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“What about your place?”
“I can’t. I can’t be alone tonight.”
Only then do I notice the look of sheer desperation on his face. Something is bothering him. Disturbing him. Frightening him, even.
I unlock my door quickly. “Of course. Come on in.”
Chapter Twenty
Jackson
So much for staying away from Mandy.
When I got to my place, after escorting Blossom home and making sure she was okay, I couldn’t bring myself to go in.
Who do I always turn to when I need to talk?
Mandy.
But I don’t talk to her about my dark and dirty lifestyle. She wouldn’t understand.
Still…this is where I came tonight when I needed someone.
I came to my best friend in the world. Mandy. My Mandy Cake.
Only…
She doesn’t look anything like my Mandy Cake.
Her makeup is different. Her hair is different. Hell, her whole demeanor is different.
She looks…
She looks like she’s been…
“Where have you been?” I demand.
She grabs Roger’s leash and affixes it to his collar. “I was at Rossi’s with Frankie and Gigi.”
“Oh.” Relief surges through me.
I’m not sure what’s with the smoky eye, but hey, not my business, right?
No. None of it is my business. If I don’t want her in my bed, I don’t have any say in whose bed she ends up in.
Except I don’t want her inanyone’sbed.
I want her here. At my beck and call. To be my best friend the way she’s always been.
God, I’m a dirtbag.
If only I could tell her about Blossom. About how I went overboard. About how I lost trust not only in myself but in everything I believe in.
All because…
All because of the woman standing before me. The woman who will take care of me. I don’t even have to ask her to.
I grab the leash from her. “I’ll take him out.”
