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I never would have expected that I’d become a littletoo comfortable with Danton. On the surface, it didn’t seem logical that such a person would make me feel safe or at ease. But he did. Partly because if there was anyone who could protect me from my father’s machinations, it was Danton.
Realistically, though, he wouldn’t care to protect me from Jorge. I was under Danton’s protection, yes—he’d made that clear. But that would apply to any club buddy he had. If I’d meant anything to him, it would have showed by now. Hence why I could be sure that he wouldn’t be bothered that the arrangement was over.
Not that he’d calmly wish me well and swan out of the room. Being all about control, he would dislike that I’dmade the decision for us. And, not being a fan of change in general, he might find it inconvenient. So I didn’t doubt that he’d be surly and annoyed. But he wouldn’tcarethat we were parting ways. I meant about as much to him as the butter soft leather gloves he often wore.
Why get new gloves when the pair he owned did their job just fine?
Why get a new bedpartner when the one he had did the trick?
Snapping out of my thoughts to see that he was almost fully dressed, I slipped off the desk and snatched my clothes from the floor. “Before you go, we need to talk.”
He paused in fastening his tie. “Talk?” he echoed warily.
Almost snorting at his unease, I pulled on my underwear. He likely worried I planned to ask him to scrap some of the limitations of our arrangement or something. “Yes. It’s important. I wanted to say this face-to-face, not over the phone.”
He raised an expectant brow as he resumed fixing his tie. “So talk.”
Feeling a little vulnerable at the idea of having this conversation while practically naked, I quickly slipped on my dress.
“Cat, I’ve got shit to do.”
Impatient fucker.Shoving my blonde hair away from my face, I tugged up the side zipper of my dress and lifted my chin. “It’s time we ended this. Our arrangement, I mean.”
Danton stared at me for a long moment. And another. And another. A hardness slid into his eyes, his jaw tightened, and his brows slowly drew together.
He took a fluid step toward me. “The fuck did you just say?” It was a menacing whisper that crawled its way up my spine.
My skin pebbling as the atmosphere snapped taut with tension, I licked my lips. “I can’t stay in this arrangement any longer.”
His anger fairly beating at me, he folded his arms. “Explain,” he demanded, as imperious as ever.
“We agreed on total exclusivity. I can’t offer you that anymore.”
Something very dark rippled across his face and flashed in his eyes. “Are you telling me there’s someone else?”
“No, it’s … Call it a matter of family obligations.”
“Jorge told you to end this?”
I blinked, unused to hearing him speak of my father. “No, he has no clue about the arrangement.”
“So he wants to set you up with someone? Is that what this is?”
I sighed, swiping my purse off the office chair. “Does it even matter?”
Danton covered the small space between us with one step, towering over me and stealing my breath, his dark gaze glittering with danger. “You want to take from me what’s mine. So yeah. It fucking matters, Cat.”
“I don’t see why it should.”
“Oh, you don’t?”
“No. I’m not a real part of your life. Hell, you don’t even really know me. You don’twantto know me. We’ve met up almost every weekend for a period of over six months. Not one question, Danton. In all that time, you haven’t asked me one single personal question about myself.”
His brow creased. “Why would I do that when I already know plenty about you?”
And then the penny dropped. “You did a background check on me.”
“A very extensive one. I know what you do for a living, what car you drive, where you live, what gym you frequent, what restaurants you regularly eat at.”
