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care
of you. We want to.”
    She shook her head in denial. “No,
you three want to fuck me and use me as some kind of living, breathing, sex
toy. I’m a person. I’m not going to be used.”
    Zoe glanced up to see a mother
approaching the park area. “I’ve got to go. I need to get some stuff from
town.”
    “Great. I’ll drive you.”
    “That won’t be necessary. I can take
care of myself.”
    Connor stood over her. His gaze was
focussed on her eyes. He cupped her cheeks forcing her to keep the contact of
their gaze. “I’ll drive you into town. Don’t argue with me, Zoe. You will not
win. That is a promise.”
    She nodded her head, hating herself
for giving in. Zoe felt the heat of his words go southwards. Her pussy was on
fire and had been since the moment he’d joined her at the park. She nodded at
the mother who’d finally decided to be a parent. The other woman was too busy
looking at Connor. His bad boy reputation must precede him. She glanced at him
and saw he wasn’t paying any attention.
    “That woman was looking at you,” she
said, testing him to see how he’d react.
    “I don’t give a shit.”
    He followed her up the flights of
steps to her apartment door.
    “You can wait outside,” she said.
    “Dream on, baby. I’ll wait inside.”
    She growled in annoyance. Opening
the door, she tried to slam the hard wood in his face. Connor caught it and
closed the door quietly. Zoe stormed off to the kitchen, put her cup in the
sink, her book on the side and grabbed her purse.
    When she got back to where she’d
left Connor she found him staring at her bare walls and threadbare furniture.
“There are no pictures,” he said.
    “I don’t own any pictures.”
    “Why not? Everyone should have some
pictures.”
    Her heart felt tight.
    She shook her head.
     
     

 
    Chapter Five
     
    Connor stared at her for several
seconds and thought better of invading her privacy a little more. She was
clearly uncomfortable with talking about her past. He let out a sigh. No matter
how hard he tried to get closer to her, she tried to keep the distance between
them firmly in place. At least he’d finally gotten a look in her apartment.
From what he saw, it gave him no hope at all.
    He knew she wasn’t running from
anything. A woman on the run wouldn’t be in an apartment or start to become
attached to children in a park. Zoe was running from something else, but what
he had no clue.
    “Let’s go before Noah has a real
reason to fire me.” He grabbed her hand and opened the front door. A guy stood
on the other side with his hand raised to knock. “Can I help you?” Connor
asked.
    A gasp from behind him alerted him
that Zoe wasn’t happy with the man at her door either. “I want a word with
Zoe.”
    “Zoe, do you want a word with this
guy?” Connor asked.
    “No. Bill, leave me alone.”
    “Are you her boyfriend?” Bill asked.
    Connor hated him on sight. He saw
the expensive suit for what it really was. A costume. There was something about the guy that turned his stomach. Bill’s gaze moved to
Zoe, and Connor saw the desire in his eyes. There is no way this man was going
near his woman.
    “She’s mine, Bill. Back off.”
    He thought Bill was going to say
something else. A quick glance between the two and the other man walked away.
“Lock your door.” Connor didn’t let go of hers hand. They walked down to his
truck together. He helped her inside then moved round to his own section. “Who
was that guy?”
    “I don’t know. His name is Bill.
That’s all I know.”
    “I don’t like him.”
    A chuckle came from her. “You
wouldn’t. He’s not a good guy.”
    “What do you mean?”
    “Let’s just say that Law Castle has
its bad side as well.”
    Connor wanted to ask more. He filed
the information away for later. If he could get anything on the guy then he
wanted to make sure the Sheriff knew what was going on. Bill was a threat. He’d
seen and sensed it in the guy.
    Pushing the thoughts away,