Chapter 52
The alarm on my p
rphose woke me up. It took me a moment to onent myself. I was again i a strange bed, in a mom i didn’t recognise. But still I fete relayed an I reached for my phone and st alarm off. The arm around my waist tightened and I was pulled back. Hunter numed into my neck, his beard tickling me. I giggled and wizzled to get away.
rould just stay in bed the rest of the diy,” he suggested in a voice still raspy from dep,
“Anit skip work?” I asked, pretending to be shocked.
“Mem. Sometimes you have to be bod,” he told me. I giggled again.
“Easy for you to say. You are the owner, the only one that could scold you is lison. And I have a feeling he would mom likely give you a high five,” I pointed out. Hunter Laughed and kissed m
ass that in troe.” he admitted. “So how about an extra thirty minutes in bed? I will still have time in shower and
“1 puess
“I like
the idea. I can make you a sandwich to go while you got ready.” I said.
“You don’t need to do that. You can make yourself breakfast and 1
| grab something when I get to wrak” h
he bold me.
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“I know that you won’t, You told yourself. And it’s not a big thing. I need breakfast as well. He hammed.
“I do appreciate it. So, did I persuade you to sleep in?”
“Fifteen minutes,” I decided and tumed around in his arms. He had a laxy smile on his face and my heart skipped a couple of beats. He was too handsome and I kissed him
An hour later and I was getting ready to settle down for work. My phone pinged and I saw it was a meage from Wictor.
W: Anthony called yesterday
Me: That is great! Did
1! Did you tali?
W: He asked if I wanted
I wanted to grab a coffee on Saturday. He said he would rather talk in pan
I looked at his messages, they seemed a little fit. There was no jay or excitement in the
Me: Can I call you?
My phone ring almost as soon as I had hit the send button,
what’s up?” I asked.
“I don’t know. I just don’t know how to feel about all of this I mean, I’m happy I guess,” Wictor raid.
“You don’t round happy.” I pointed out. There was a deep sigh and a long pause that allowed me to hear the background noises that told me he was walking to work
“I don’t feel like I can be happy, or excited. I don’t know what he wants to talk about,” he told in.
right. You don’t want to get your hopes up in case he just wants to any Hi, long time no sex,” I sa as I understood.
“Yes. What if I allow myself to hope he wants something to happen between us. And we sit down and he starts selling me about his wonderful husband and the child they are about to adopt and his only interest in talking to me in saying thanks for apen his eyes in being gay?”
“I’m not saying that is what’s going to happen. But maybe it’s not a bad idea to keep the expectations “I told him. “But not too low, aybe not plan your future wedding, but see it as a nice thing to see an old friend.”
“You or right. That is a good way in look at it. Can you come along?”
hecked.
“What? No!” I said, I could pic myself sitting there a wand third wh
d’ wheel. “Why would you want me there? He sighed again.
“As a tallback. I could use someone to fall back on if he starts showing pictures of his arm of adonispherds. I had to laugh.
“Thought he was getting monte, 1 teased Witte
Trant decide which scenat I would hate not be confessed
“Okay. So I won’t join the two of you, I don’t think you really want me in. But if me on you from dar? Loffered.
you test me the place and time I will ask Huber if we go for coffee and the ani
the same time and i can keep an
“You bend and rind,” he tak
and hang up. I giggled an logged in to work. During my lunch trated Hunter.
Me: Hi. How about we go out for coffee on Saturday allernoon?
- Hella, Saumb like fun. Starting to feel couped up?
Me: Not really. To be honest Wictor is meeting Anthony and asking for moral support..
H: Are you talking about a double date?
Me: Mo. More like friendly spying?
H: Haha. So you aren’t asking me out on a date, but on a stakeout?
I smiled at my phone. I hadn’t realised that Hunter would be the perfect man to bring. He could make sure we didn’t get caught,
Me: Yes,ectly. If it’s okay with you.
H: Sweetness, that sounds like a lot of fun. And you made nu curious. I’m in
Me: If everything goes okay with Wictor and Anthony, maybe we can go on a real date after?
H: 1 would like that as well. Did you have anything in mind?
Me: No. How about a movie and dinner
- That will work fine. He about you pick the movie and I will pick the same?
Me can do that
I was in a good mood all day and it lasted as Hunter got home and we cooked dinner. In fact, my good mood lasted into Saturday Hunter was a big reason. He continued to make me feel safe, beautiful and sexy. It was a new experience for me as I slowly started to adjust my expectations of what a relationship could offer. He had also awoken my sexual side. Truth be told, I had a hard time keeping my hands off him. I had been nervous at first to initiate something. I was scared he would take it is a sign I wanted more than I could offer, or that he would reject me. But he prove ne wrong in both cases. He was be a balm to my scared and. He spent hours giving me pleasure schlie hardly letting me touch him. From the first night we spent together, he asked me to join him in his bed every night. I always arreted as I didn’t have any reason to refuse. Even the nights we didn’t end up exploring each other, I slept better than I had in years.
Saturday moming Hunter sat me down to talk. He had his serious face on so I knew it was something important.
“We need to talk about some rules we need to have in place when we go out today,” he told me
“Yes, sweetness. You have stayed with me fue a row and I have men watching the ones who tried to break into your apartment. But I can’t be certain they are the only ones Simon has at his disperal. Or that one of the mafia groups haven’t discovered where you are and think you will be a good negotiation plece towards my son. In short, I don’t know if there is someone out there still interested in grabbing you,” he explained in me. I nodded,
“And you
say I won’t be safe even if I’m out with you?” I asked. He smiled at me and cried my chook.
“I will always keep you safe,” he told me. I didn’t like what he was saying because it sounded like his comment had a but at the end. “But there may be times that I can’t protect you. If they subdue me or if there are too many of them, I can’t keep all of them occupied,” he continued. 1 Growned as I started to hate where this was going. “If I tell you to run. You run.
“But what if you get hurt? object. My te being objected to the idea of losing Hunter behind as I ran away. Not that i deluded myself to think I could be fl. But to just leave him. It felt tuld.
“Even if I get hurt. No matter what happens to me, you will run away,” he told me. His voice let me know he wasn’t playing around. He expected me not to object.
“And what do I do when I run away from you? Then we will both be alone,” I asked.
“The first thing you do is besp running until you know you are safe. If you see any uniformed people you go to them. I don’t care if it’s a cop, a military or a fireman. Even a security guard is okay. If you can’t find one of those and aren’t close to a police or fire station, you head either for this apartment of my office, whichever is closest to where you are. If that is not an option, you go to w big bank office. Not a small one. A big one with a uniformed guard and lots of security cameras. You keep going until you can get to one of these places Avoid narrow streets or streets without people. Try not to bot yourself in. Always have more than one nit,” he instructed me. I nodded and tried to remember everything. “As soon as you can, call Lavon. If you can’t wach him or if he tell you to do je, you call the police and ask to be connected to chic Danny. You can trust him and you can tell him everything.” Hunter said.
“Maybe we should just stay home.” I told him. He gave me a weak smile.
“I don’t want to scare you, sweetness. But I need you to know these things. And I need you to listen to me. That is how I will keep you safe. Do you promise to do as I tell you?” he asked “Ida,” I peamised afte
after some hesitation.
“Good. Then there is nothing to worry about. And just so you know. I think we will have a fun day and them go home and have a fun ening. And we’ll both get having this conversation,” he told me.
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“I would like that very much,” I said, giving him a smile.
