Why am I noticing this right now? What is wrong with me?
When he looks me dead in the eye, I can hardly breathe.
“I will not let him touch you ever again. Do you understand me?”
Shaking my head, I know I understand his words, but I can’t fathom why he’d care. “I hear you, but why?—”
“I don’t hurt women, and I don’t tolerate anyone who does. Clear?”
Even when he’s being objectively nice, this guy is fucking terrifying.
“Are you even allowed to make that call, considering it was Theodore who hired you?” I cock my head at him, eyeing him hard because I’m not an idiot.
Money talks, and I don’t have any.
“I’ll deal with it. Teddy contracted my company.Notme.”
“I don’t even know you. Why the hell would you want to help me? I don’t even know your name.”
The guy offers a crooked nod and then turns away from me, heading toward the door. Apparently, after all that, he’s just going to leave?
What the hell?
“Alec. And trust me,” he calls out over his shoulder, “you won’t have to worry aboutTeddyever again.”
My door creaks open, and Alec steps up to it. I hurry up behind him, my socks slippery on the smooth wood floors.
“You just expect me to be okay with this? That you just busted into my apartment and now you’re telling me that everything’s going to be fine? What kind of sense does that make? I still don’t know if you actually work for that guy.”
But then Alec stops dead as he looks in front of my house, his eyes tracking across the street. I have no idea what he’s looking at.
He releases a low groan under his breath and then takes a step backward, closing the door and locking it.
Now we’re both stuck in my apartment together.
“What are you doing? Did you see something?”
He turns around, that mask of severe stoicism plastered all over his face again. His jaw muscles are tight.
“Glinting from across the way in the bushes. Probably binoculars.”
My stomach drops through the floor, and my heart rate immediately skyrockets. I thought I was done with these frights for the day, but it seems like there are still more ahead.
“Someone is outside my apartment? Right now?”
Alec just nods. Before I can say another word, he’s walking through my apartment, heading toward the windows.
He checks each one, pulling up on them and tugging the locks to make sure they’re all securely in place.
“What are you doing? Yes, my windows lock. Can we please discuss what’s happening outside?”
“It’s probably someone Teddy sent. They’re probably keeping an eye on this place to make sure I did my job, but I don’t want you going out there.”
“Okaaay,” I drag out. “I don’t plan on leaving for the evening, but why exactly are you making sure all of my windows are locked?”
Alec makes a face at me like I should know better. And yes, I have an idea of why he’s doing this, but I’d rather not think about it. I don’t want to imagine that it’s possible someone outside might actually come in.
“I haven’t known Teddy for long. He contacted us not too long ago, and I need to make sure your apartment is secure.”
