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David’s mouth opened, then closed. Then he did it again, his eyes bugging out. He kind of reminded Matthieu of Dougie. Except Dougie was cute and sweet and not a dick.
Unlike David, who was.
Matthieu still had half a mind to tell this guy to get lost and walk Maya out of there.
And if Maya were his he’d have done just that.
But she wasn’t. And when he left, she had to go back to her life. This life.
So it wasn’t his right to interfere too much in her life.
But that didn’t mean that he didn’t want to.
“You cannot demand a bonus!” David cried. “That’s impossible! I can’t afford that! Who do you think you are?”
“She’s the woman who brings in all your customers,” Matthieu told him as he leaned in. “Just think about what would happen if we kept walking.”
David swallowed heavily. “Fine. I’ll give you a five percent pay rise if you stay.”
“Done. Let’s go.” Maya walked quickly away, but Matthieu gave David a look.
“Maya, wait for me,” Matthieu ordered before turning to David. “I’ll be watching you. If you even step a foot out of place, I’m going to make your life a living hell.”
David swallowed heavily. As he’d suspected, the guy was a bully. And when he was confronted, he caved like a coward.
Matthieu walked over to where Maya was impatiently tapping her foot. “Maya, wait?”
“Yes. You’re not supposed to leave my eyesight.” He shot her a look. “So lucky that you obeyed me or you’d be in trouble.”
She raised her hands in the air. “You keep saying I’m going to get into trouble, but I don’t know what you are talking about. What sort of trouble?”
The kind that was going to make it hard for her to sit. But he didn’t say that. He didn’t need her freaking out on him.
“Come on, you’re late for class.”
“What did you say to David?”
“That is none of your business. Let’s go.”
18
Urgh.
The man was infuriating.
But she pushed her irritation to one side and plastered a smile on her face as she walked into the class. She spotted Livvy immediately. To her surprise, Millie was standing next to her.
Millie smiled big at her, waving her hand. “Hey, Maya! Don’t worry, I left Mr. Fluffy at home with Spike. Oh.” A strange look crossed her face as Matthieu walked in behind her.
Livvy had that same look. They stared at Matthieu. Strange. She almost got the feeling that they knew him.
Maybe they did?
“Hi, all. Sorry I’m late. I have to introduce you to someone. This is Matthieu, he’s my, uh, he’s . . . um . . .”
Okay, this was painful.
“I’m her bodyguard,” Matthieu said smoothly.
