form.”

Yeah, I can see now how in a life so empty of human contact, she may look form. Perhaps she is. Not less than she hasn’t harmed him.

“I’m additionally good at petting hair, you recognize.” I attain over, stroke his hair, wink. “I supply my companies free of charge.”

He snorts.

Why do I really feel this urge to guard him? He’s a grown man, a tall, robust man who was an underground fighter. He doesn’t want me to guard him from frail previous women who pay to the touch his hair.

And but I really feel like he wants me.

“What about you?” he says, and I frown, not following.

“What about me?”

“How are you doing?” He f

umbles for my hand, turning so he can see me along with his good eye, and I wrap my fingers round his. “Are you actually higher?”

“I’m. Largely due to you.” I smile at him.

“Not true.” He strokes his thumb over the bones of my hand, sending shivers of delight up my arm. “Is there something I can do?”

Inform me what you’re afraid may occur. What these males needed from you. Go away the company. Run away with me.

Actually be with me.

However I solely shake my head. “I really like you,” I say. That’s all.

Chapter Twenty

Riot

She’s sad.

After all she is. She mentioned she loves me, that she’s mine. And I informed her I’ll hold fucking different ladies for cash.

Why would she keep? I’m shedding her, and I’ve infrequently had her.

Not solely that, but when issues go tits-up, then I’ll not even be round to have something together with her within the first place.

Shit. I must survive that battle, it doesn’t matter what.

I take a look at her when she’s not paying consideration as we scour the condo for my cellular phone. Her physique’s sizzling, however my gaze retains returning to her small face, the extensive, darkish eyes, simply as my ideas hold returning to the best way she held me after I misplaced it, with out worry. Preserving me collectively. And promising to handle my very own.

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