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Smile growing at my reaction, he asks, “Do you plan to run?”
Is he serious?
I’m going to grab Abel and run as far as we can get.
“Ah…” Reading the answer in my eyes, he pulls back. “You do. A shame.”
Feeling my chance to escape slipping through my fingers, I shake my head and rush to say, “I don’t.”
Arching a brow and smirking, it’s clear he doesn’t believe me. “No? If I let you go, you fully plan on showing up to work tomorrow?”
“Of course,” I say so vehemently I half believe it.
When he’s quiet again, staring at me in that way that makes me feel like he’s dissecting me, I fear I haven’t been convincing enough.
Starting to panic, I consider doing what I should have done all along.
Seducing him somehow.
But then he suddenly says, “Very well, I’ll let you go for now.”
I’m so shocked I just stare at him stupidly as he releases me and steps back.
Is this really happening?
It feels too good to be true.
Looking me up and down, he clicks his tongue against the roof of his mouth. Dropping down to one knee, he picks up my discarded heel and grabs my leg.
Slipping my shoe back on for me, he says, “Consider this…. my gift.”
Gently setting my foot back down, he slowly rises and backs up to give me more room. “A… declaration of my future intentions, if you will.”
I have no fucking clue what he means by that, and I’m not even going to bother trying to figure it out.
With all the space between us now, I have to resist the urge to do exactly what I promised not to do.
My legs begging me to run.
When he makes no move to stop me, I take a hesitant step to the side.
Then another.
Slowly edging my way back to the club.
Once I’m halfway to the door, I feel like I can take him for his word.
For whatever reason, he’s deciding to trust me and is truly letting me go.
Daring to risk turning my back on him, I walk with more purpose.
I expect him to pounce on me at any second and say it was just a fucking joke.
What I don’t expect is for him to say my name when I finally reach the door.
“Eden?”
He knows my fucking name?
