Hero Bear by Candace Ayers

Author:Candace Ayers [Ayers, Candace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lovestruck Romance
Published: 2019-07-11T16:00:00+00:00

15

Kerrigan

“I’m not going anywhere.” To prove his point, Dmitry pulled out my desk chair and sat in it, his long legs spread out in front of him. “And I’m not laughing at you.”

I felt disoriented. I’d worked up a big anger and he’d just deflated my anger balloon. “What?”

“I’m not going anywhere.” He crossed his arms over his chest and rolled his neck. “And I’m not laughing at you. Got it?”

I turned to face him and shook my head. “No, I don’t ‘got it’.”

He watched my finger quotes with another one of those little smirks on his face. “I’m going to make sure you’re safe. I don’t like the idea of you being in here by yourself, so far away from help.”

“Across the hall is far away?”

Ignoring me, he continued. “This way, I can make sure you’re safe and no one is trying to sneak in through your window.”

My stomach twisted at the idea of Nicky Knuckles climbing in through my bedroom window. I turned and stared at it like it was a four-headed monster with drool on its fangs.

“No one is coming in, Kerrigan. I’m staying right here to make sure of that.”

“Why?”

He shifted. “Because.”

“That’s not an answer.”

“It’s the only one you’re getting.”

I kicked the covers off my legs and sat on the edge of the bed. My feet were just inches from his. Oddly, I wanted to rub my feet against his so some part of us touched. I wasn’t a martyr, though. I could only take so much rejection.

“Did it feel to you like I didn’t care who I was with, Kerrigan?” The husky tone of Dmitry’s voice surprised me and when I glanced up at him, it was clear by his expression he was expecting an answer.

I bit my lip and played with the hem of my T-shirt. I was afraid to lay all my cards out in front of him. It was so obvious to me that he had all the power in our exchanges. I needed to keep something close to my vest. “I don’t know.”

“I’ll tell you, then. I knew absolutely who I was with and you were exactly who I wanted. It was how rough I was with you that I am sorry about, but not for touching you or tasting you. That I’m not sorry for.”

My stomach fluttered. “Oh.”

“It’s pretty obvious that the desire was there long before that night.”

South of my stomach fluttered, too. I found a worn spot on the hem of my shirt and tugged at a thread. “It wasn’t. Pretty obvious, I mean.”

As if he realized that he was saying too much, he grew quiet, but I could feel his eyes on me. They burned like a thousand suns over my skin.

I licked my suddenly dry lips and scooted back into bed. “None of it matters, anyway. Even if there was desire, or whatever, I signed a contract. If anyone found out about what happened, I’d lose my job. And, as you know, I can’t afford to lose this job.

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