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I hold up an energy bar. “I’m covered for now. I want to meet with the couple, get an idea of what they are like, and then take some test shots. Besides, I need to make sure what they picked out to wear looks good for a camera, you know, that sort of thing. I usually suggest a lunch break, and then we can take some afternoon sunset shots.”
“Lunch it is.” Eros points to the heavy camera bag. “Can I help?”
“Well, you’re my grunt for the day, right?” I grin. I could get used to having an assistant lug around the equipment.
“Yes, mistress.” He bows submissively. “I am yours.”
The playful power shift dynamic emboldens me. For a moment, Eros feels like an old friend. I lightly shoved him toward the door. “Move, servant.”
Eros turns back to me and winks. “I could get used to a job if you were my boss.”
“Did I say you could talk?” I ask sternly.
“No, mistress.” Eros chuckles and runs out the door and into the hallway.
I giggle to myself at his sense of humor. He’s actually kind of fun. Maybe he isn’t so bad. He is the god of love, after all. How bad can he be?
As we load my bags into the trunk of my car, I ask, “Were you spying on me while I was showering?”
“No.” Eros tenses. “Why did you think that?”
“It’s nothing,” I say, brushing off my paranoia. I shut the trunk and head toward the driver's side.
Eros catches my arm and pierces me with his golden gaze. “Seriously, what happened?”
I glance down at his hand, which isn’t hurting me but is too intense. He quickly releases me when he senses how it’s unsettling me.
“Please, tell me.”
Apparently, he’s giving more weight to my imagination than I do. He’s genuinely upset by the thought of someone spying.
“I just felt like someone was watching me. I’m sure it was probably my nerves.” I wave him off, downplaying my intuition. “I had a crazy day yesterday. It would make anyone supersensitive. Actually, it wasn’t the first time I’ve felt that. There have been other times.”
Eros’s jaw tightens. “When did the other times happen?”
“I don’t know, the last few years?” I haven’t thought much of it before since I have always brushed off the sensation as some primal brain misfiring.
“Few years?”
“Yeah, I guess since I graduated college?” I remember how it started up after the night I kissed Carl. Back then, I dreamed I was picking up on Carl thinking about me. Now, I’m not so sure. It’s probably just my overactive imagination.
“If you sense something like that again, anything, let me know.Immediately.” His eyes lock onto mine as if he’s trying to convey the importance.
“Sure,” I say flippantly. I’m just being paranoid. Why would someone spy on me in the shower?
“I mean it,” Eros growls.
This is a side of him I haven’t yet seen before—not that I’ve known him long or anything—but he doesn’t strike me as overly serious or bossy, and this is definitely protective behavior.
“Okay.” I nod and sincerely tell him, “I will.”
Appeased by my answer, he opens my car door and shuts it, then he pops into the seat next to me.
I jump and yelp from his sudden appearance. “What the?—”
“I didn’t want to leave you alone.”
“Walking around the car doesn’t constituteleavingme alone,” I argue. “Don’t pop in like that.”
