Page 104 of Say My Name

I kiss the top of her head. “Yes, really. Don’t you see how hard you make me?” My dick’s already growing at the thought of having her again.

“But one thing I won’t ever do, Swan, is share you.” Her eyes meet mine. “Understood?”

She nods. “I don’t want to share you either.”

“Good.”

“Can I ask you something?”

I nod. “Sure, you can ask me anything.”

“Where did you get those blown-glass pieces in your office? The swan.”

“They belonged to my mother. When I was sixteen, I bought her the swan figurine for her birthday. On my way home from the store, I ran into this awful kid from my neighborhood.”

“What happened?”

“We got into it, pushing and shoving, and he ended up cracking the swan figure. I was so pissed.”

“Kids can be assholes.”

“He definitely was. Still is. He’s actually a cop now.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, some asshole beat cop.” I remember back to my mother’s birthday and how happy she was when I gave her the swan. She never even saw the crack. Or at least she pretended not to.

“Then what happened?”

“By the next year, she was dead,” I whisper. “She committed suicide with a gun she must have bought on the streets.”

“I’m so sorry,” she says, placing her hand over mine.

“She obviously didn’t love me enough to stay,” I say out of nowhere, not meaning for those words I’ve never spoken to hit her ears.

“I’m sure she loved you, Devereaux.”

I give her a half-grin. “Thanks.”

“And your father?”

I shrug. “I haven’t spoken to him in years.”

Chapter 30?

Chloe

Work sucks. Serving drinks all night to horny men and women… sucks big time.

Adele approaches just after my last table has left. “You’re doing a great job.”

“Thank you,” I say as I wipe the table down with a damp cloth.

“How about you moving up to Greedy Girl status?” Adele’s red hair shimmers under the soft lighting of the club.

My hand halts its movement. “Yes. Please.”

About time.

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