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“I can take you home.” My offer comes quick. Anything to get out of this house and away fromhim.
“Do you mind?” she asks.
“Not at all, Mum, Dad, Shar’s not feeling well. I’m going to take her home.”
“Oh, honey, is there anything I can get you?” Mum turns to Shar.
“Oh, no, I’m okay. I’m sure I just need to sleep.”
“Okay, well, you call if you’re not feeling better tomorrow, and I’ll get the doctor to come see you,” Mum says.
I stand with Shar and place my napkin on the table.
Until my brother’s words leave me frozen to the spot. “Lucy, you stay. I’m heading that way. I can drop Shardonnay off. I have an early case in the morning. I need to leave anyway.”
“What? No, it’s fine,” I argue with him. I need to get out of here. But then I look at him looking at Shar and I see it. I know why he’s offering. “Actually, Xav, that would be really great if you could. I’ll just crash here tonight,” I tell him.
“I’m going to kill you,” Shar hisses at me.
“Sorry, not sorry.” I shrug before plopping back down in my chair. However, when I look up and across the table at Dominic, I realise my mistake. I’m alone. I don’t have anyone on either side of me anymore. And his smirk seems to grow as if he can somehow read my mind.
NINETEEN
I’ve left her alone for the past week. Well, at least I’ve given her the impression that I’ve left her alone. As much as I’ve tried not to watch her, some impulses just can’t be kept under wraps. So I’ve been helping myself into her apartment, standing in front of her bed, and watching her sleep for hours. She’d wake from nightmares, and I burned to ask her what she was so afraid of. I wanted to assure her that nothing was ever going to hurt her. I couldn’t do that though, because if anything was going to hurt her, it’d be me.
Was I the monster plaguing her dreams?
The thought makes my dick hard. I’ve accepted it for what it is. My obsession. My need to have her trembling from both fear and pleasure.
She’s so close. Within arm’s reach. Sitting across from me at her parents’ dining table. And the death glare she keeps sending my way lets me know she’s just as affected by me as I am by her. I understand why she might not be thrilled about that. I wouldn’t want to be mixed up with me either. It won’t end well.
“May I use the bathroom?” I ask Mr Christianson.
“Of course. Lucy, show Dominic where the bathroom is,” he directs to his daughter.
Which is exactly what I was hoping for. A chance to get her alone while she’s awake and aware of my presence.
“It’s down the hall to the left. You can’t miss it,” she says, trying to avoid me at all costs.
“Lucy…” Her mother gives her a warning.
I watch as she rolls her eyes and pushes to her feet with a visible pout on her lips. “This way,” Lucy grunts at me.
I smile. My eyes land on the curve of her ass as I follow her out.
“You know, you could always take a photo,” she says.
“I already have,” I admit under my breath. I might have a hundred photos of her… that I frequently look at. For some reason, just the sight of her brings a calmness over me. It’s something I’ve never felt before and I’m getting addicted to it. I need it.
“I’m sure you do, creeper,” she huffs in reply. When she opens the door to the bathroom, I take hold of her elbow and drag her inside, closing the door behind us. I position my body in front of the only exit. “What the hell?” she hisses.
Ifshe really wanted out of this room, she could scream and staff would come running. The fact she’s whispering tells me she wants to be in here. Or at least that’s what I’m telling myself.
“Why aren’t you sleeping?” I ask her.
“What?”
“You heard me. Why aren’t you sleeping?”
