Page 14 of A Stolen Christmas

“Keep dreaming,” I said with a chuckle as he began to back down the stairs.

“I have incredibly vivid dreams. I’m taking the car in tomorrow. Can I give you a ride to work?” he said when he reached the bottom of the stairs.

I frowned at the potential consequences. “I don't want to be a hassle to you,” I said. He would still be my neighbour if our friendship didn't work out.

“Not at all. We work in the same building,” he said. “Be ready for 7:50 am.”

I was about to protest, but he was already walking away.

“Fine, goodnight,” I said loud enough for him to hear me as I walked toward my door with a smile.

It felt nice flirting with him. After being downtrodden over the divorce, Saul was working wonders for my self-esteem, but I couldn’t allow myself to get used to it.

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“Oh my,” I whispered as I flicked through Saul’s Instagram pictures. I could see why he had such a large following. He probably stuffed a sock down his trousers because that couldn’t be his actual dick size. I zoomed in to check the shape when I accidentally hit the like icon.

“No, no, no, no,” I mumbled as I immediately dropped my phone on the bed and scrambled to unlike it.

There was no way that I could have created a notification that fast. I winced when I saw a direct message notification. My settings were private, and my finger hovered over the accept or block button.

Saul: Are you stalking me?

Me:I needed more information before I got in a car with a strange man.

Saul:Almost all of London knows me. You're safe with me.

Me:I can tell from your posts.

Saul:Didn’t you just like my picture?

Me:My finger slipped.

Saul:Into…?

Cheeky git. This was going into the creepy section of my spreadsheet.

Me:*Onto

Saul:You can ask me anything you want if it makes you feel safer.

Me:I feel safe on the Tube. Why do you have so many raunchy pictures on here?

Saul:These are all old pictures. I stopped posting all this kind of stuff in the summer.

Me:Why?

He was right. There wasn't a single picture of him posing after July.

Saul:It was time to grow up.

I paused momentarily because that seemed like an honest answer, but what did I know? My ex-husband had three other women in his life, and I remained clueless.

Me:It comes to us all. Goodnight.

I sighed and turned my phone on silent. My trust issues were here to stay, but I didn't need another womaniser in my life. It was too late to back out of the lift, but I would need to keep a distance from him.

Chapter 10

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