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“But you will be able to negotiate with me before we engage in anything. This may be a contract, but consent takes precedence over everything. Plus, I will not harm you, or do anything that may cause you distress. If I do, then the contract is terminated.”
“Good to know,” I reply.
“You have my word. No harm will come to you.”
“Good.”
I don’t know if I can trust the word of this man. I don’t have to be a detective to understand the word from a gangster is worth literally nothing.
But this little interaction has gone a hell of a lot more different from what I was thinking when I came here tonight. He seems to actually be serious about all this, and is actually listening to me. He seems to be… dare I say,respectful.
Yeah, as respectful as a man who kills for a living can be.
Damon continues to stare at me from across his desk as I slowly take in his words. “But I am...opento the other terms of the contract,” he continues. “Just name me what you will and will not do and I’ll see if I’m reciprocal to your demands.”
Huh.Okay. Let me hit you up with my own demands, then.
I’m quick in with my first request.
“Well, I’m not going to witness any violence, from you or anyone else. Never ever.”
“Violence?” he asks.
“It’s a deal-breaker,” I say, jutting my chin out in my best impression of being steely. “No violence. No fights. Noblood. I draw the line there.Thatpart is non-negotiable for me.”
“Understood,” Damon replies, his expression unmoving. “Anything else a deal-breaker that I need to know of before we proceed?”
“You don’t have a wife or girlfriend, do you?” I ask. “I’m certainly not entering this if there’s another woman around, that’s not who I am. Cheating is ano-go. Please be honest with me.”
Damon shakes his head. “No, there is no other woman.”
“Really?”
“I am a man who honors his commitments to any contract. There is no one, Ava, except for you.”
Damn.That’s kinda hot.
“And I will be under your protection?” I ask.
“You will be my girl,” Damon whispers. “And no one touches what is mine.”
Those words sink in deep. And, I have to admit, an enticing shiver of excitement runs through me.
I will be his only girl. Even if for a few months.
He’s going to all these lengths to have me as his.
“And you will wipe off all of Dad’s debts after this?” I ask. “Completely forgotten and forgiven?”
“Yes, Ava Matson. After exactly two months, you and your father will be free from me forever.”
“Really?”
“Really,” he says earnestly.
Yeah, he really is serious about all this.
Fuck it.
