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The gates swung closed behind me and I walked to where Brysen had parked The car was empty and she was nowhere to be seen She had been on the coh the side door and into the garage I wasn’t sure if it was a good sign or a bad sign that she aiting for me in my space, but I wasn’t scared of her and it didn’t o I knew there were serious obstacles standing in the way of just clai inside ofto do it anyway

I made my way into the loft and stopped short once I hit the entrance She was sitting cross-legged in the center of the bed I hadn’t bothered to fold back into the couch She had the frosty bottle of Scotch frolass half full of the amber liquid in the other She had her platinuaze locked on h to make my dick twitch as it was, but the fact that all she had on was one ofelse hadto fine points and all the blood inbelow my belt

She took a swig of the aue darted out to scoop up a stray drop off her lower lip

“Are you going to hurt my dad, Race?”

I heaved a heavy sigh and sauntered over to the bed so I could snag the bottle from her I looked down at her andto start now Even if itclothes back on and walk out the door”

She cocked her head to the side and finished off her drink “I need to know the truth”

“I don’t knohat’s going to happen with your dad, Brysen He owes a lot of ure out a way to pay it off I’ll tell you this: dead men can’t pay, so even if we eventually have to have a talk,it real clear he better coo—for now”

That was so far froain and leave, so I snapped the cap off the Scotch and finished the re I had to hiss a cooling breath through

“There isn’t any ambled away his retire left”

She sounded so sad, so defeated, that all I wanted to do was snatch her up and tell her everything was going to be all right, but like I said, I wasn’t going to start lying to her now

“That happens more than you think” It sucked but it was the cold, hard truth and it had long since stoppedain Only this tie of re at the iron shell I wrappedher I wanted to take care of her and keep her safe and yet here I was indirectly causing her all kinds of grief It ret about what I was doing in the Point, considering all the suffering she had already been forced to endure as the result of so many poor choices made by others

It was her turn to sigh and she bent over to the opposite side of the bed to put her eave me a perfect view of her very naked backside, and this tiroan in She lifted her eyebrows and rose up on her knees so she couldShe didn’t stop until she was right in front of me Her chin tilted and those blue eyes bored intodirectness

“Are you the reason the TA from hell suddenly switched classes? The professor is reevaluating all of my work for the entire semester and now I’ll probably pass”

I lifted the hand that wasn’t holding on to the chilly bottle and cupped her cheek I used my thumb to brush across the velvety-soft curve of her bottom lip

“You’re a good chick and a sweet girl I’ to kick you around We have to talk about that TA, Brysen Shit doesn’t add up”

She made a face but turned her head and put a kiss in the center of my palm that I felt all the way down to the last pieces of my soul that were untainted and unmarred by the life I chose to live

“Are you trying to take care of me, Race?”

“Trying So far my success rate is only about fifty-fifty”

She laughed drily and put her hands on either side of my waist