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How did I get by for all of those years without hearing her voice?
I knock on her open door frame. She looks up, her long curly tendrils hanging by her face as she lets out a sigh. “What?”
“I need to go. Maverick’s Luxury Jet employees will be here tonight. I need to make an appearance and have the first team building activity set up. I’m sending Sean up to keep an eye on things up here.” I try to look her in the eye, but I can’t. Staring in her eyes makes me feel emotions that I don’t know how to control.
Want. Need. Protectiveness.
“You mean me.”
“Yes, Vanessa. You’re the only reason I’m here. Call me if you need me for any reason. Even if you think it’s stupid.” There’s nothing left to say so I say. “Okay.” I rap against the wall as I turn to leave, emotions tug at my heart.
“Beau, you aren’t going to watch the feed of my bedroom once they install the equipment are you?”
My chest tightens as tremors course through my veins. She’s going to have sex with Rome. With my eyes pointed over my shoulder but not at her, I swallow the lump in my throat. “No, that’s the last thing I want to witness.”
I wait at the bottom of the steps for Sean to make sure he’s with Vanessa before I go, but fuck I can’t breathe. It feels like I’m between two walls closing in.
Breathe. Remember your training.
I shut my eyes until I hear Sean’s voice. “Should I call an ambulance?”
It’s muffled but I hear him talking. Finally, I lift my heavy lids and the thunder in my chest has quieted.
“Son, you gonna be alright?” he asks.
After a deep breath, I claim, “Yeah, take care of her. I’ll be back.”
Each breath I take is deeper than the next as I drive home with sweat permeating my dress shirt. The satellite radio is playing “Take it easy” by the Eagles. Each song blends into the next, and the comforting melodies from the past ease my mind.
If she has sex with Rome Lennox, it’s none of my business. I assume she’s had sex since we were together in high school but her asking me not to watch sent me over the edge. Of course I wouldn't watch her and another person in her bedroom. It would break me in half.
When I get home,Maverick is waiting on the front porch. “Hey, sorry I’m late.”
“You’re not late, I’m early,” he says, looking at his phone. “My employees will be here in a few minutes. Beau?” A scratch of irritation tickles his throat.
I blow past him.
“Man, tell me what’s wrong?” he asks.
He follows me into the house, and I take out a bottle of water and guzzle it. “Do you know Ben Levy?”
“Yeah, we’ve met through our horse trainer, Gracie. Why?”
“His company is putting in high tech surveillance equipment at Vanessa’s house…in her bedroom, and she asked if I was going to watch the feed.” My voice trails off as I slam the refrigerator door closed.
Maverick’s always been a little quiet, but he’s fucking speechless right now. He walks around and puts his hand on my shoulder and gives me a little grin.
Vanessa’s always pushed the envelope. It’s possible she wants me to watch her alone, not torment me with another man.
My lips tug upward. I’m hoping I’m right, but I can’t watch that feed because if it’s not what she means then it will destroy me. I’ve come out of the desert twice and know I won’t be so lucky next time. Plus, it’s unethical.
I shake my head. “Here’s the plan for your employees. When they arrive, I’ll have a sign up in the center of the cabins. It will have a cabin number and a list of people in that cabin. However, we will be six beds short.”
Maverick’s lips tighten. “Six of my employees won’t have a bed?”
“Correct. They’ll work together to come up with solutions for their sleeping arrangements. At first they will be mad and want you to handle it, which is why you will be called by a very important client and have to leave to take care of the problem.”
He crosses his arms. “Who is the client?”
