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And maybe I’d found one for myself.
“Not my style, Del,” he replied with a sexy shrug. “I was gonna bide my time, wait for you to notice me.”
“Notice you? Are you kidding? I mean, look at you, Sonny. I noticed you alright,” I murmured.
I wasn’t going to tell him I didn’t think I stood a chance with a guy like him. I was cute. Pretty even. But Sonny was like sex on legs.
Guys like that never noticed me. Until now.
And did I mention, I was glad.
His body and cover model face might have drawn my attention to him, but it was this right here—this honesty I wasn’t expecting that struck me right in the chest.
Like Cupid’s arrow.
“I’m glad you like what you see,” he said, voice husky as he dropped a kiss on my forehead. “Real glad, Del. But I would have waited however long it took. Lucky for me, I was in the alley that day and heard you were free.”
“Then you came in here?—”
“Yeah, I came in here, like a raging bull,” he growled, a hint of self-deprecation in his voice.
I laughed out loud at the imagery.
Sonny had been rather horny that night, like a bull, but so was I.
Our coming together was the best I ever had, and I needed him to know I had no regrets.
“I am really glad you did. I have no regrets at all about what happened, Sonny. Well, except for maybe what happened after,” I told him.
The look on his face, a heady mixture of need and regret, was enough to melt me into a puddle of goo at his feet. He was deep, this man.
Deep, sexy, dangerous.
If I wasn’t careful, I’d lose my heart to him. But even acknowledging that, told me I was already too far gone.
“I have to tell you something, Del. After that night with you, I haven’t been able to get you out of my mind.”
“Me either,” I said.
“But missing you would never mean hurting you in any way. I am sorry you thought I would stoop so low, but after what I said, I don’t blame you.”
“No, I’m the one who’s sorry. After what that man just tried, I’m sure it must have been him the entire time. Just a way for him to keep coming back here like a gross stalker,” I said, shaking my head.
“Motherfucker,” Sonny growled. “Tell me what he did exactly. Don’t leave anything out.”
Having someone look out for me was new and filled me with a feeling of security I hadn’t known since I was a child.
I wanted to trust Sonny. To continue to lean on him. It wasn’t easy, running my own business. I was sorry to say in the 21st Century people in positions of authority, like that slimy health inspector, still viewed women as fair game.
It would be so nice to share that burden with someone. Especially Sonny, since he owned his own place, too. I knew he would understand.
But were we moving too fast? Was I setting myself up for heartache once again?
I didn’t know if I was strong enough to find out.
CHAPTER EIGHT—DELANI
The confusion that was in Sonny’s eyes a moment ago was replaced by concern and mildly reined in anger when he asked me about the inspector.
