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I ought to know.
At Le Luxe, they jokingly called her the team mother, because she was the one that would take care of everyone’s needs, whether it was emotional support or practical advice. She’s empathetic and compassionate, and I love that about her.
God, it must’vekilledher to be forced to betray the people she cares about. The only thing worse would’ve been forcing her to hurt her own child.
Bastards.
But why does she run when she gets close to someone?
What is it that she fears?
“Good morning, handsome.”
I won’t ever get over waking to those earnest green eyes and that gentle voice. I don’t deserve a woman like her but now that I’ve got her, I’ll do anything, literallyanything,to keep her safe.
“Morning.”
“Mmm,” she says softly. “I love that groggy voice of yours. Wait. Lyam, did you actually sleep?”
I’ve laid with her in bed. I’ve had little naps here and there, but I’ve never actually spent the entire night—or early morning, as it is—sleeping beside her.
“I did. Did you enchant me?” I tug a soft strand of blonde hair.
She reaches for my face and gently strokes my cheek. “Of course I did,” she says in that soft voice that makes my heart turn over. “I waved my magic wand and took away all the thoughts that keep you awake at night.”
If only.
Wordlessly, she snuggles up to me so her head is on my chest. I drape my arms around her and hold her there. I love the comfortable weight of her on me and sigh contentedly. Her hands are as small as a child’s, gently resting on my bare chest.
“Lyam.”
“Mmm?”
“Why don’t you sleep?”
I comb my fingers through her soft blonde hair. “Gorgeous,” I say softly. “You’re so beautiful, Cosette.”
“Are you changing the subject?”
“No, I just don’t want to take this for granted.”
“What?”
“Me. You.Us.But I’ll answer your question.”
She looks up at me and waits patiently.
“What do you remember about when Fabien and Nicolette were first together?” She’s known Nicolette longer than I have, from when they worked together back at our former establishment, La Maison.
“I knew that he bought her for the weekend,” she says. “I know that she was attacked by someone and Fabien killed him. I know that after the weekend, the two of them were a couple and they haven’t been separated since.”
“Right. But do you know anything about what they did or where I was at the time?”
A little line between her brows deepens. “No.”
Nicolette hasn’t told her then.
“Fabien hired Nicolette. I was held hostage and he had to retrieve something to set me free.”
