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“The key.” He holds up a brass key that looks like a safety pin in his massive hands. “Your father had one made for me.” He smiles.
“Myfathershouldn’t have a key to my apartment to begin with.”
“How he made the key is none of my concern. I have the right copy, and that’s all that matters.”
I close my eyes and take a deep breath, partly to calm down my breathing, but also to try and not lose my shit at the man whom I hate more than my annual gynecological exam.
“I’m going to say this as nicely as I can, and I’m only going to say it once,” I say in the best calm and collected manner I can muster right now. “Get out of my apartment and stay at least a thousand yards away from me.”
Jimmy pretends to think this over. He taps his chin with his finger and looks up at the ceiling before shrugging his shoulders. “Can’t do that, princess. I’m under strict orders.”
“Ugh!” I fist my hair and begin to pace back and forth in the kitchen. “Why does my father treat me like such a child!”
“Maybe because you act like one?” Jimmy says sarcastically.
I turn on my heel to face him and point a finger in his face. “You don’t know athingabout me, so don’t pretend like you do.”
Jimmy lightly grabs my finger and pushes it out of his face. “Hate to break it to you, kitten, but I know you better than you think. And you can’t tell me what to do. I hate this just as much, if not more than you do. I’ve got better things to do than follow your spoiled ass all day.”
“Then don’t do it.” I’m so angry, I overlook his insult.
He shakes his head once. “Can’t. I’ve got a job to do.”
“Why don’t you lie and pretend to do your job? I won’t tell if you don’t.”
Jimmy chuckles and leans back in the stool, crossing his arms over his broad chest. My eyes skim over his body in his white T-shirt. His muscles completely fill out the sleeves, making it look like they're about to bust through the seams. I remember his body and how attracted to it I was the first time I met him and, honestly, still am. Jimmy is built like a romance novel guy—cut abs, bulging muscles, rock-hard body, and a pretty face. But all of that means nothing with the shit personality that he has.
I had to learn that the hard way.
“See something you like, princess?”
His words draw me back to reality, and I’m forced to look at the smirk he’s giving me. He caught me looking at him in the way I didn’t want him to see.
“Or better yet, see something youwantagain?”
I narrow my eyes and bite my lip, trying to suppress the anger. How in the world am I going to survive this? I don’t even know how long I have to put up with him.
“How long will this be going on?” I ask, hoping he knows so I can have a date on the calendar to look forward to.
“Until your father gives me the all clear.”
I whimper and place my face in my hands. I hate thinking that Jimmy holds some kind of power over me with information that I don’t know. It’s like he enjoys seeing me miserable. It’s almost like it fuels him.
I sigh and try to mentally come to terms with my present situation. There’s no way around this. Jimmy will be with me every second of every damn day until he is told not to be. My life now includes Jimmy, whether I like it or not. The only way to get through this is to not play into his games and to act like he isn’t there.
But with a face and body like his… that’s going to be hard to do.
“Why don’t we set up some boundaries?” I suggest, looking up at him.
“What kind of boundaries?”
“I get that you have a job to do, I really do, but youareinvading my life and personal space now, so out of respect for me, there are a few terms we need to go over.”
Jimmy quietly holds my gaze for a few seconds. “Shoot.”
“First off, you have to text me when you are at the apartment before me, okay? I don’t like coming home and being scared like I was today.”
He chuckles and smiles. “What’s next?”
