Chapter Twelve
For a long moment,Cora stared at the foyer, mulling over their conversation.Hades gave off hot and cold, and it was very confusing.At least on the surface level, but she was catching feelings, and that was very bad.Should she leave?She wished she had the courage to leave, but truthfully, she didn’t want to.If her time with Hades was limited, then she wanted as much time with him as possible.
Did that make her a doormat?Naïve?
Perhaps.
But at least she was honest enough to admit that about herself.
Since it was Sunday, she couldn’t go to the library, so she spent the rest of the day watching television.Thinking.A lot.Having nothing to do was boring.Later in the evening, when Hades texted that he was on his way home, she started dinner for them.
“I need to go back home,” she told him as they sat down at the table.She had cooked baked chicken, potatoes, and a salad.
“Why?”he asked.
“I have work tomorrow.”
“You don’t need to work.”
She blinked.“Uh, yeah, I do.That’s how I can afford to live my Los Angeles dream.”
Hades frowned.
“That was a joke,” she clarified.“My dream is affording a place to live and food to eat.”
He didn’t even crack a smile.“I can give you a place to live and food to eat.”
She mentally sighed.
“Can your driver take me home?”
“That place isn’t a home, it’s a room,” he stated.“I want you to stay here.”
“Hades, you know I can’t do that.”
“If you need a job, then I’ll give you one.I have many businesses so you can take your pick.”
“That’s ...strangely nice of you to offer,” she said.“But you know I can’t accept.”
He scowled.“Why not?”
“If I took a job from you,” she said softly, “then sleep with you, what does that make me?”
“It makes you better paid,” he argued.
“I appreciate the offer, but no.”
A frustrated sigh leaked from his mouth, but he didn’t argue any more.Instead, he took her to bed and, once again, spanked her until her ass was flaming hot.
In the morning, he tried hard to get her to stay at his house, but she declined.He didn’t talk to her as he drove her to her tenant house, then waited as she showered and changed.When she walked out, he dropped her off at the LC Group.
He placed a hand on her leg, halting her from getting out of the car.“I’ll pick you up this evening.”
Why was he making this difficult?If he kept insisting she be around him, she was going to catch feelings, and she didn’t want to be that dumb.
“No, Hades.”
