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“Thank you,” she said

Her mother had always told her to keep calm, to not cuss That a lady was utter

She took a deep breath She hated her s at times as it always made her weak, or at least made her feel weak

“What’s going to happen now? We go to bed? You want to have sex? What?”

Dawg s”

She was surprised “You want to go dancing?”

“Nope I don’t want to go dancing It’s never on ht You’ve had a long week, and the last thing I’d ever want to do is not give my woman what she wants”

“I’m not your woman”

“You are et used to it,” he said

Biting her lip, she sighed There was no point in arguing with him

“Fine Let’s go dancing”

He stepped forward, and she refused to take a step back Even though every instinct inside her was telling her to run, she stood her ground, refusing to back down “I like that you’re not scared of me”

“I never said I wasn’t”

He s to fear from me”

“I just watched you order soun to my father’s head” She shook her head

“It wasn’t at your head, and one day you will believe me when I say to you that I will never hurt you I won’t, Lori You’re safe”

His hand cupped her cheek, his thu her head back

She stared into his eyes, feeling the answering heat within her own, and she hated it There was an attraction between the two of them and she couldn’t deny it, like a moth to a flame

But he’d hurt her, or someone close to him would

Men in his line of work never kept a wo