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“Mm-hmm.”
“That was dumb.”
I crack a smile, but I don’t disagree. I’m not too worried about her going to the police. I don’t think she will, but even if she does, I know my lawyers are much better than any she could hire. “If you want to leave your bank information with me, I will wire you some funds in the morning.”
“Don’t bother,” she says, standing and pulling up her metallic pink skirt.
“You don’t need money?”
“I don’t want yours.” She doesn’t look at me. She focuses on buttoning her shirt back up.
I lean back against the couch, watching her slender fingers tremble slightly as she finishes buttoning the last button.
I’ve just finished fucking her, and already I’m tempted to tug the soft material off her again so I can look at her. Taste her. Touch her. Fuck her.
“What do you do for a living?”
She casts me an odd look before turning away. “None of your business.”
“I’m just curious. I want to know more about you.”
She shakes her head like I’ve said something insane, which I guess I did.
“You should let me pay you,” I tell her.
“I’m not a hooker, and I’m not inclined to let you pay me off so you can sleep better at night.”
“Oh, sweetheart.” I don’t mean to mock her, but I can’t help smiling at her innocence. “I will sleep just fine. It’s not for me, it’s for you. Saying you don’t wantmymoney is illogical. My money is as good as anyone else’s.”
“Not to me,” she murmurs, bending down to pick up her pink leather handbag.
“You like pink?” It’s a stupid question. Of course she likes pink. Her bag is pink, her skirt is pink. It’s a soft, feminine color that suits her well.
She doesn’t answer me, anyway. She turns around slowly as if she’s looking for something, but unable to remember what. She’s a bit scattered. I can see it aggravates her as her hand balls up at her side and her forehead crinkles as she looks around the room, unable to figure out what she’s left behind.
I know what I’m about to say is even crazier than anything I’ve already said, but what the hell? “I’d like to see you again.”
She scoffs and shakes her head, but doesn’t bother dignifying my statement with any kind of verbal response.
The door opens and her gaze shoots to it like it’s her last salvation. She runs over to grab it before it shuts, startling Hollis as he walks in.
It’s not wise to do that, but luckily it turned out okay this time. He flicks a gaze at me as she starts to flee.
I sit forward and reach for the shoes she forgot to put back on. “Hallie, I believe you forgot something.”
She’s halfway out the door when she darts a glance back in my direction. I hold out her shoes, wordlessly inviting her to come get them, but she refuses to move away from the door and let it close again.
Taking pity on her, I get up and walk the shoes over to her. I kneel down just inside the doorway and hold out her high heel like Prince Charming presenting a glass slipper to his intended.
Her eyes narrow with dislike, but she offers her pointed foot anyway.
I slide the shoe on, careful not to hurt her heel, then we do the same thing with her other foot.
Finally, she is as intact as she can be now that she’s met me. Her gaze leaves me the moment it can and shifts to Hollis. “You’re taking me home?”
He nods dutifully. “Yes, I am.”
She nods and brushes past him. I’m sure she feels safer out in the hallway, but she isn’t.
