Page 26 of His Dark Pact

Part Two

Service

Chapter Nine

Day One

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PALE LIGHT STIRREDAmy from her comfortable sleep, and as her eyes fluttered open, the events of the night before unraveled rapidly in her mind.

Worthington’s.

Kyle.

The contract.

She’d been facing imminent homelessness and despair, but lying in one of the many spare rooms owned by Kyle, she now had a home and a job—for the next seven days, at least.

“I’d better get in touch with my old bosses.” She reached for the nightstand and collected her phone. “Looks like I’m going to need the week off from both my jobs.”

She fired off the messages, telling both guys that she’d take the time as unpaid leave. Once she had fifty grand in her back pocket, she could pay off the most incessant debts and still have enough money to tide her over for a few months. That was more money than she made in years! Her heart fluttered at the thought. Kyle’s money was going to change her life, and even if things didn’t work out with his role and the legal firm let her go, she could still return to her cleaning job.

Buoyed by the reassurance, she sat up and swung her feet to the long-pile carpet below, allowing her toes to nestle into the deep fibers.

Heaven.

She’d never been able to afford carpets like that in her life. Even when Graham had been alive, they’d have struggled to cover the costs. It was lovely to relish such luxury without worrying about the price tag. The moment of bliss reverberated through her, commanding her lips to tug upward.

Lazily, her attention darted from her watch to the large window. Rising to open the curtains, it took a few minutes for the digits on her screen to register.

11:40.

It was almost noon already.

The morning had passed in a coma of exhaustion, but then that was to be expected when neither she nor Kyle had gone to bed until dawn. Once she’d signed both her copy of the contract and the second one he’d kept for himself, Kyle had insisted on taking her on a brief house tour while Stevens brought her possessions to the room she’d call home for at least the next six and a half days.

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