Chapter 10
I snuggled up on the mach, making sure my heels weren’t touching anything and croyed my treat, I was deep in a mansion of puppy videos when I got a test.
H: How am your feet?
Ne fore but not that had
Thoked at the message and I don’t know why, but it made me feel better.
Veen‘ send you a picture of my eet, i could be sent fin all I kerne.
I’m not playing gar with you, sweetness, I need to see how
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| reread the mensage several times. Should I be worried that I thought it was sweet? Should I set clear boundarie and tell hirs I was uncomfortable sehen he got ton matrolling? The thing win that I didn’t feel unceradettable. I should have. I had abeys felt uncomfortable shen Simon shreed that side of himmell be the beginning her hard vedly done it are in a while, and I had been able to brush it aile, ipuring my own discomfort. But after we got married, it became an everyday thing. By that time I didn’t del The Thad a way int and
warnings. So I should have und dag waving all over the plane. But I didn’t get the unvandhatable being when Hundan book control. I needed in Egure cut why. But not today, today I was too tired. | posted moelf to be able to take picture of my heeh, knowing he would see I hadn’t been completely honed with him.
Me last dance, it’s not for the weak hearted.
It Send me the pictures.
1 per them and waited for a negly..
Sorry. Do you need something?
Do you need to go to the hospital?
Inded at the messages that popped up one at a time.
Me 11 books worse than it is. 171 just put some dressings on it and it will be fine,
HF: Do you have what you need? i could run to the pharmacy if you need something.
Me Im used in the, I have a supply on hand just in case. But thank you.
and just in case.
- D. But stay off your feet and let me know if you need anything.
Me: Thank you. I will
Laughed and realised I needed to take care of my feet. Strangely enough 1 felt obligned to do so as I had promised Hunter I would. After making sure my hails were taken care of I get to work with planting my new hatu. I made sue the money Simon had given me was still in my savings account. I cursed my ex–husband as looked at the money. I hated the fact he had found a way to run
aietulij made plum and I wabed 1 krone a way bo pay his hack his kind was. It led me down a dark rabbit hole and it was late in the night when I finally belt tired anoligh to sleep.
(wose up the next day to my phone ringing 1 looked at it and tried to get my brain to work to decipher what the caller–id told me. I perked up as I saw it was my landbed calling. While answering | Land to detentor what I could use duce wrong Best won’t dun ku another week
“Hello Has Boshop. I just wanted to call and say thank you and let you know the trander han come though. It’s not often I get teotants as reliable as you,” my landlord sand. The dain’t make me
“I’m happy at But could please let me know what hunder you are talking about?” Lasked.
“Oh, only. The pupost of your sent until the end of your lone D’s very nere to lurer a
“Hight, so Flame patil my rotate rent dat de neu eight mondja? Lakel, byng to understand.
That’s corect. The money was deposited into my so this ingend I wanted to make you and, as it is quite a large sum.”
“That was tire of you
I was nine of you. Thank you.”
“Not at all I hope you have
we you have a war day. Mini Balaj,” to nat
“You, Mr Crown,” and and we hang up. Fra gripped. Was that? Had he used me of the makes many to pay my vox? Or was it the muta that they pan iny tent to show they could ooideal meet As my thouglas gut meme panicked there was only one thing I old think of. I said a manage to Huller
His reply was almost inviat.
Me 1 think so, but someone has paid off my mat for the coming right months.
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I stared at the message. Was he kolding me? This was the same run that had given ine a tuer and put a bell on my deer, jest in case,
Me: What do you men
I didn’t want to write Simon’s name, be war Herter’s son after al
- It’s okay. Let it go and focus on resting these feet of yours.
Inked mye at the mention of my feet, they still throbbed despite being wrapped up. But I wouldn’t let him distract me. Something was going on my selling me he was ing anwering the questions. That triggered my nei flag warming rater. I had never listened to it my first year with Simon, Always making mouse he him, igniting all the warning beth in my head Uned one des reality hit me in the face so hard I couldn’t dose my eyes to it. I may have been nake and stupid when I was yonment, but I was smart enough to learn from my mistikos. Me put hold ne that mould must Finder, but everthing the warned me something won’t right, I needed to talk to him, see him, to try and mad what it was that it off ace Tuned him, it wasn’t until I had hit the call halton that I realised he might be working and wouldn’t have tipin be my call. He picked up at once. As his face appeared on my phone he had a slight brown on his face but otherwise he looked every bit as sexy as aboys, dressed in a shirt with a lie. That’s when I saw the little square with my image in it. Thad been so upset I had forgreen had been asleep filem inte ago. My black hair was still in the braid I usually sheep in but stands had escaped and were everywhere. I was just lucky Thod palled my condorten up in cover me out of habit or else I would howe – Hem naked. My ben burned hight and on an amused sale replaced the from on Hunter’s lose.
Hara in everything okay?” he asked
“Hi, yes, na. Sorry. I repeded you to sexplain why I thin‘ worry about suum paying my rent,” I told him. A quick shake paised over his face, but then he shook his head and smiled.
“I told you, there is nothing to worry about,” I was any tum to loown.
nu are hiding something bem maiding the questions, Either way it makes me uncomfortable, I said I could see him sitting up straighter and looking at me with his intereyes. Then he nighed and cum his free hand through his hair.
“Thi sors, Hana. It wasn’t my intention to make you uncomfortable. Please forgive, he started. I added and waited. “The rent was paid by me,” he then confessed. I couldn’t have been moen med if he had told me it was little gray men from Pluton that had paid for it.
“I thought it would give you a chance to land in all ths and don’t need to mesh into Ending a job,” he explained. I modder
It was sweet and kind and Inderstood his reasoning.
“It’s more than gerent if you and I will pay you back. But I’m not a kept woman can work for my money,” I told him. He ended a sad selle
“It’s not a loan. It’s a gift. I won’t let you refine. And this in no me trying to make you indebted in Hana. It’s a pleased to give it to you and you deserto be safe,” he sai
Freed
That is sweet of you to say and do. But I need to take care of april, make my own money. Freed…..” I didn’t know how tonish the sentence.
” need your freedom.” Harried it for I nodded get it. I have a client that I keep in touch with. He told mely he is looking for people for his company’s belpline. The work is done recastely from home and Tom is a pod employer, he pays decent wages with hearts. Do your
London Hunter asked. I looked at him. Would he shar
“Thank you, I would appetit, I told him. H
“Now you listen to me.
“Thank you,” I said
He nodded. “About the stoney,” Lined again.
me, sweetness. That was a gift and it will remain a gom me to you. I won’t hear anything shut it to you” hede, there was a demand in his voice and
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