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“That was just unfortunate timing. Whoever it was, they weren’t here for me.”
“You still need protecting,” he told her firmly.
There was a strange fluttering in her chest. She hoped that she wasn’t having heart issues.
“Why doesn’t Samantha get her own bodyguards? I think that would make her feel safer. You can’t split yourself between three places.”
“You’re right. And it’s something that I need to talk to Seth and Rhodes about. I don’t think Ink will be able to spare anyone else to come out here.”
“It’s expensive having full-time bodyguards,” Cate said. “I really don’t think that someone has to be home with me. Not with the new security system. I’ll tell Rhodes that.”
“You will not,” he said.
Ethan sounded very vehement and she couldn’t figure out why.
“Why won’t I tell him?”
“Because it’s not safe for you to be home alone and I won’t have it. Also, I’m guessing she has money to pay for her own bodyguard.”
He won’t have it?
What was happening right now?
“Her net worth is somewhere around six million,” she said, focussing on that part. “Nothing close to what Rhodes is worth, though. Her movies haven’t really done that well. But she did that reality TV show and that paid well.”
Ethan nodded. “I don’t want you to worry about this, okay?”
She blinked, uncertain what he meant. “About the stalker making threats at Samantha? Or her moving in here?”
“Both, I guess.” He rubbed his hand over the back of his neck, looking uncharacteristically uncertain. “I just don’t want you to be upset.”
That was . . . strange.
Why would he say that? Of course she was going to be concerned. The stalker was making more threats.
Samantha might be moving in.
So, telling her not to get upset was kind of pointless. And why would he care?
Perhaps because something did happen last night.
Ask him.
She wasn’t certain she could. Did she want to know the answer? Maybe she should ask Rhodes instead.
“Why did you call Rhodes last night?” she blurted out. “Why did he come home?”
Ethan stared at her for a long moment. “I think this would be easier for you to hear if I told you something about myself.”
Um. She wasn’t sure how that would help.
“Something personal. So you know something about me.”
“All right,” she replied hesitantly.
“I’ve been a Dominant for years.”
Oh. Well. That made sense. He had a commanding presence. A way of getting you to do what he wanted.
