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“But I can still come over when I’m bored, right?” I chuckle, trying to change the tone of the convo.
“That, you never have to ask. You’re family.”
“Thanks, I appreciate it.”
The line goes silent, and I can hear him breathing.
Then he sighs. “Let her go.”
“I promise I’m not keeping her.”
“Are you at least feeding her?”
“I’m not a complete animal. Actually, if you must know, I’m playing chauffeur for her today because she hurt her leg. She got knocked down by some asshole on the sidewalk and tore up her leg pretty good. Oh, and I also cleaned and bandaged her,” I add as if my little show of kindness negates all the bullshit I’ve done.
“What you are telling me is you . . . played doctor?” he says it like it’s another kink of mine he’s discovered, and honestly, I’m not as against the idea as I should be.
I’m so fucked.
“What?” I say, going with the denial route. “No. No. No fucking way.”
“Sounds like you have a thing for this girl, after all. Why don’t you bring her over? We can have dinner.”
“Fuck no.”
“Fiiiiiiiiine.”
I hang up the phone.
Jaxson is a pain in my ass. But he’s not wrong.
That doesn’t mean I’ll listen, though.
Chapter
Thirty
TRENT
Tonight, I avoided her.
I’ve been doing that a lot recently.
The thing is, despite avoiding her, I find myself heading down the halls of the center and looking for her.
It makes no sense what I’m doing, yet I can’t stop my feet.
I find her in the library. She’s not alone. She’s with Anne, a resident here at Cresthill. My feet stop short, but it’s not her companion but what’s in front of her that has me halting my steps.
Even here, she found time to read the book I gave her this morning. The one she has to report back on this week.
This woman is impossible to bring down. No matter how much work I throw at her, she rises to the challenge.
If I weren’t actively trying to ruin her, I’d probably hire her.
“Let’s go,” I huff out.
She looks up from the table, confused. A cute line forms between her brows.
