Protecting the Babysitter: A Billionaire Alpha Male Romance by Bloom Nikki

Author:Bloom, Nikki
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Three Seasons Publishing
Published: 2020-02-05T16:00:00+00:00

13

Crystal

Panic didn’t begin to describe what I felt. Erik knew. My mind raced just as fast as my pounding heart. How could he have known? Was he an undercover cop or something sent to find me? I gave myself a mental smack on the forehead. There’s no way Erik was sent from New York. He was a rich tech genius with no connection to anyone from my old life. I have no idea why my mind even went there.

I could only stare at him, silently, because I was in shock. Funnily enough, it wasn’t the discovery that Erik knew that I wasn’t who I said I was that made me feel horrible. It was the fact that he thought I might be a criminal. It occurred to me then that his opinion of me mattered.

“I’m not a bad person. I swear. I didn’t do anything wrong…” Well, except that I was running around Seattle under a fake identity. But that was a misdemeanor. Right? Oh, God. It didn’t matter how small the crime. If Erik decided to call the cops, I was screwed. My stomach lurched. “I’ll leave and you won’t ever see me again. Just please don’t call the cops. If you do, he’ll find me and—”

“Calm down. I’m not calling the cops.”

I looked down at his hand still circling my wrist, and for some reason, I felt comforted. Incredible, since the life I created was about to crumble. “H-how do you know Crystal isn’t my real name?”

His hand fell away then and I felt cold and bereft. How I wished our love-making hadn’t turned into this. I should be wrapped in Erik’s embrace, soaking up as much comfort and good memories as I could to take with me when I ran again. I was confused by the guilt that flickered across his face. The only guilty party in the room should be me.

“I, uh, don’t know much, just that Crystal Scott isn’t your real name. I had a background check done on you.”

I stared at him, feeling my outrage grow to epic proportions. “How dare you invade my privacy like that?” I hissed. Suddenly, I realized that I was still naked on his couch. Things couldn't get any more awkward.

“You stole some dead woman’s identity and you’re angry with me?”

He got me there. Clamping my mouth shut, I attempted to cover myself with my hands as I eyed my dress on the floor several feet away. Erik got up and moved toward our pile of clothes. To my disappointment, he grabbed his shirt and handed it to me instead of my dress.

“Put this on. You can’t flee in just my shirt.”

Grabbing the shirt, I glared. “That’s what you think.” I’d run away naked if I had to.

“Well, I guess I’ll have to keep you in my sight until you tell me who the hell you are. Put the shirt on.”

Even now, he had the audacity to try and boss me around. The level of arrogance in the man was unbelievable.

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