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“You likeat him even as he stares at me blandly

What I expect is for hi to confirm or deny, but instead, he says, “As I said, if I didn’t, you wouldn’t be in my bed I don’t need my bed for sex”

I cock erously close to sounding like a declaration of love from you”

This ti, as that annoyed look takes over his expression I laugh to myself as he punches in the code to the door

“I’m not sure why you seem surprised that I like you for more than sex,” he says quietly

“Mostly because you’re still a mystery, which makes me feel like you don’t trustyou aboutin return”

His hand pauses on the doorknob, and he glances over his shoulder at me “I don’t tell anyone my secrets”

“You told Drex,” I re

“Drex and I roup therapy session I was in And he hadkilled He overheard as said in group when they basically told hteen” He shrugs “He kept his mouth shut about it, and I came to live here”

He gestures around the warehouse

“Now it feels like I live here again, since going home hasn’t been safe in a while,” he adds

“Why were you in juvie?” I ask curiously

“My foster hoainst the wall It was one of those times I didn’t want to be touched,” he tells me with a cold smile “By the time they were able to pull me off him, he was unconscious”

“Why did—”

“Enough twenty questions, Maya We’re here to look at what you paid for, re me

“Why does it feel like you toldrin up at him

Frustrated—with e When I see all my party vans, Ime inside

Quickly, he shows me the numerous hidden compartments, all of which don’t knock hollow and have secret levers to open and close them He breaks down the x-ray blocker—not that they’ll have that, but I like his preparation—and the body heat hiders for me