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Kelly gripped her arm. “Skylar, let’s get out of here.”
She turned to Kelly. There was no sense in pretending Rex wasn’t talking about her. Kelly had already figured it out.
“Ma’am?” The waiter interjected, talking to Kelly. “Your Uber is ready if you’d like a handout.”
“Come with me,” Kelly said. “We can have the driver take you home first.”
“Okay,” she said. With the waiter helping stabilize Kelly, they exited the building and walked to a waiting Uber. They settled Kelly into the front passenger seat, and Skylar shut the door and then got in behind her.
But she didn’t shut her door.
You’re running again. Don’t run again. Not fromhim.Not fromRex.
What had Julian told her?
You’re gorgeous. A princess. A goddess. A fucking warrior. Don’t forget your strength ever again. Your power. You are enough on your own.
It’s what he’d said to her two weeks ago before he’d walked out of her life forever.
But even though he’d walked away, he wasn’t gone.
He was here with her now. In her bones. In her soul. And yes, in her heart.
He’d helped her find herself again, and it had nothing to do with an orgasm and everything to do with who he was.
A foster child. A journalist. An escort. The Sex God of Manhattan. Agoodman.
One, she suddenly realized that even as he’d urged her to regain her power, he hadn’t felt he could do the same.
She remembered the rest of what Julian had said.
But you are also everything a man could ever hope for. I’m sorry I’m not that man, and I’m serious about that, Skylar. I’ve never felt that, never said that to a woman in my life. I wish it could be different.
I’m sorry, I’m not that man.
I wish it could be different.
That didn’t sound like a man in control or a man making a choice.
It sounded like a man unwillingly tethered by his past, just like Skylar had been for so long.
And still was.
It wasn’t as if Julian had given her one orgasm and she was baggage free.
Hell, no. She had plenty to work through still. And so, apparently, did Julian.
She just wished they could work through them together.
“Kelly, I’m so sorry to leave you like this, but I have to go back in there.”
Kelly, who’d already been looking over her seat at Skylar, smiled. “Thatta girl. Give him hell, Skylar.”
Skylar grinned. “I will.”
* * *
As Skylar approachedher utter jerk loser of an ex-fiancé, she kept her shoulders squared, her back straightened, her chin held high, chest pushed forward. She wanted to convey nothing but confidence. Wanted Rex to see a sexy, confident temptress. He’d thought she was broken because she couldn’t come—she was going to show him she’d embraced her sexuality in a way she never had before untilaftershe'd left him.
