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Reuben wasn’t a man that you threatened.
Kirsten spun toward him. “You! You did this to me!”
Reuben ignored her, glancing around her to see Faith. “Come here, Faith.”
She skirted the other woman and nearly ran to Reuben. But she didn’t want to look like she was running from Kirsten.
Reuben took hold of her shoulders, looking her over. “Are you all right? She didn’t touch you?”
Faith shook her head. “No, she didn’t touch me. I think she’s lost it, though.”
“It’s her! Isn’t it? It’s because of her that you’ve done this. What does she have that I don’t? You could have had me!” Kirsten yelled.
“But I never wanted you,” Reuben said coldly. “Because you’re a manipulative bitch who uses sex to get what she wants. And now that’s caught up to you. Your choices are to leave town and stay away. Forget about Faith. About me. Or stay. And I will end you.”
A shiver ran through Faith at his words. He meant them. And Kirsten seemed to sense that as well. She stumbled back, falling against his door.
There was a dazed look on her face and Faith couldn’t help but feel another pang of sympathy.
“Don’t,” he warned Faith. “As well as fucking around on her husband, she also gathers information to blackmail the men she sleeps with.”
Kirsten gaped at him before moving toward them. Faith braced herself, but the other woman just gave them both a weary look. “I’m leaving the city. I’m going home. Well done, you win.”
It didn’t feel like a victory.
Faith watched her as she left, her shoulders slumped.
Reuben cupped the side of her face, turning her to look at him. “I love how soft you are, baby. I will guard that softness with my life. But she doesn’t deserve your sympathy.”
She nodded.
“Fuck, you’re shaking.” He gathered her close, wrapping her up and lifting her against his chest. “She isn’t a nice person.”
“I know. It’s just . . . I’m just . . .”
“She didn’t touch you, did she?” he asked.
“No. No, she didn’t.”
“She scared you, though, didn’t she?” He walked to his office and shut the door behind him, locking it.
“Just a bit. What are you doing?”
“You need a nap.”
“Uh, Daddy, I’m working.”
“Who is the boss?”
She sighed. “You are. But you know that you can’t use that to always get your way.”
“Of course I can.” He sat in his seat. “I don’t like that she ambushed you while I wasn’t here. I need security here.”
“You don’t need security here. I was fine.”
Reuben ran a finger down her cheek. “My baby is tired.”
Maybe just a bit.
