SCARRED - Part 2 (The SCARRED Series - Book 2) by Kylie Walker Page B
Authors: Kylie Walker
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fall-out. I couldn’t live with that. I’m going to start looking for another place...”
“No! What are you talking about, another place? This is only my place because you let me live here. Roxi rents this place to you. I’m not letting you go. Besides, even if it were my place, I wouldn’t leave you here alone. I’m your friend, Chloe. Your best friend...I think. What kind of friend just hightails it out when there’s the smell of trouble?”
Chloe smiled at her and said, “Honey, I’m not just talking about a little bit of drama here. If Jesse finds me, he’s going to be ready to finish what he started.”
“All the more reason for us to stick together. Then, you’ll have Hulky the Hunk out there, and me. Imagine it...I run out in my see-through nightie with the cold air...”
“How did this turn into porn?” Chloe asked, laughing.
“Let me finish. Where was I? Okay, so cold air is causing parts of my body to stand at attention and the moisture from the air has my nightie clinging to my curves. I run towards Hunky Hulkster and tell him you’re in trouble. He picks me up in his strong, forceful arms and raises me over his shoulder, carrying me like a cave man as he rushes to your rescue. It all ends very well.”
Chloe was cracking up by the time she finished. “You’re a mess,” she said. And then knowing the true reason behind Lexi’s story, she said, “Thank you. I needed to laugh.”
Lexi smiled back and said, “You’re welcome and remember, if you leave now, Roxi’s guy goes with you and my future is in the tank...so you owe it to me to stay.”
Chapter 9
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C hloe felt a little better about everything when she woke up the next day. After she went for her run....with the Hulk a few steps behind, she took her shower and thought about her plans for the day. She had two new text messages from Derek, pleading with her to talk to him. After all that had taken place the past couple of days, she wondered if she was ready. She knew that she didn’t want him showing up and seeing the guy who was watching her and asking questions about that. She definitely wasn’t ready to tell him about Jesse. Was she ready to face whatever it was he’d found about her and his late wife? She wasn’t sure about that either but she was coming to realize that as long as she put it off, it was just going to eat away at her and become bigger than life. With a resigned sigh, she went out first to talk to the big guy.
He was in his usual spot. He still looked a little winded from their run. She hadn’t spoken to him at all so far and she found it slightly amusing that he looked a little bit nervous as she approached him.
“Hi,” she said. “I’m Chloe.” He stood up and took off his glasses. She could see now that he had really pretty blue eyes. His were probably real. She’d have to tell Lexi about them, which would make her friend’s day.
“I’m Brock,” he said. His name and his voice matched the rest of him...all male.
“Brock, I know that Roxi sent you to look after me. I have something that I need to do today though, and I need to do it alone. I can assure you that I will be safe where I’m going and that if you check it with Roxi as I’m sure you will, she’ll tell you to let me go without following me. I appreciate you watching the house. That way, I don’t have to worry about coming home to any surprises. My roommate is there and she’ll probably be home until she has to go to work this evening. I’ll bet she wouldn’t even mind if you joined her for a bite to eat.”
He was looking at her warily. She knew Roxi and Roxi instilled fear in the biggest of men for some reason. It was just a quality she had. Something she exuded without even trying. “Um...okay, but I will have to check with Roxi first...”
“That’s fine,” she told him. “Thanks for your diligence.”
He smiled and said, “Chloe...”
“Yes?”
“Roxi didn’t tell me what your
“No! What are you talking about, another place? This is only my place because you let me live here. Roxi rents this place to you. I’m not letting you go. Besides, even if it were my place, I wouldn’t leave you here alone. I’m your friend, Chloe. Your best friend...I think. What kind of friend just hightails it out when there’s the smell of trouble?”
Chloe smiled at her and said, “Honey, I’m not just talking about a little bit of drama here. If Jesse finds me, he’s going to be ready to finish what he started.”
“All the more reason for us to stick together. Then, you’ll have Hulky the Hunk out there, and me. Imagine it...I run out in my see-through nightie with the cold air...”
“How did this turn into porn?” Chloe asked, laughing.
“Let me finish. Where was I? Okay, so cold air is causing parts of my body to stand at attention and the moisture from the air has my nightie clinging to my curves. I run towards Hunky Hulkster and tell him you’re in trouble. He picks me up in his strong, forceful arms and raises me over his shoulder, carrying me like a cave man as he rushes to your rescue. It all ends very well.”
Chloe was cracking up by the time she finished. “You’re a mess,” she said. And then knowing the true reason behind Lexi’s story, she said, “Thank you. I needed to laugh.”
Lexi smiled back and said, “You’re welcome and remember, if you leave now, Roxi’s guy goes with you and my future is in the tank...so you owe it to me to stay.”
Chapter 9
––––––––
C hloe felt a little better about everything when she woke up the next day. After she went for her run....with the Hulk a few steps behind, she took her shower and thought about her plans for the day. She had two new text messages from Derek, pleading with her to talk to him. After all that had taken place the past couple of days, she wondered if she was ready. She knew that she didn’t want him showing up and seeing the guy who was watching her and asking questions about that. She definitely wasn’t ready to tell him about Jesse. Was she ready to face whatever it was he’d found about her and his late wife? She wasn’t sure about that either but she was coming to realize that as long as she put it off, it was just going to eat away at her and become bigger than life. With a resigned sigh, she went out first to talk to the big guy.
He was in his usual spot. He still looked a little winded from their run. She hadn’t spoken to him at all so far and she found it slightly amusing that he looked a little bit nervous as she approached him.
“Hi,” she said. “I’m Chloe.” He stood up and took off his glasses. She could see now that he had really pretty blue eyes. His were probably real. She’d have to tell Lexi about them, which would make her friend’s day.
“I’m Brock,” he said. His name and his voice matched the rest of him...all male.
“Brock, I know that Roxi sent you to look after me. I have something that I need to do today though, and I need to do it alone. I can assure you that I will be safe where I’m going and that if you check it with Roxi as I’m sure you will, she’ll tell you to let me go without following me. I appreciate you watching the house. That way, I don’t have to worry about coming home to any surprises. My roommate is there and she’ll probably be home until she has to go to work this evening. I’ll bet she wouldn’t even mind if you joined her for a bite to eat.”
He was looking at her warily. She knew Roxi and Roxi instilled fear in the biggest of men for some reason. It was just a quality she had. Something she exuded without even trying. “Um...okay, but I will have to check with Roxi first...”
“That’s fine,” she told him. “Thanks for your diligence.”
He smiled and said, “Chloe...”
“Yes?”
“Roxi didn’t tell me what your
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