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Victor is what’s wrong. That motherfucker deserves a beat down.What the hell was Desiree thinking?
“What makes you think that?” I reply, keeping my voice low and steady.
She rolls to the side and rests her hand on my stomach. “I heard it in your voice. You said you need me.”
I blow out a breath and decide to give her a little pillow talk.Except I’ll let her do the talking.. “Rough day.”
She drops her head to my chest. “I’m sorry.”
“It’s fine.” I curl an arm around her back and press my nose into her hair, inhaling her sweet scent. “Tell me something about you, angel.”
“What do you want to know?” Her fingers brush lightly over the hairs on my chest.
“Everything.”
I feel her smile against my skin. “That’s a lot of information, X. How about I start with the basic stuff?”
A laugh rumbles in my chest. “Okay. What’s your favorite color?”
“Purple,” she says without hesitation. “Yours?”
“Black. When is your birthday??”
“Black isn’t a color,” she chastises playfully. “Shouldn’t you know my birthday from my background check?”
“Your personal information is confidential.”
“Oh. My birthday is March 18. How old are you?”
“Thirty-seven.”
“Mmm. I like older men.”
I scowl down at her even though she can’t see me, thankful for the opening she just gave me. “Have you dated a lot of older men?”
“No,” she clips. “Just one.”
My jaw clenches. “Tell me about him.”
Her body stiffens for a moment, then relaxes. “I’ve never told anyone this. Not even my best friend.” She sighs, her warm breath brushing over my skin, and my dick stirs. “We met when he came to my class as a guest speaker. He was good-looking and charming. He was perfect.Tooperfect. He was a walking red flag, but I couldn’t see past the hearts in my eyes. He was controlling, manipulative, and most likely a sociopath.”
I force myself to stay calm and keep my breathing even and my voice steady. “Did he hurt you?”
“Yeah, kind of,” she admits.
She tells me how they broke up a few days before graduation and that while he was out of town, she packed her things and moved into a hotel. Which confirms what Victor already told me.
Then she tells me how he showed up unexpectedly at her graduation and played nice in front of her parents. My blood is boiling when she tells me what he did and said before leaving her in his penthouse.
Guilt spreads through my chest knowing I was the one who provoked him and he took it out on her.
He was angry I was taking away one of his favorite toys, so he tried to break it.
I’m going to kick his ass.
“How did you get away from him?”
“Oddly enough, he just… left. He said something about not having a choice but to let me go. Thank God for that.” She heaves a breath. “So tell me, X, are you a coffee drinker?”
