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“Of course, I am. I never miss work. And since I work around germs, I’m never sick. And if Chase was sick, Jeff would be forced to stay with him if the nanny at the time refused.” She drags a heavy hand down her face. “He’s such an asshole.”

“We’re not going to talk about him today. Not one mention, got it?”

“Right.” She looks up at me with conviction. “Fuck him. I’m done talking about him. But I am going to work tomorrow. Don’t try to talk me out of it.”

“My point, Dr. Litchfield, is that if you’re willing to go to work tomorrow, then you can get out of the house with me today.”

She pulls that lip between her teeth again.

“Unless you want to stay home and fuck all day. I don’t want to be presumptuous, but you do seem into me, and since I’ve made it my mission in life to distract you from reality with my cock—”

“Okay, okay!” she interrupts. A hint of pink simmers below her olive skin. “You know I’m into you. You made me tell you twice this morning.”

I smirk. “I didn’t make you do anything. I asked and you answered. It’s official—you’re into me.”

She swats me in the pec. “No, you demanded for me to tell you that I’m into you.”

I act offended. “You’re the one who said it. You certainly didn’t have to. No one was holding a gun to your head.”

“No, you were holding something else to my head. To my mouth to be exact.”

I narrow my eyes. “Are you playing hard to get now?”

Her smile is small, and she shakes her head like she’s giving up. “How do you do that?”

“I can’t help that I’m a sex god, Evie. It’s better to not question it and just let the magic happen.”

She leans into the sofa again and claims my hand. “How do you always make me feel better?”

I shrug. “It’s the sex god thing.”

She pulls my hand to her chest and holds it tight. “Thank you.”

I lift my chin and ask, “So what’ll it be? Sex or am I breaking you out of here?”

“If we have sex all day, I won’t be able to walk tomorrow. But I reserve the right for more sex tonight.”

“Fair enough.”

“Where are we going?”

I give her a yank and pull her onto my lap and look into her eyes. “Just know that I’d never take you anywhere you weren’t safe. I, on the other hand, will not be safe from the shit they’ll hand me for pretty much the rest of my life. But they’ll love you. Are you in?”

She brushes the hair from my temple. “That makes no sense. I shouldn’t trust anyone after what Jeff put me through. And, yet, here I am, letting a man with a gun take me to an unknown second location after I let him have his way with me. I’m doing all kinds of things that are out of character.”

“I have a badge to go with the gun—that should make you feel better about the second location. The sex god in me will have surprises for you later.” I slide a hand up her back and into her damp hair to pull her to my mouth. I kiss her slowly before tipping my forehead to hers and try not to think about the shit show that I’m about to create with everyone in my life.

“Get ready, baby. It’ll be an experience, that’s for sure.”

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SWEET?

Evie

Micah tried to give the guard the afternoon off. Then Micah tried to convince him to stay and watch my house while we were gone since I’d be safe with him.

Word must have traveled fast through BioNova about the first guard getting fired. This gentleman proved to be dedicated to his job and insisted on coming with us.

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