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She looked at him. “Can I ask you a question?”
“Sure.”
“Does it bother you that I was an escort? Be honest.”
Luke brushed her hair away from her face then smoothed his hand down the side of her neck. Bringing her close, he laid soft kisses on her lips as he said, “You did what you had to do to survive, I can’t be offended by that.”
Relief flooded through her or maybe it was just the blood soaring through her veins as his lips rained kisses along her jawline. Whatever it was, she was elated. The one thing that had her worried was nothing to worry about at all.
She laid back on the mattress, her story not quite done, and he started the same rhythmic pattern on her arms the second she had begun talking. Until she started telling him about the night, she met Brian...
His breathing quickened and his fingers stilled.
“What did he do to you?”
She could feel the tension radiating through him. “Did he force himself on you?”
Brit would never feel comfortable talking about the month that she was held against her will. To anyone.
Slowly she nodded. “Aside from that, let’s just say he treated the dogs better than he did me.”
“Did you tell the cops about any of this?”
“No. And I don’t want to. Vince showed me the other day a missing persons poster. It was me.”
Luke sat up and took hold of her arms. “You?!”
“Yes. The service I worked for is looking for me.” She shook her head from side to side. “And I don’t want to be found. I don’t want to go back to that life.”
“Then don’t. They can’t make you...”
“I signed a contract, which can easily be broken. Lord knows that enough girls have done it when they realize it’s not the life they want. But...”
“But what?”
Brit couldn’t stand sitting any longer. Getting up, she made her way over to the fireplace and grabbed a poker from the stand. Squatting in front of the fireplace, she took a log off the small pile to the side and added it to the embers. She pushed it towards the middle of the hearth. “I made them a lot of money. Every time I went out, in fact.”
“How much might that be?” Luke rubbed the stubble on his chin. “Five hundred bucks?”
She stood and turned to look at him. “Well, depending on the client, anywhere from $2000.00 to $5000.00.”
Luke’s eyes almost popped out of his head. “In a month?!”
“Uh... no. Per night.”
Luke ran a hand through his already tousled hair. “Oh Jesus... No wonder they are looking for you. Is Brian caught up with this escort service too? I mean it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if he is part owner.”
“No. He was just a client otherwise he wouldn’t have kept me locked in that room for a month. Too much money would be lost.”
Seeing the look on his face almost made her wish she never told him a thing. Going to him, she sat on the edge of the mattress and gazed into his eyes. “The night your brother broke into the house I knew was my only chance of getting out of there alive.” Putting her hand on his forearm. “And I would do it again if I had to.”
“What! Why?”
She licked her lips. “Because I met you. For once in my life, I like the attention a man is giving me...”
He shot her a lazy smile. “Does that mean... you want me?”
She laughed. “I think it does.”
