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“I can do that.”
I want to do that.
Opening my eyes, I notice his stunned expression.
“Do I scare you?”
After a moment, his features relax. “Not one bit.”
Chapter Five
Tal
Holly’s sleeping beside me, her body warm against mine as she snores softly, and I smile. If I told her she snored, she’d blush and deny it, but I quite like knowing something about her she probably doesn’t know about herself. She smells like me, which brings out a primal sense of pride that for this moment, she belongs to me. My arm is numb where her head rests, and I stroke her hair gently as not to wake her.
I should be sleeping, but since I’ve been here in Willow’s Peak, I only sleep a few hours at a time. Having Holly here with me helps the boredom I find myself sharing the night with most nights. The last girl I felt anything for was Susie Hancock my ex-girlfriend back home. She was stunning and she loved me until I broke her heart, knowing I couldn’t stay in our hometown and not set off to do what I need to do.
A shrill alarm breaks through the silence. Leaning over the edge of the bed, I grab Holly’s purse and dig around until I find her phone and shut it off. Tossing it onto the bed, I turn to Holly and nudge her till her eyes flutter open.
“Hey, is there a reason your alarm is set for the ass-crack of dawn?”
Rolling onto her back, she moans, “Work.” Becoming more alert, she bolts up and mutters, “Shit, I’ve got to get to work.”
Slipping out of bed, she rushes around the room like her ass is on fire. Leaning against the headboard, I watch her with amusement.
“My dad’s going to kill me,” she frets, struggling to put her socks on without falling over.
“You’re twenty-one. I’m sure you’ll be fine.”
“I could be fifty-one and he’d still try to run my life.”
“Why do you let him?”
“Believe me, I’m forever going against him, but while I’m under his roof, it’s his rules or I’m out, and I can’t afford that just yet.”
Slipping into her boots, she grabs her purse and heads for the door.
“You’re just going to leave without so much as a goodbye after bouncing on my dick all night?”
A blush spreads across her cheeks. “Uh, thank you? You were good?”
She’d warned me she was awkward at times, and I laugh as she swings the door open and disappears.
Knowing I won’t be getting any sleep, I get up and jump in the shower. As I’m getting dressed, I hear the pinging of a message, and find Holly’s phone still sitting on the bed. Smiling at the thought of heading out to the diner before the morning rush to return it, I shove it into my pocket and venture inside the bar. There’s not a brother in sight when I enter, but I do find Cas’s office door sitting ajar.
I take a look around, making sure I’m alone, and sneak into his office. Though I’ve snooped around inside a few times, I’ve yet to find anything of value to me, and this morning is no different. Just a bunch of papers, an electric bill, and a gun kept in the bottom drawer. When I first found it, I’d hoped it was something I could use to tie the club to something illegal, but Cas wouldn’t keep something that could hurt them around.
Coming up empty, I slip out and leave the door just how I found it.
Holly’s phone beeps in my pocket again with a message from her father, wanting to know where she’s been all night. Sure, I had rules growing up, but my parents were never restrictive like Holly’s father, especially once I turned eighteen.
Back in my room, I make sure the door’s locked and retrieve my hidden notebook.
Sitting on the floor, I flip through the pages, reading over my notes. Everything that went down with Ellis, and other details of various encounters, are written within these pages: names, locations, times—everything.
Flipping to the last page I wrote on, I add today’s date and scribble down another failed attempt at finding proof of illegal activities in Cas’s office.
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