Pet (The Ember Brothers Book 3) by Adele Niles

Author:Adele Niles [Niles, Adele]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Adele Niles
Published: 2019-12-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

William

I couldn’t stop thinking about Cara.

I mean, it was hard not to, with her in my apartment 24/7. At night, I lay in bed, thinking about her sleeping just a few yards away from me in the other room. I wondered what she would do if I got up, crossed the few steps to her room, and climbed into bed with her, pressing my warm body against hers, the way I’d been fantasizing more and more lately…

But of course, I wouldn’t do that.

It wouldn’t be right. I’d promised not to touch her, and I couldn’t take advantage of her. She was suffering enough as it was, being cooped up in the apartment all day with James’ goonies waiting right outside to do who-knows-what to her if she tried to leave.

I still couldn’t figure out how to set her free safely without James knowing. If I simply dropped her off at her dorm or her house, James would surely find out, kidnap her again, and punish her. Not to mention anyone he encountered along the way, like her friends or mother, wouldn’t have a chance, either.

Plus, James would be offended that I rejected his “gift,” and I could lose my position with the Cohen family. Or, even more likely, much, much worse. You couldn’t trust a guy like James, and you couldn’t dare cross him, either.

Cara and I discussed several options. If she wanted to be free immediately, I could have set her up with some money and a flight out of the country, somewhere James and his men would never find her. But she didn’t want that—she missed her old life, and why should she have to give up everything and start over alone in a strange country? I couldn’t blame her for not wanting it.

But the more time we spent together, the more I realized I was falling for her.

I knew she was young—only nineteen, actually, I discovered—and at thirty-eight, I had way more life experience than she had.

But Cara was very mature for her age, and she was a bright, sunny spot in my days filled with defending and making deals for the mob.

She represented everything good, everything unsullied by evil and darkness. According to James, she was even a virgin, for God’s sake.

As we spent more and more time getting to know each other, I think she came to trust me. We were something like friends or roommates, and we already had our own little inside jokes and routines.

I would either work from home in my office or go into work, then come home with takeout, and we would watch TV or play games or whatever until it was time to sleep.

It was the first time I’d ever really shared my life with another person, especially a woman. Was this what it was like to be in a relationship, but minus the sex and affection? Was this what I’d been missing out on all these years by avoiding relationships?

In a perfect world, James would forget all

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