Forget About Me by Lina Langley

Author:Lina Langley [Langley, Lina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Half Past Three
Published: 2018-11-25T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

Rocky really wished that Sean hadn’t insisted on going with him. He knew he was going to have to be honest in his deposition and he had felt the air sucked out of the room the moment he had declared his love.

Of course, technically, Sean knew that. Rocky Knight had never said it to him, not since he’d gotten him out of the terrible situation he had found him in, because he didn’t want Sean to think he was saying it only to make him feel better.

Every time he was about to say it, he felt anger burning inside of him. It had been his love that almost got Sean killed, and he couldn’t allow his feelings to get in the way of Sean Connor’s safety. Never again.

They were driving back to the Connor mansion, in silence. Sean hadn’t even turned the radio on or plugged his phone into the AUX cord to listen to music Rocky had never heard of.

The only sounds were coming from traffic.

Sean turned his face to look at him. He opened his mouth to say something, but no words came out.

Rocky sighed. “Sean, before you say anything, we need to talk,” he said. His voice was wavering when he spoke. He was digging his hands into the wheel, making half-moon marks in the leather with his nails. “We—”

Sean stared at him, his eyes wide. Knight knew that Sean knew what was coming, but he still wished that he could protect him, which had been exactly the problem.

Knight had been the problem. He had been the only problem, and Sean needed to be safe.

“The president has insisted that you be escorted by another security detail,” he said, looking at his rearview mirror. A black SUV with government plates was following them closely. “It’s a good idea.”

“That’s fine, but—”

“I’m leaving the service,” Knight said after he tried, unsuccessfully, to swallow down the lump in his throat.

“What? But you’re on paid leave,” Sean said. “Once the investigation is over—”

Rocky sighed, then reached out and stroked the back of Sean’s hand, grabbing a strand of head and twirling it in his fingers. “Sean,” he said. “I know that it’s in your nature to see the best in me, but I can’t go back to being an agent. I can’t ever work again in this capacity. Don’t you see how against the rules this is?”

“What do you mean?”

“We slept together,” Rocky said. “And then I lost you, and you were hurt, and you could have died. I don’t deserve to just be fired, honestly, I deserve to go to prison. I wouldn’t be surprised if they find me guilty of treason.”

“I will vouch for you,” Sean said, his voice breaking.

“My sweet, innocent boy,” he said. He didn’t care about stopping himself anymore, he didn’t care about how he spoke to Sean, because he knew that it had been real, but just like everything, it was going to have to end. “I wish that how you felt mattered more.”

“It matters to me,” Sean said.

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