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toward
the door. Elijah stopped her from going when he reached out to grab her hand.
The electric struck her hard from his grasp. His touch sent yearning coursing
through her. Licking her dry lips, she stared down into his darker eyes.
    “I want to make a deal with you.”
    “What kind of deal?”
    “Until further notice you become Mindy’s friend.”
    “You don’t need to make a deal with me to be her
friend. She’s a great kid.”
    “I don’t want to be worrying about threatening you.
You’ll stay here until further notice. When I know it’s going to be safe, you
go without any worries.”
    Cherry frowned. “You’re making a deal with me and then
I’m free to go?”
    “Yes. Mindy doesn’t have a mother, and I don’t allow
her to bring friends here. It’s hard for her, and I didn’t realize how much
until I saw her with you. Be her friend, be what she needs, and when all of it
is over, I’ll let you go. I’ll pay you weekly.”
    “How much?” Cherry asked. She’d be Mindy’s friend for free, but she had to think of
her life past this.
    “I’ll pay you fifteen hundred a week.”
    She licked her lips. “Deal.” With fifteen hundred a week she could put away a great deal of money for a long
time and she’d be set to do with her life what she wanted.
    “You’re not going to negotiate.”
    “No. I know a good deal when I see one.”
    His gaze ran down her body, and the heat in his gaze
twisted her gut inside. She didn’t like the way he looked at her.
    “I have a condition,” she said.
    “Which is?” he asked.
    “I don’t want to have sex with you.” Even as she said
the words, she wished she hadn’t said anything.
    “I’ve not asked for sex.”
    “I know that look. You want to have sex.”
    Elijah stood and kept a grip on her wrist. He tugged
her close, cupping her cheek. Her pussy was slick with cream.
    “Baby, I’ve got women waiting for me to fuck them. I’m
not into force of any kind. I can handle your one condition.” He released her
hand. “I’ll leave you out some sweats, and tomorrow Mindy will take you
shopping.
    Elijah left the room before she could say anything
more. Rubbing her hand where he held her, Cherry wondered what the hell she was
doing.

Chapter Three
     
    Three days later Elijah sat in Caleb and Henry’s
office at Ecstasy. The nightclub was the best club within the city and where a
lot of business went down. There were girls toward the back that Henry and
Caleb took care of, making sure none of the clients got brutal with the girls. They
could fuck them but not harm them in anyway.
    “This is all you could find?” Elijah asked.
    “She’s not done anything wrong. Her mother died at a
young age, and when the doctors realized she was alone, they sent her to a
foster home. Whoever this Cherry was, she didn’t have the best luck in life.
Her mother was a whore, and there are even some social work reports where they
suspected abuse but could never prove it. Cherry left one foster home after she
broke a guy’s nose but wouldn’t say why. Until she was eighteen she went from
one foster home to another until she finally left. She’s been working ever
since and studying. The only thing I could really find that was interesting was
the use of her library card. She likes to read or study.” Caleb tapped his
fingers on the desk.
    This was not the kind of stuff he wanted to be
thinking about when it came to Cherry. She lived a hard life. He’d dealt with
crime his whole life, but Mindy lived a good one. Elijah made sure she had
everything her heart desired. She’d asked him once to marry someone, but he’d
refused. It was the only thing he couldn’t give her.
    “What’s her address?” Elijah flicked through the file.
    “It’s all there. You’ve just got to look for it.”
    “Is this anything we’ve got to be worried about?”
Henry asked.
    “No. This is personal.”
    “Not many men get women as gifts.”
    “Not many men are me.” Elijah stood,