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He just stared at ot out and headed to the entrance doors of the apart He had his hand wrapped aroundme in front of the men They heard our footsteps and turned to look at us Their eyes wandered about my body and one whistled faintly I reddened and kept , but I caught Borden glaring at them

I unlocked the door and walked in He followed too closely behind In the elevator, he looked at the graffiti-filled walls and ceiling in pure distaste

"This is just sad," heon rent every month for this hellhole?"

"Let’s just say most of my paycheck before you hired ot off on my floor and walked to my apart when the screa next door erupted and the television roared fro froht?"

"Right," he ia, to be honest I didn’t live far frootten a bit better The crime, I mean"

He shook his head slowly "Not byeyes and unlocked ht

"Thank you for the ride," I told hi in front ofme inside," I added

He looked into my eyes and then over my head and into my apartment It took me only a second to realize what his intentions were

"You can go now," I said, unsure of how else I should shoo hi to invite me in?" he asked in surprise

"No," I quickly responded with a shake ofinto open waters and waiting for the sharks to start circling htful as ever

"I’m not so bad," he finally said

I raised a sceptical brow "You’re a crim…" I paused "I just don’t feel comfortable with you outside of work This is e fun about it"

I sighed "It’s not meant to be fun"

"Invite me in, Emma"

"No I still don’t know much about you anyway"

"What would you like to know?"

Oh, jeez

"Well, why do you want to come in so much?" I retorted, annoyed