Auctioned to the Stranger : Protective Alpha Hero (Highest Bidder Club Book 3) by Cassi Hart

Author:Cassi Hart [Hart, Cassi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Michael

Since I don’t currently have a job and I can’t get my mind off of April, I decide that we’re not finished yet. Dropping her off at her apartment was one of the hardest things I ever had to do, but she’d been adamant, almost panicked about getting back there.

I didn’t understand it then, but now I do.

Waking up the next morning, free of my position as head of security at The Black Door, but nowhere near free from the thing that got me fired; I did a little sleuthing.

Some might call it stalking, but I called it curiosity. Active 1: Never mind that when I saw April coming out of her apartment building that morning, all I wanted to do was run over and sweep her into my arms. Press her against my body where she belonged. Then a much younger girl followed her out of the building. She looked like a mini version of April, maybe eleven or twelve years old.

With their heads down the whole way, it was easy to follow them the couple blocks to the middle school where April hugged her goodbye, then turned and scurried back to her building. Her little sister. April didn’t want to leave her with that monster they had to call an uncle. I followed them every day for a week, looking for a reason. A new bruise, because I didn’t buy her story about falling down the stairs for one second.

I stay hidden while hoping she’ll sense my presence and demand to know why I’m watching her.

But despite April looking more defeated and tired by the day, it’s been a week and nothing’s shown up. She never looks left or right, just keeps her head down and drags herself home after dropping off her sister. Now I’m sitting in my own tiny apartment, at the crack of dawn, sipping my black coffee before heading out to follow them on their trek to the school. Then I plan to stake out April’s place in case she needs me.

I’m convinced I need to do something, but what? I see my little hole in the wall with fresh eyes. The kitchen, living area, and my bedroom are basically the same room, divided by the kitchen counter and the couch that turns into a bed. There’s another room that anyone who lives in the middle of the country would call a walk-in closet at best, that I’ve turned into a makeshift office. It barely fit the desk and chair I shoved in there. The single bathroom is even smaller than that.

I try to imagine bringing April and her sister here, but there just isn’t space. Considering the apartment further, I dismantle the desk and haul out my old camping gear. The inflatable mattress fits from one wall to the next with no room at the head or foot, and there’s about fourteen inches of free space on the side.

“Perfect room for any little kid,” I say out loud, my voice more bitter than the coffee.

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