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them she settled on. “Would he be obligated to tell you?”
    “Not if I don’t ask. And I promise I won’t.” He put a finger on his chest. “Cross my heart.”
    She smiled at the gesture. He wanted her to feel safe with him. He didn’t know why, but that seemed important.
    “Cross you heart, huh?”
    “Yep. Stick a needle in my eye and all that.”
    “That might be extreme.”
    He figured if he just let her sort it out in her mind, she would decide the right thing. The time was late and frankly, he didn’t care where she lived, she shouldn’t be heading home alone. He was far too much of a gentleman to let that happen.  Even if he never saw her again, he wanted her to be safe. He had resources. He might as well use them.
    “What do you say? I’d feel better if I knew you arrived home safely,” he said finally.
    “Okay. Just to keep you feeling better. I’ll take the ride.”
    “Will you at least text me when you get there safely?”
    “Okay.”
    He put a hand on her back; he loved the feel of her back. He bet it was sexy and for a moment, he had a vision of kissing each vertebrae as his lips traveled down to that luscious butt. Blinking, he shoved that vision down for a more appropriate time.  Like when he was alone or in the shower.
    “You need your coat?”
    “I didn’t bring one.”
    “Then take my jacket until the car arrives.”
    He retrieved his coat from coat check then put it over Ellyn’s shoulders as they walked out to the street. He dialed his driver’s phone. “I need you to take a young lady home. She’ll tell you her address.”
    “Okay, boss. I’ll be there in ten minutes.”
    He disconnected the call. “He’ll be here in ten minutes.”
    “How will you get home?”
    “He’ll come back for me,” Colton said.
    “Oh.”
    “I really want you to call me, Ellyn. We can meet for dinner. I want to discuss your future.”
    “You make it sound so serious. I have a future.”
    “I know but I have another idea for you. I think you have options.”
    “I’ll think about it.”
    He opened the door for her when his car arrived. “Good night, Ellyn.”
    She handed him his coat. “Good night, Colton.”
    He watched his car drive off then turned to go back inside. He wanted to say his goodbyes to Doug though, he wasn’t sure he could tear him away from Ellyn’s friend. Hope she knew what she was doing, Doug had a short attention span.
    His friend was just coming of the dance floor. The woman was on his arm, her smile broad.
    “Hey, Doug.”
    “Colton, this is Shalia,” Doug said.
    Colton nodded at her. “Nice to meet you. I just put your friend Ellyn in a car. She’s on her way home.”
    “Ever the gentleman, Colton.”
    Doug looked at Shalia as if he had other ideas about what to do with her. Sending her home was not on his list. Ellyn had said Shalia would know what she was doing, but should he warn her that this might only be a one night event? Doug would make sure she got home safely but not until he fed her breakfast. How Shalia was looking at Doug, Colton figured that she wanted this as much as he did.
    Colton looked around. “The party is waning.”
    “Yeah, an early night. Even if it weren’t, no one would notice if I left,” Doug said.
    Doug usually left early and usually with a woman on his arm. Colton smiled at him. “Go. I’m heading out as soon as my car is back.”
    Doug patted him on the back. “You’re a good man. We should watch football this weekend.”
    “I’ll send a text,” Colton said, but he thought that Doug was already undressing Shalia.
    He watched the two leave and laughed. Doug probably sorted out all the payments beforehand. There was nothing for Colton to do but wait for his car. He could have tracked its whereabouts, but he chose not to. He’d made a promise to Ellyn and he wanted to keep it. His phone buzzed and he saw she texted him that she was home.
    He texted her back. “Sweat dreams, Ellyn.”
    She sent him a smiley