forward to my calls. I’ve never been the type to use anyone—for anything. Not to mention these guys had served overseas with me, they were lifelong friends. Ironically enough it would be easier to find out inside information about Mark, than it would be to find out personal details about Laura. The fact that she stayed in the house put her in a protective cocoon of sorts. I was going to have to get close to her emotionally to be able to get any information on her—information that would tell me the truth of who and what she really was. That wasn’t going to be easy for either one of us. What I couldn’t figure out was why I was looking forward to it. Why was I looking forward to bonding with a woman that I didn’t even know? Who was I kidding? I didn’t bond—I fucked.
Laura I found myself thinking about my new friend Miller throughout the day. No matter how I tried to lie to myself about why, my thoughts kept wandering back to him. I knew that I was attracted to him—hell, who wouldn’t be? The guy was sex on display no matter how professional he looked on his website. I made my way to the site to see if I could find out any more information about him. Once again I was drawn to the picture of a man who looked like he could solve the world’s problems. He had the kind of hair that makes you want to run your fingers through it, or pull it down towards your inner thighs as you guide him to where you want his mouth to be. I was terrible for thinking these nasty thoughts about a complete stranger, but the guy looked like he just walked off of the cover of a men’s magazine so I couldn’t fault myself too much. There was nothing friendly about the expression he had on his carved out features. Though his clean shaven face had a smooth complexion, the seriousness in his expression clearly let you know that he was a man who could get the job done. The straight line of his full lips let you know that he was a very serious individual. Though he was sexy in his demeanor, there was an element of danger in those yellow hued eyes he possessed. I found myself trying to think up an excuse to text him. I chastened myself for the thought of it. I had no intentions of doing so. He had already told me that he was a player and though I respected his honesty, I wasn’t about to set myself up to get hurt. If I was reacting to him this way, and I wasn’t the type to be attracted to anyone, then that meant that every other woman that he encountered reacted the same way to his dangerous good looks. The best thing that I could do was stay the hell away from Mr. Sex on a stick. Let somebody else become enamored with him—my life was already fucked up enough. I still couldn’t help but wonder if he fucked as good as he looked. I quickly started working in order to get my mind off of the man that I could never have…
Miller I watched my mark as he made his way out of the high-rise office building he owned. It was evident the guy had to be doing well financially to have as much going on as he did. I knew from previous experience, many times it is the rich who tend to have the most detrimental financial problems. If that was the case, then maybe that was the reason he wanted Laura killed. There had to be some financial reason why he would benefit from her death, because it wasn’t like she was causing any drama in his life. How could a woman who wouldn’t even leave her house be a burden to any man? I watched him hail a cab and kept a safe distance as I followed. We made our way through downtown traffic and into the historical district where traffic had thinned out. The cab pulled up to a home that was in a gothic architect style, located on 4 th and Magnolia, directly across the street from Central Park. I knew this area well enough to know that it was eclectic in nature. People from every walk of life inhabited the structures in this neighborhood, from those with old money, right down to the down and out