Page 62 of High Roller

“The women?” Lili wrinkles her nose. “Not specifically, but I know who he used to find them.”

“That would be helpful.”

She frowns. “How?”

I reach out and pat her knee, but she pulls away from me.

“Just trust me,” I say. Though it’s rather ludicrous to ask that of her in the current circumstance. But I’m not going to tell her about Zara and all her connections. There’s no reason to believe any of it will pan out.

“Don’t be mad at Grace,” Lili says.

I shake my head. “I’m not mad.”

“She seemed upset when she came in to check on me last night. Did you fuck up dinner with her?”

I glare. “I’m going to leave you tied to that bed and put a ball gag in your mouth if you don’t stop sticking your nose where it doesn’t belong.”

Her lips press closed, and I know I’ve struck a nerve. Apparently, the idea of a gag scares her because her lips tremble and her eyes fill with tears.

Just what I need, two women pissed off at me.

“I just want to go home,” she whispers a few minutes later.

“I wish I could give you that. But do you really want to go home to that monster, or do you want a new home for yourself?”

“I wish it were that simple.”

“Just answer the question. Do you want to be with that monster again?”

She blows out a long breath. “No. I really was working up the courage to ask for a divorce.”

I nod and reach over to unlock the cuffs that are holding her to the bed. “Good. I’ll help you when this is all over. But I can’t do that if you keep pulling stunts like this.”

“Go check on Grace,” she says, sitting up and rubbing her wrists.

I back out of the room, hating how we are leaving things, but she’s right. The way I yelled at Grace wasn’t right. I need to make sure she is OK.

It only takes a minute to find her sitting on the floor outside my office with her head in her hands.

“I wasn’t trying to sleep with her,” I say, dropping to the ground to sit next to her.

She looks up at me and lays her head on my shoulder. “I’m sorry I left last night. After the Uber dropped me off here, I came in and talked with her for a little while.”

I kiss the top of her head. “It makes sense why you felt like you needed to get away. There’s nothing to apologize for. You do realize we don’t really kill people at the warehouse, right?”

She sighs. “I hoped you didn’t, but I’ve heard you threaten to before. And you know I didn’t help her do that to you, right?”

I let my head fall against the office door and laugh. “Yes, Grace. I know you wouldn’t do that. You’re too much of a service sub for that sort of behavior. Lili, on the other hand, is a brat.”

“Lili is a switch,” Grace says with a giggle. “I didn’t think you would ever fall for a switch.”

My scowl deepens as I lean back to make eye contact with her. “I haven’t fallen for Lili.”

“Right. That’s why you sat by her bed and fell asleep instead of just waking her up to interrogate her about what she knows about her husband and his sexcapades.”

“Stand up,” I snap, as I rise to my feet.

Her face goes pale as if she knows she slipped up.

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