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I flushed, turning away from him at my blatant ogling of his muscular body. What was wrong with me? This man had been to prison! There wasn’t a thing about him that I should be attracted to, yet I was. He protected us when he didn’t have to. He drove me to work and took care of my car—something I still owed him for.
“Um…you still haven’t told me how much my car was.”
“What happened to the money in the jar?” he asked, crossing his arms over his chest.
I licked my lips at the sight of his biceps straining against his shirt. I would not stare. “It doesn’t matter.”
“What was it for?”
“What do you think?” I asked, shoving past him to go…I had no idea where. I just didn’t want to be under his scrutiny.
“Who would take it from you?”
“Why are you pushing this?” I asked, spinning around.
“What was the money for, Sky?”
My breath caught in my throat at the nickname. “I…”
“Nobody keeps that much money in a jar. They put it in the bank.”
“I never said it was a lot of money.”
His eyes turned dark as he stepped closer, a little too close. My throat closed up with the urge to lean in a little closer. A fuzzy feeling made me sway and his hand wrapped around my arm, holding me steady.
“You were crying,” he gritted out. “Nobody cries over a few dollars.”
I swallowed hard, my eyes dropping to his lips that were just inches from mine.
“How much did he take?”
“Everything I had saved,” I whispered. “Twenty thousand dollars.”
“In a fucking jar,” he hissed. “What was it for?”
It was none of his business. I wasn’t even sure why I revealed as much as I had. But the way he was staring at me, it was like I was unable to lie or tell him to leave it alone. And then his hand ran down my arm, his fingers linking with mine for just a moment.
“Tell me.”
“I was leaving,” I said quietly. “I was saving up to disappear. Baz has eyes everywhere.”
“And you think twenty grand will be enough?”
“No, but it’s a start. Or, it was.”
He stepped closer, our bodies flush against each other. His hand slid around my waist, pulling me even closer. My eyes fluttered shut as his lips feathered over mine. It was all too much. The intensity of his gaze, the heat of his body, the way his hands molded to my back…I was dizzy with the intensity of it all, desperate for just one kiss to end the torture.
“Why did you stick around to begin with?” he whispered against my skin.
Why did I…I pushed my hands against his chest, putting some space between us. “I never said who took the money from the jar.”
“You didn’t have to.”
“Why?”
My heart hammered in my chest as I waited for his answer. If he was a spy for Rico, I’d just divulged everything to him. I would never see my son again.
He grabbed for me, but I stumbled back. “Stay away from me.”
