Page 26 of Run to Me

That would be a good thing. I don’t want to have a man stalking me, watching me as I walk home from the shadows.

I don’t want a man who’s known to be slightly crazy and involved in the Mafia.

So this is a good thing he’s disappeared without explanation.

Right?

I’m not disappointed by the fact that I’ve not heard from him.

Nope, not at all.

“You’re being ridiculous,” I mutter as I mindlessly look through the mountain of paperwork I have scattered on my desk in the office.

I’ve been hunkering down in the office for the last two days, leaving Luna to run the store while I hide away in here and avoid all human interaction.

Luna started working for me a year ago, straight out of college and knows what she’s doing so I’m not worried about leaving her on her own.

I only have two staff members, and it’s all I need. As well as Luna, there’s also Dean who works for me, though he’s currently sunning it up in Hawaii with his boyfriend.

If I’m being honest, I don’t even need to work on the shop floor because they’re perfectly capable of looking after it on their own, I just like to be out there with them rather than hiding away. I also tend to send them home early half the time because the store just doesn’t need more than one staff member at a time, and I’d be here anyways.

But the last few days have been hell. Between catching up on paperwork, worrying about the threats against me, being confused about Enzo and getting my period, I’ve found my office to be a solace rather than a lonely room.

“Where is she!?” I hear a deep voice roar from the other side of my door.

“Robyn!” the voice sounds again.

I’m just about to stand from my chair when the office door flies open and a frantic Enzo stands in the doorway, a determined expression marring his face before his eyes land on me, and they immediately soften before he heaves out a sigh of relief and his tense shoulders drop as he relaxes at the sight of me.

I have no idea what the hell is going on, all I can do is sit and gape at him.

“What are you doing back here, angel? You didn’t answer your phone, and since you’re normally out front, I panicked when you weren’t there,” he says as he steps into the room and closes the door behind him before taking a seat on the opposite side of the desk.

I reach into my pocket and pull out my phone to see I’ve got three missed calls and six unread messages all from the man sitting in front of me.

“I didn’t realize it was on silent and I’ve been working back here sorting through paperwork. I haven’t seen you for a few days, so I didn’t know if I’d even hear from you again, it’s not like we know each other very well,” I say with a shrug.

“Trust me, I’m not going anywhere,” he says with a pointed look that’s so intense I have to break the eye contact I was holding with him.

“My brother was shot and still hasn’t woken up from surgery. I’m sorry angel, I’d have been here if I could.”

A gasp catches in my throat as I stare at him in horror. I’ve been thinking that he had gotten bored with me while his brother was in the hospital after gettingshot.

“Oh my god, will be he okay?”

“Don’t worry angel, he’ll be fine,” he says with a wave of his hand as if he’s not remotely worried.

“Now, I need you to get your pretty little self upstairs and pack a bag.”

“What? Why?” I ask.

“Because you’re coming to stay with me,” he says with finality.

Is he fucking crazy?

“I’m not staying at your place,” I say with a scowl.

“Robyn, I get that you don’t really know me and have no reason to trust me, but I need you to do this. I haven’t been able to find the man who threatened you, you haven’t been able to contact your brother and he’s a fucking ghost. The deadline you were given ends tomorrow, so I need you to stay at mine for a few days so I can get everything sorted out. I just want you safe,uccellina.”

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