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the other.”
My face felt hot. “You make it sound so simple.” He turned back into the room, the ocean glinting behind him. I took a deep breath. “Hugh is in trouble and I’m trying to help. I thought that’s what you wanted, too.”
Backlit by the last light of the day, it was hard to see Dan’s face. “You’re right,” he said, his voice sounding calm again. “That is what I want.”
“Do you think that’s a good idea?”
“You don’t trust me.” He took a step toward me.
“I don’t trust me,” I said, feeling a pull toward him.
“I just, I really want-”
A knock on the door interrupted us as Dan reached for me. I turned to look at the entrance. Blue ran to the door, barked, and sat. Mulberry, I thought, and then Dan’s hand was in my hair. He turned my head capturing me in a kiss. His other arm wrapped around my waist and pulled me against him. Without thinking I responded, burying my fingers in his hair, my leg bending up to curl around him, pressing the hilt of the knife into the sensitive flesh of my inner thigh.
Blue barked again and I pulled away, my breathing heavy. Dan looked down at me, his eyes roaming my face. I disentangled from him and straightened my skirt as I walked over to the door. Checking the peep hole my suspicion was proven right; Mulberry waited in the hall.
I sighed involuntarily and opened the door feeling Dan’s kiss on my lips and the wild beating of my heart against my breast. Mulberry smiled nervously and immediately began talking. “Hey, sorry to bother you, I know you’re leaving soon but I just wanted to talk to you before you left. Can I come in?”
Dan walked up behind me. “Mulberry,” he said, his voice cold.
Mulberry’s nervousness disappeared and he stood up tall, straightening his broad shoulders. “Dan, I didn’t know you were here.”
“I only just arrived.”
“Don’t worry,” I said to Mulberry, trying to end this as quickly as possible. “I’m not planning anything stupid for tonight.”
“What’s going on?” Dan asked.
The ding of the elevator was quickly followed by the sound of children’s voices headed our way.
“Let me in,” Mulberry said, making eye contact.
“Fine,” I said, stepping aside for him to enter. For a moment Dan blocked his path and the two men stared at each other, the air between them pulsing. Blue pushed up against Dan’s hand and he turned back into the room, Mulberry following behind him.
Seeing the dress box where I’d left it on the couch, Mulberry walked over to it and picked up the note. He turned to me. “Robert sent you that dress?”
“Yes,” I answered, raising my chin.
Mulberry ran his hand through his hair and licked his lips. “Do you think you should wear it? Didn’t you go shopping today?”
“Why wouldn’t I wear it?” I asked, ignoring the second part of that question. “You said I could trust him.”
“What’s going on?” Dan asked.
“Mulberry told me to trust Robert Maxim despite the fact that every cell in my being tells me he set this whole thing up to get me here.”
“I don’t think he is going to hurt you,” Mulberry said, his voice louder than it needed to be. His eyes whipped to Dan and then back to me. “But, he, I wouldn’t be surprised if he came on to you. Hard.”
“So I should trust him, but not too much,” I said anger building in my chest at both of them being there at all, at Bobby Maxim for being who he was, at myself for not knowing what to do, for the burning lips and the heat I felt. “You don’t think I can resist him?” I asked. “Am I so easy?”
Mulberry’s eyes darkened. My eyes narrowed as I stared back at him. Flicking my eyes to Dan I saw him staring at the ground. Neither of them answered me. Blue’s nose nudged my hip, reminding me he was there.
I took a step back. My lip curled. “Fuck both of you,” I said my voice low. Neither of them looked at me. “I never promised either of you anything but you still
My face felt hot. “You make it sound so simple.” He turned back into the room, the ocean glinting behind him. I took a deep breath. “Hugh is in trouble and I’m trying to help. I thought that’s what you wanted, too.”
Backlit by the last light of the day, it was hard to see Dan’s face. “You’re right,” he said, his voice sounding calm again. “That is what I want.”
“Do you think that’s a good idea?”
“You don’t trust me.” He took a step toward me.
“I don’t trust me,” I said, feeling a pull toward him.
“I just, I really want-”
A knock on the door interrupted us as Dan reached for me. I turned to look at the entrance. Blue ran to the door, barked, and sat. Mulberry, I thought, and then Dan’s hand was in my hair. He turned my head capturing me in a kiss. His other arm wrapped around my waist and pulled me against him. Without thinking I responded, burying my fingers in his hair, my leg bending up to curl around him, pressing the hilt of the knife into the sensitive flesh of my inner thigh.
Blue barked again and I pulled away, my breathing heavy. Dan looked down at me, his eyes roaming my face. I disentangled from him and straightened my skirt as I walked over to the door. Checking the peep hole my suspicion was proven right; Mulberry waited in the hall.
I sighed involuntarily and opened the door feeling Dan’s kiss on my lips and the wild beating of my heart against my breast. Mulberry smiled nervously and immediately began talking. “Hey, sorry to bother you, I know you’re leaving soon but I just wanted to talk to you before you left. Can I come in?”
Dan walked up behind me. “Mulberry,” he said, his voice cold.
Mulberry’s nervousness disappeared and he stood up tall, straightening his broad shoulders. “Dan, I didn’t know you were here.”
“I only just arrived.”
“Don’t worry,” I said to Mulberry, trying to end this as quickly as possible. “I’m not planning anything stupid for tonight.”
“What’s going on?” Dan asked.
The ding of the elevator was quickly followed by the sound of children’s voices headed our way.
“Let me in,” Mulberry said, making eye contact.
“Fine,” I said, stepping aside for him to enter. For a moment Dan blocked his path and the two men stared at each other, the air between them pulsing. Blue pushed up against Dan’s hand and he turned back into the room, Mulberry following behind him.
Seeing the dress box where I’d left it on the couch, Mulberry walked over to it and picked up the note. He turned to me. “Robert sent you that dress?”
“Yes,” I answered, raising my chin.
Mulberry ran his hand through his hair and licked his lips. “Do you think you should wear it? Didn’t you go shopping today?”
“Why wouldn’t I wear it?” I asked, ignoring the second part of that question. “You said I could trust him.”
“What’s going on?” Dan asked.
“Mulberry told me to trust Robert Maxim despite the fact that every cell in my being tells me he set this whole thing up to get me here.”
“I don’t think he is going to hurt you,” Mulberry said, his voice louder than it needed to be. His eyes whipped to Dan and then back to me. “But, he, I wouldn’t be surprised if he came on to you. Hard.”
“So I should trust him, but not too much,” I said anger building in my chest at both of them being there at all, at Bobby Maxim for being who he was, at myself for not knowing what to do, for the burning lips and the heat I felt. “You don’t think I can resist him?” I asked. “Am I so easy?”
Mulberry’s eyes darkened. My eyes narrowed as I stared back at him. Flicking my eyes to Dan I saw him staring at the ground. Neither of them answered me. Blue’s nose nudged my hip, reminding me he was there.
I took a step back. My lip curled. “Fuck both of you,” I said my voice low. Neither of them looked at me. “I never promised either of you anything but you still
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