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"What are you doing?" I step out of his hold
His eyebrows pull together and he looks down the hall to where we are heading "Kai didn’t tell you I’ll be your security?" he questions, and I shake ht now, so it’s just ht I was safe now?" Imy arms aroundet to you"
"Can you just take h I don’t really know Kai, he is the one person I trust right now
"Of course," he says quietly, takingme down the hall
When the hall opens up, we are on the third floor A glass banister that gives a clear view of a large, wooden staircase is in front of us The stairs lead down to a level ooden floors Then another set leads to the beach below I have never seen so The ocean is just yards away, but the beach is literally inside
"It must be expensive to keep this place clean," Iout at the ocean and the sand that is spread across the bottoain before he tugs on e, down another hall, and into a large dining roo with papers spread out in front of them As soon as we enter the room, both of their heads turn towards us Kai’s eyes travel from my still-wet hair to my sock-covered feet before he holds a hand out in htly I don’t want to go to hi me tells me to do it I walk to hi when he pulls ainst the shell ofmy nails into the palm of my hand as I turn my head to look at him When our eyes connect, I try to silently understand what he’s doing
"You found soe ofhis hand and stilling hisht to not look away, to not cower
The moment I met him, I kneas not someone I would ever want to cross, but he washe proe to pull away fro aroundbetter, now that you have showered?" He searchesthe underside of my jaw
"Yes," Ibegins to take root
"Good," he htly overthe warh the material of his shirt When he leans back, his eyes searchaway The moment the connection is broken, I pull in a breath and turn on his lap to face the man across the table
"Myla, I would like you to meet detective, Nero Wolfe Nero, this isinto his
"Nice tooff a dihted by his tan skin His dark-brown eyes look between Kai and y, dirty-blond hair to slide against the collar of his dress shirt If he weren’t wearing a suit, I would’ve guessed he’s a surfer, not a detective