Page 20 of Virgin for Next Door Wolf Daddy
The arresting officer explained the situation.
“Cut her loose,” the chief said. “Her name and Sebastian’s names stay out of any public reports.”
“But, Chief…” the officer started to protest.
Chief Tibbs glared into the officer’s face. The officer seemed to shrink a couple of inches and said weakly, “Yes, sir.”
“Thanks, Chief.”
Yaretzi ran toward Callie and hugged her when they walked into the lobby. Callie stood there with her arms hanging at her side for a minute and then lightly patted her on the back.
“You’re not in any trouble, are you?”
Callie shook her head. “No. Everything is taken care of, including your stalker. When he gets out of the hospital, he’ll go to jail, so you don’t have anything to worry about.”
“I still want you to stay with me and be my bodyguard,” Yaretzi said.
Michael agreed and named a price that made Callie’s eyebrows raise.
“Callie, are you interested?” Sebastian asked. He had a feeling he was about to lose his best bodyguard for a long time.
“Sure. It’ll be interesting to go on tour with her. I’ll get to see the country. The money is great, too. I can save it to put my kids through college.”
“You don’t have any kids,” Sebastian said.
“I plan to, someday,” Callie said.
It was late so he grabbed a room at the same hotel and then headed back home in the morning after breakfast and coffee. Instead of thinking about the situation with Callie, his mind was on Talia again.
He had really wanted to have sex with her, but his employees came first. His rule was that he always had their back.
Are we moving too fast? After all, she hasn’t been back very long. We’ve gone out a couple of times, and she was willing, but if this is going to be a meaningful relationship, I don’t want to rush anything.
He laughed at himself because he had never had these types of thoughts before. Her scent filled the cab of his truck and she had never been in his truck.
I am still wearing the same clothes as last night, so maybe that’s it.
He was shocked to admit that he was looking forward to the next time they could hang out together. Sebastian hadn’t felt that way about a woman before. He enjoyed women’s company but hadn’t ever craved it.
When he got back into town, Sebastian called Rory and invited him to lunch at Howlers’.
They took a table in the back and Sebastian briefed him on what he had found out about Kenneth. Then, he told Rory about what happened with Callie the night before.
“Are they going to press charges?” Rory asked. “Do you need my help?”
“Nah, the chief showed up and told the officer that neither of us would be charged and that our names were to be left out of any public records. Sometimes, it does help to know people and to be known.”
“And, to know titbits of information that certain people wouldn’t want to get out to the general public,” Rory said.
“That also helps, although I would never blackmail anyone.”
The waitress arrived with their cheeseburgers and fries.
“Hello, Elaine. How’s life?” Rory asked.
“Excellent. I’m taking a couple of online courses in psychology. I like knowing how the mind words and why people do the things they do.”
“You’ll be great at that,” Sebastian said.
