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It was a relief to be able to reo"

"Wait, I have to take the trash out" I walk to the back of the store and heft the two large bags out into the alleyway The duivesIf I hadn’t volunteered to help out, Rissa would have been out here alone at this tiht not be mine anymore but I can’t have her alone in alleys in the ht when any kind of crihwith I could hire her to work for me exclusively and then I’d always know she was safe There’s no way she’d go for that so I think briefly about hiring a companion to ith her She’s proud and won’t accept anything she sees as charity but if I help her hire more staff, then there won’t be a need for her to work alone ever There will always at least be someone with her to make sure she’s safe

If the uard and assassin, well, Rissa doesn’t need to know that part does she?

When I get up front Rissa has put away the buffer and waits by the front door She locks up behind us as we leave When we step out into the soft, huht I used to hate the late shift until I realized that it’s so nice to be out when everyone else is sleeping The stars are h her eyes This is what she’s always done for s that I can’t see

Makes me happy

"Go on a date with me"

Rissa’s head snaps around fro at the stars She blinks at me a few times and then huffs out a breath "What did you just say?"

Feeling slightly foolish for the way I just blurted it out, I scowl "You heard me Go out with me On a date"

She looks like she’s not sure whether to laugh or not "Are you asking otten a lot bossier over the years"

I s And you liked it"

Her indrawn breath is sexy as hell I can tell she’s reht us both so htly bashful but so eager to touch, to learn We’d never hadhoood use of the time we’d had

"Do you remember all those study sessions?" I’d cli my teeth to pull her little panties to the side

She bites her lip "Yeah Not that I gotdone Or that ti me wash the dishes" Her eyes heat "It took forever to clean up all that water"

I chuckle, re to the counter for support I close my eyes, the memory of her hot little moans as vivid as the day it had happened Rissa had always been so tight, like she was made just for me She’d cla stars and when she’d finally co water everywhere

"All that passion, all that heat doesn’t just disappear I’ve missed you, Rissa"

"I’ve missed you too But I’ain A lot of time has passed And I work for you now"

"Fuck it, you’re fired"