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around, there’s no one there. I think I’m going crazy!”
He kissed her on the head. “You’re not crazy. In fact, I think you’re one of the most amazing women I’ve ever met.”
She smiled shyly. “Thanks.”
“Guys like Simon don’t deserve to have a woman like you in their life. Guys who bully women are the lowest scum of the earth.”
“Thank you for saying that, Jake. But – I’ve thought about this a lot – and I guess Simon’s holding onto so much pain himself – he’s told me things about his own past that would make you understand why he behaves like that. I’m not saying it’s okay for him to treat me or anyone badly. But it helps me to move on if I can create some understanding. You see what I’m saying?”
“Yeah, I see what you’re saying – you’re nicer than I am.”
She laughed at his self-depreciation. “We’re all just acting out the traumas of our pasts, aren’t we?”
“Maybe. I guess we must all have these dark things from our past we’re protecting, huh?”
“You have a dark past?”
“Sweetheart, there are things about me you won’t like at all. Things to really be ashamed of.”
She opened her mouth to ask him to elaborate, but he kissed her on the lips.
“I’d love to see you lose control in pleasure now,” he said. “To counteract the bad dream.”
She grinned. “Again?”
“You don’t want to?”
“Oh yeah, I definitely do!”
“Well, come here then, beautiful…”
Chapter Seven
Jake woke up early the next morning and gazed at Astrid as she slept peacefully in a shaft of dawn sunlight. His heart filled with affection – but it twisted with sadness knowing he had to leave. He wanted to kiss her, but he didn’t want an awkward ‘goodbye’, so he eased himself out of bed, left her a note, then went back to his place to shower and shave.
Satisfied he looked half-decent, he left for work, with the words he’d written for her running over in his head. He parked the car and made his way along the busy sunshine-filled sidewalk toward Quinlan Brothers headquarters, wondering how she’d react…
Astrid, there’s something I need to take care of out of town, but we’ll see each other again. Here’s my number…
He knew it was the most unromantic note in the history of love letters, but he wanted to go find his fortune – to get that out of his system – then come back and tell her the truth about everything he’d been up to. Obviously she wasn’t going to like it, but he’d try to make her understand. He still believed that he wasn’t the guy she was looking for, but she was the woman he wanted… Perhaps somehow they could make this work.
It was crowded on this Manhattan street today, and he tried to imagine how Astrid would feel about being among this throng… but it was impossible to understand, because he didn’t have that fear himself. He wanted to get her, though. To know her entirely – body and soul. And he wanted to help her see herself through his eyes – to see the amazing woman she truly was. He wanted to help her feel ‘normal’ again. And he knew she could do the same for him.
Reality clouded Jake’s Astrid-induced happiness, landing him back to earth with a thud. Before he did anything else, he needed to tell Adam and Dylan what he’d done. And he needed to give them the last piece of info he’d gleaned from Astrid’s emails – which was what he’d actually been heading here to do yesterday when he’d bumped into her. And then he would tell them he was quitting.
They were going to be furious when they found out he’d slept with her. His mind reeled with how to handle this. What he needed was some guidance from a big brother. Unfortunately, two of his big brothers were potentially about to kill him, so he pulled out his phone, and called Ivan.
“Hey, Jake.”
“Listen, don’t freak out, but I slept with the health and safety woman who Adam and Dylan are paying me to
He kissed her on the head. “You’re not crazy. In fact, I think you’re one of the most amazing women I’ve ever met.”
She smiled shyly. “Thanks.”
“Guys like Simon don’t deserve to have a woman like you in their life. Guys who bully women are the lowest scum of the earth.”
“Thank you for saying that, Jake. But – I’ve thought about this a lot – and I guess Simon’s holding onto so much pain himself – he’s told me things about his own past that would make you understand why he behaves like that. I’m not saying it’s okay for him to treat me or anyone badly. But it helps me to move on if I can create some understanding. You see what I’m saying?”
“Yeah, I see what you’re saying – you’re nicer than I am.”
She laughed at his self-depreciation. “We’re all just acting out the traumas of our pasts, aren’t we?”
“Maybe. I guess we must all have these dark things from our past we’re protecting, huh?”
“You have a dark past?”
“Sweetheart, there are things about me you won’t like at all. Things to really be ashamed of.”
She opened her mouth to ask him to elaborate, but he kissed her on the lips.
“I’d love to see you lose control in pleasure now,” he said. “To counteract the bad dream.”
She grinned. “Again?”
“You don’t want to?”
“Oh yeah, I definitely do!”
“Well, come here then, beautiful…”
Chapter Seven
Jake woke up early the next morning and gazed at Astrid as she slept peacefully in a shaft of dawn sunlight. His heart filled with affection – but it twisted with sadness knowing he had to leave. He wanted to kiss her, but he didn’t want an awkward ‘goodbye’, so he eased himself out of bed, left her a note, then went back to his place to shower and shave.
Satisfied he looked half-decent, he left for work, with the words he’d written for her running over in his head. He parked the car and made his way along the busy sunshine-filled sidewalk toward Quinlan Brothers headquarters, wondering how she’d react…
Astrid, there’s something I need to take care of out of town, but we’ll see each other again. Here’s my number…
He knew it was the most unromantic note in the history of love letters, but he wanted to go find his fortune – to get that out of his system – then come back and tell her the truth about everything he’d been up to. Obviously she wasn’t going to like it, but he’d try to make her understand. He still believed that he wasn’t the guy she was looking for, but she was the woman he wanted… Perhaps somehow they could make this work.
It was crowded on this Manhattan street today, and he tried to imagine how Astrid would feel about being among this throng… but it was impossible to understand, because he didn’t have that fear himself. He wanted to get her, though. To know her entirely – body and soul. And he wanted to help her see herself through his eyes – to see the amazing woman she truly was. He wanted to help her feel ‘normal’ again. And he knew she could do the same for him.
Reality clouded Jake’s Astrid-induced happiness, landing him back to earth with a thud. Before he did anything else, he needed to tell Adam and Dylan what he’d done. And he needed to give them the last piece of info he’d gleaned from Astrid’s emails – which was what he’d actually been heading here to do yesterday when he’d bumped into her. And then he would tell them he was quitting.
They were going to be furious when they found out he’d slept with her. His mind reeled with how to handle this. What he needed was some guidance from a big brother. Unfortunately, two of his big brothers were potentially about to kill him, so he pulled out his phone, and called Ivan.
“Hey, Jake.”
“Listen, don’t freak out, but I slept with the health and safety woman who Adam and Dylan are paying me to
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