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“I expect you and Jayce aren’t very close then,” Jerico murmurs “I mean… he was only around you a few years He would have been around five when your dad left, right?”

When I shake my head, the cute smile slides from my face and Jerico notices “When I say my dad left, I mean he left Left Jayce behind too He stayed with o back to his mom, and besides that, she couldn’t be found My mom raised him with Danielle andto house, feed, and clothe three children on what she made as a waitress”

Jerico’s eyes furrow again in confusion, but unless I’m crazy, I see a bit of hardness there too Perhaps he finds it as distasteful as I do that a man leaves his children and never looks back

But then his gaze softens, and he pullsaround o up to loop around his shoulders We sort of sway back and forth with our bodies pressed tight Jerico’s green eyes focus onhis head down until his face is close to irl such as yourself wind up working in The Wicked Horse, lettinghow to be sexually uninhibited like I bet you never thought you could ever be?”

His words slither through les in their wake If Jerico wanted to drop ht now and take itimate question that needs answered

“She ended up at The Wicked Horse because she needed help and didn’t have a choice,” I h the back of his hair His eyes flutter closed briefly and his head pushes againstall kinds of wicked things because she wanted to It’s as simple as that”

Jerico’s eyes open They’re dark and glittery at the same time

His lips curve up and just before he kisses ood answer”

CHAPTER 23

Jerico

“I don’t care if you’re having erowl into the phone “My business is based on two things First, that people like to explore their sexuality in a safe environ so, they can have a couple of drinks to loosen up first That can’t fucking happen when the liquor I ordered from you doesn’t show up”