He doesn't do relationships. Neither does she. But they can't fight the attraction any longer...
Can Nate and Jillian help heal each other and revive the love in their lives that they've both been refusing to allow in for years? Or will they let the...
"I just need something to stop him harassing Jillian."
"What's he want from her?" Steel enquired, leaning back in his chair.
"He's going into security for Politian's and wants her to sign an agreement that ensures she wont talk publicly about him or their relationship."
"Yeah, I bet she could tell a story or two that would shock that family's adoring public," he muses. "I've heard he's got a violent streak where women are concerned."
Anger pumped through me at the thought of what he'd done to Jillian during their marriage. "I'd believe that after the way I saw him treat Jillian."
اوووه! هذه الصورة لا تتبع إرشادات المحتوى الخاصة بنا. لمتابعة النشر، يرجى إزالتها أو تحميل صورة أخرى.
Steel nodded thoughtfully. "Leave it with me, Nate. I'll be in touch with some information soon."
I stood up and shook his hand. "Thanks man, I appreciate it."
Sam and Steel shared an uncomfortable look before nodding at each other. They didn't exchange a word though. I thought after they dealt with Blake and Roxy they'd form some kind of truce or brotherly bond shit, but I guess I was wrong because there was no obvious bond here today.
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Later that night, I watched Jillian perform. Not something new to me. What was new to me though, were the feelings agitating in my gut while I watched her. While I watched other men watch her.
Shit.
اوووه! هذه الصورة لا تتبع إرشادات المحتوى الخاصة بنا. لمتابعة النشر، يرجى إزالتها أو تحميل صورة أخرى.
I wasn't sure I could sit through it but I knew she'd be upset if I left. So I stayed. Problem was, so did the jealousy and the threat of me acting on it. In the end, I compromised; I spent most of the night in the office out the back. When she finished her shift, she found me on the computer out there.
"Why are you out here?" she asked, clearly surprised.
I leant back in the chair and rubbed the back of my head. "Long story, babe."
"You're not going to tell me, are you?"
"Nope." I shut the computer down and joined her. "You ready to go home? Thought you could stay at mine tonight."
