My heart skipped a beat.
“Am I in your life, baby?”
He looked away, cheeks tinting again. “No.”
He glanced down at the table as I walked my fingers across the wood to tap the back of his hand before I picked it up in mine and drew it slowly to my mouth, then kissed his fingers.
He swallowed thickly.
“I think I already am, and I’ll go at any pace you want to set.” I nipped at his knuckle.
He cleared his throat and slowly removed his hand from mine. “We will see.”
That we would.
CHAPTER FIVE
RYO
There was a crack in my armour around my heart ever since the night Link had dinner with us, and he was slowly seeping his way in.
But I wouldn’t give in to him.
I still believed he would grow bored and find someone else to annoy.
What I didn’t like was how the thought of him with another person twisted me up inside.
Which was ridiculous. I should know by now that becoming attached to someone wasn’t good. They could wreck your life in ways I didn’t have time for.
My focus was work.
Still, Link kept trying to push his way in.
It’d been two weeks since I’d last seen him, but he never stayed quiet.
He called, texted, even emailed to ask me about my day, telling me about his, and then wanting to know more about me.
It was frustrating how charming he was.
Gripping the steering wheel, I thought about turning around and heading home once again.
When my phone rang through the car, I quickly accepted the call.
“Tell me you need me back there,” I said to Wolf.
The idiot laughed. “I do not. You already gave me extra guards while you’re not here.”
“You’ve been attacked at home before, and until everyone understands that you no longer deal in the gun and drug trade, I will have you protected at all times.”
“I know, Ryo. I appreciate the care.”
“I don’t care.”
“It’s me you’re talking to, friend.”
Sighing, I unclenched my hands and took turns shaking each one out. “Sorry.”
“Try and let your walls down around Link while you’re there.”
