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Stepping into the warm spray, she tilted her head up and washed herself in record time

Turning off the water, she reotten a towel Before she could say anything, one was thrust inside the curtain “Here you go”

Did his voice sound strained?

Had she shocked him?

“Thank you” Taking the towel, she wrapped it around her body

Stepping out of the shower, she saw she was alone

Brushing her teeth and taking care of her hair, she entered the bedroo for her

“This side is yours” He opened the closet door and showed her all of her items

“You went to my apartment?”

“Yes”

“You shouldn’t be doing that”

“I already paid your rent, Lori As the owner of the building, I had access to the key”

“You paid for the building?”

“When I realized where you were living, and the bastard who pretended to be a landlord, yes, I saw no other choice It was either that, or kill the bastard Guess what? He lived”

This didn’t bring her comfort

He left her alone, and she saw out of the corner of her eye that he’d gone to the bed

After twenty s within her closet, she saw no other choice Quickly pulling a negligee over her head, she moved toward the bed

Cli beneath the sheets, she closed her eyes and tried to pretend she didn’t care that he was there, or that she could feel him

“I’oing to want it”

“Hell will freeze over before that happens”

“Well, global war”

He was too sood

Chapter Three

“Lori got to the ho an eye on things, and will post updates”