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“We need to talk about your living situation,” he says, tucking his cock away and zipping up his jeans.
I am too depleted to stand, let alone think straight. I’m not even sure my legs can hold me up, so I don’t try.
Killian doesn’t seem to mind. While he’s fully dressed and no doubt looking like a dream, I feel like a mess.
Finally, I peel myself off the counter and stand on shaky legs, looking around for a roll of paper towels or something I can use to clean myself up.
“No.”
My gaze snaps back to him, then Killian takes a clean cloth out of one of the cabinets I haven’t explored yet.
“Did I say you could get up? Bend that pretty ass back over the counter.”
My eyes widen slightly, but I do as I’m told.
“Good girl,” he murmurs, sliding his hand over my ass and giving it a little squeeze of approval.
I watch Killian move over to the utility sink and wet the cloth, then he moves behind me and slides it between my legs.
I gasp at the intimacy of him cleaning me up after fucking me. A shudder passes over me, and my tummy bottoms out.
It feels nice.
Soothing.
It feels like a lie, but a nice one. A promise that he’ll always take care of me.
I guess he does want to take care of me, just not the way I want him to.
As if our minds are on the exact same wavelength, he says, “Now, your living situation. It was smart of you to move in with the Dean’s daughter.”
“Thank you,” I say softly.
“But now that the fall term is over and we’re going on break, that’s not going to work. I know you moved there to keep me out, but it was a pretty effective way to keep any Blue Blood out unless they were invited in. Sally’s going home for the holidays, though, and I can’t have you living on your own for a full month. You won’t be protected without her there.”
I swallow. “Do I need to be protected?”
“Yes. So I’m going to put you up in an apartment in Silvan’s building. There’s a smaller two-bedroom available, and Silvan’s dad owns the building, so this isn’t connected to Blue Bloods. His dad isn’t one, he has his own power in this city, and the Blue Bloods don’t want him for an enemy, so they won’t fuck with his property. The building has excellent security. People have to check in and out to come or go. I’ll be able to give instructions at the desk to ensure certain people can’t get in at all, and I’ll be notified immediately when anyone scans in. You’ll be safe there.”
“Not from you,” I murmur.
“You’ll never be safe from me,” he states, turning back to the sink to rinse the cloth. “But I’d never hurt a hair on your goddamn head, so you don’t need protection from me. You need protection from the ruthless people who view you as an obstacle right now because of how I feel about you.”
“Hex?”
“Yes.” He puts the warm cloth back on my pussy. “I’m working on getting everything straightened out, and once I do, you won’t have to… be afraid of him, but right now, he still considers you a threat to a powerful alliance that was made on his watch, and I’m worried about him deciding to take matters into his own hands to fix it. Hex can be heartless when he has tunnel vision and he can see a logical solution to a problem people are letting emotions complicate. I know he’s my friend and he doesn’t want to hurt me, that’s why he hasn’t acted already, but he only has so much tolerance, and there are other things he considers, too. At the end of the day, in his twisted fucking mind, I think there’s some part of him that would view getting you out of my way as doing me a favor in the long run. Something I’d thank him for someday when I pull my head out of my ass.” He finishes cleaning me, then puts a firm hand on the small of my back. “All right, you can stand.”
I do, but a chill settles over me and I hug myself as I turn to face him.
Killian grabs a clean T-shirt hanging in the little nook behind him, then he hands it to me.
“Thank you,” I say softly before pulling it on. As I pull my hair out of the back, I look at him seriously. “You think he’d… hurt me?”
“Yes,” he says without hesitation. “I can think of multiple ways he would deal with you, and each one makes me sicker than the last, so… I need to put you somewhere he won’t be able to get to you. Somewhere I can keep an eye on you while I get everything settled.”
I swallow. I don’t want to be set up in a separate residence like a mistress. I’m feeling enough like one right now, and that just feels like… it feels like giving in to it.
It will kill me to live like that.
