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“I’ll have my guy check your message. If there’s anything to be found, Slate will find it. But in the meantime, what is it you think that I can do for you?”
Peyton let out a low, husky laugh that was pure fucking sex. “Honestly? I have no fucking clue. I knew I couldn’t go to Lisa’s place and put her at risk, which makes me sound like an asshole because I shouldn’t put you at risk, either. But you look big and strong enough to handle yourself, so maybe it’s not so bad.” My eyebrows rose at those words, right alongside my ego, and I stifled a smile at her bluntness while she continued. “I’m used to handling shit on my own, but I’m not sure this fits the bill. You have any suggestions other than the fucking cops?”
My lips pulled into a tight line at her question. “None that I can come up with now in the middle of the night, without knowing more.” My gaze raked over her supple tits once again and my cock twitched to life. Down boy. “I need a good night’s sleep and I think you do, too. I have a spare room. It’s yours if you want it.”
She blinked slowly, blue eyes framed by dark coppery lashes. “Seriously? You don’t even know me.”
“No, but I’m confident I can take you if you try anything.”
She smiled. “Yeah, I suppose that’s true. I don’t want to impose, but there’s no obvious connection between us, so this has to be safer than my bestie. No one’s about to guess that I came here right off the bat, right?”
I shrugged, but offered her a smile. “You’re safe here, Peyton.”
She sat up taller and nodded. “Okay, then, yes, I accept the offer.” She glanced around and nodded again.
“Do you have any bags?”
She shook her head, “Cops wouldn’t let me take anything, there’s a bag on the backseat with my gym clothes, I guess I can wear them until they let me back in.”
“I’ll fetch it,” I said, and plucked the keys from her grip.
“I can do it,” she said to my back.
“But I’m already doing it, so relax.”
I strode out the door before she could protest any more. She had a small duffle bag tossed haphazardly in the backseat and I grabbed it with one hand, then quickly checked under the car for trackers or anything else that might lead someone to my house.
When I walked back inside, she had her arms wrapped tightly around her midsection and had gotten up from the table, standing instead right in the darkest corner of the room, her eyes darting all around.
“Peyton?”
“It’s fine. I’m fine, really. I’m good,” she said unconvincingly.
“You’re not fine,” I said. “You shouldn’t be.”
Peyton shook her head. “I didn’t even like her, why am I responding to her death like this?”
“It’s your first dead body, which always hits a little different than the rest.”
“Right. My first body, of course. Why didn’t I think of that?” she said sarcastically.
“Because I’m the big, strong badass, to use your words,” I said with a grin. “It’s my job to know, so you don’t have to.”
That earned me a very cute glare, but then she rolled her eyes and let out a laugh. “Yeah, okay.”
“Come on. It’s time for both of us to get some sleep.” I grabbed her bags and carried them upstairs, dropping them on the floor beside her bed. “Towels and toilet paper are in the closet just across the hall. Shampoo and conditioner should be in the shower.”
“Thank you.” She hesitated and tried to stand on her own. “You wouldn’t happen to have an extra toothbrush, would you?”
I frowned. “Careful, that’s serious relationship territory, or so I’ve been told.”
Peyton laughed. “They wouldn’t let me get my toiletries because apparently the bathroom was part of the crime scene.” She shuddered again and I nodded, tugging on the door in search of toiletries.
“Here you go.”
“Thanks,” she whispered. “I appreciate this, Rocky. All of it. Thank you.” She gripped my shoulders and stood up on her toes, pressing her plump lips to my cheek. “Good night.”
“Good night,” I bit out. It wasn’t that I didn’t want Peyton in my personal space, in my house. But goddammit, I didn’t need a sassy redheaded siren under my roof making my cock stay up all night thinking about all the ways he could make her come.
