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I hadn’t meant to lose my temper, but Micah had decided to stop by on a bad day.
His beautiful face looked so defeated.Was he serious?What we’d had wasn’t that life-changing.Why was he not letting it go?
Feeling like I’d just kicked a puppy, I reached out and touched his cheek.“I’m sorry.I didn’t mean to yell.I can’t do this with you.Please, go back to Miami and stop coming here.Okay?”
He closed his eyes and inhaled sharply.“You’re breaking my heart, Fawn.I can’t get you out of my head.”
The urge to grab his shoulders and shake him was strong, but I didn’t.“Micah, I am too old for you.Right now, it’s not a big deal.But even if you could keep your dick out of other women, in fifteen years, I’ll be fifty-one.You’ll be forty-one.This was never going to be long-term.It was a moment in time.”
He covered my hand with his, and I dropped mine from his face, not wanting the contact.
“Age doesn’t matter to me,” he argued.
“It does to me,” I replied.“And it will to you, too, one day.”
He ran his hand over his face and growled, “Fine.If this is how you want it.”
“It is.”
When his eyes met mine, I could see his acceptance.Finally.
“Why was Hughes here?”he asked me.
I should have known he’d want to know.“He fired me the night before and came to give me my job back.”
Micah narrowed his eyes as he stared at me seriously.“Fawn, you need to stay away from him.You don’t know him like I do.He’s a bad man.”
I let out a laugh.“That won’t be a problem.He doesn’t like me.I disgust him.”
Micah looked at me as if I was crazy.“No, you don’t, and, yes, babe, he likes you.Keep your distance.Hell, find a new job.One where he isn’t.Better yet, get out of this town.He owns it.”
I squeezed his hard bicep.“I’ll be fine.A couple of weeks of making the money I am at the Morii, and we are out of here.”
He didn’t like that answer.I could tell by the scowl on his face.
“Let me give you money so you can leave today.”
I shook my head.“No.I’m not taking money from you.”
“This is not the time to be stubborn, Fawn.You need to get out of here.Out of fucking Florida.”
“You are overreacting.I have things to do before work.Get on your bike and go home.Don’t show up here again.I mean it.”
“Fuuuck,” he muttered.“Fine.I’ll go, but please listen to me about Garrett.”
I nodded.“I promise, I won’t go near him.”
That seemed to appease him.Thankfully.
Micah turned and headed for his bike, and I unlocked the camper and went inside.Glad for that to be over.If I was lucky, he would listen and not come back again.The next time, I might lose my shit, and I wasn’t one to do that often.I liked being happy.
Garrett’s arrival at Moriiand request for me had not gone over well with Eliana.Leo taunting her about what she’d claimed Garrett said about me being a lie only fanned the flame.I would have gladly let her serve him.I didn’t need to be insulted tonight.Eliana made it her life’s mission to do that every chance she got.
Leo slid Garrett’s scotch over to me, and I put it on my tray.
Garrett had barely glanced at me when I went to ask what I could get for him.He was readingTheWall Street Journal.I had taken that as a blessing and gotten out of there as fast as I could.Hopefully, it would be the same when I delivered his drink.
On my way, Eliana stepped out of one of the semi-private areas.Those hateful eyes locked on me and the tray in my hand.If I wouldn’t get fired, I’d hand her the damn thing and tell her to do it herself.I didn’t want to.
