While They Watch by Khloe Summers

Author:Khloe Summers [Summers, Khloe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Billionaire Bucket list
Publisher: Summer to Winter Publishing
Published: 2019-08-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Matteo

We’d gone to the edge and back again, letting each other into parts of our lives no one else had been. Trusting her had been easy. Easy, despite years of pushing others away and shaming myself for not being more like my father. That part scared me. I’d always seemed to get wrapped in with the wrong people, desperate for a love that wasn’t coming.

Kicking the thin sheet away from my body, I carefully lifted my arm away from her sleeping frame. She was a small galaxy, wrapped in white, breathing in and out softly as I counted her stars.

Quietly, I made my way to the living room, back to where we’d exposed ourselves to half of San Francisco. I couldn’t sleep. The notes Hannah had been receiving terrified me. She’d quickly become my focus, a soul I needed to protect. Though she was probably right, if no one had done anything by now, they probably wouldn’t. I stood up to make tea, something to jolt me awake for the day. There was no going back to sleep, it was well after 6 AM and I was taking Hannah to meet a few friends while we were in town. I glanced down at my phone while the tea was brewing — a text I’d missed from Erik.

Erik: I’m on the 8th floor if you need anything.

I’d been traveling with Erik as long as I can remember. Since my parents died anyway, I text him back, knowing he’d have his phone muted if he was sleeping.

Me: Thanks man, you should come up for some tea if you’re up, I could use some advice.

Moments later, Erik had made his way up to the penthouse, already dressed for the day in smart slacks and a casual button-down, with a bag in his hand.

“Going out to see the city today?” I asked, still groggy from the lack of sleep.

“No, sir. I am going to visit my brother. I’m catching the train after this. I have a blanket he wants to take photos of.” He pulled a large quilt from the bag and set it on the counter in front of us. Each white and blue square sewed together with care. “It’s an heirloom, my grandmother’s.”

“That’s great, how long has it been in the family?” I asked, mindlessly pouring tea into our mugs. Without thought, in an early morning haze, I poured and poured while staring at the quilt. The quilt, that was now soaked in black tea—the white slowly absorbing the stain, turning dark brown. Erik looked at me alarmed, his close-set eyes beating out of their sockets.

“Sir!” he yelled, reaching for the pot.

“Maledetto! Fuck!” I pulled the pot away from the cups. “I’ll pay to get it cleaned. I’m sorry!” I took out my wallet, ready to give him the money for cleaning. “Here, I have $500 in my pocket. If it costs more, let me know.”

Erik gathered the wet blanket back into the bag. “I’m going to go see if there’s a cleaner open this early.

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