Page 389 of Hate Mates

“Sorry lady, but they just aren’t that safe.”

“So, what are you telling me?”

“I’m telling you; I’ve decided to buy another house. Well actually I’m buying a large piece of land that I’ll be building a house on, and then I’ll build a secondary home for you, and one for Max. The property is huge. It’s farther from the city, but that’s okay. And I’ll keep this place in case my daughter needs a place to stay, or if we have an early morning in the city.”

I shook my head, “nope.”

“What do you mean no? You haven’t seen the property; you can create a house thatyouwant.”

“This is too much,”

“I thought so too, but it seems like the best plan.”

“Besides, I hope to keep you both on staff for as long as you want to be.”

“And what about when we are done?”

“Then you are done. The property your home is on, and the home is yours to do what you want.”

I rubbed the bridge between my eyes, “can I think about this for a bit and process it?”

“Of course.”

It was hard to sit at the table with Jason and Max there. Especially Max who walked in on us this morning.

“Can’t sleep?”I asked as I walked into the dimly lit kitchen.

“Nope. I don’t sleep well normally, what about you?”

“Thirsty. I need to remember to bring myself up a bottle of water or something.”

“True. We keep meeting like this,” he grabbed my waist and pulled me into him.

“Is this our new normal?”

“Only if you want it to be,”

I smiled even though I knew he could barely see it. I think I did. If someone would have told me months ago, I’d be living with Jason Baxter and getting to pleasure him night after night, I would have called them insane.

This was my new normal. I had no idea what the future would bring, but I was ready to tackle it.

For now, though, I’m just going to give Jason a night to remember.

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