Page 4 of Riding Dirty

His cropped dark hair, his gold eyes, his short beard… so damn sexy.

“You the cleaner?” he asks.

His voice is dripping with sex and honey. He crosses his arms over his chest, his biceps bulging. I open my mouth to confirm I am, but nothing comes out. Not a single word.

He chuckles. “I’m Wrath. Come on inside, and we can go over everything.”

Then he does something I don’t expect. He stretches out his arm, his palm facing up, and he waits. Flicking his gaze down to his hand, he then shifts it back up to meet mine… waiting. I take the bait, if it’s bait. I don’t know, and I’m not sure I care.

At this point, I don’t know how I can even breathe, let alone walk. But I lift my hand and place my fingers in his waiting palm. Then my feet move, and I follow behind him. I walk into his world.

The room is dark when I walk through the doorway. I blink a few times as my eyes adjust, but I don’t get the time because his fingers flex a little harder, and he gently tugs me behind him as he continues moving. I don’t know where we’re going, but it’s apparently in a hurry.

Well, that is, until he stops.

There is a closed door in front of us, and only then does he release his grasp on my hand. I look behind me, wondering if there is anyone around to witness what’s going on in case I need help, but we’re alone.

He reaches for the door and wraps his fingers around the knob, twisting it before he shoves it open. I hold my breath, waiting for what is about to come. I have no idea what it could be, but my anxiety is through the absolute roof as I brace myself.

He turns his head, looking over his shoulder at me. “C’mon in, and we’ll go over some paperwork.”

“Paperwork?” I ask, my exhale coming out in a whoosh.

He grins, no doubt feeling my stress floating around us in the air. “Yeah, babe. Paperwork.”

Babe.

Wow.

Then, without another word, he walks around the desk and sinks down in the chair before he lifts his hand and motions behind me. Turning my head, I find two chairs in the middle of the room, facing the desk.

He wants me to sit.

My legs are so shaky that I agree with myself it would be a wonderful idea to sit down instead of collapsing onto the floor. I sink down and place my trembling hands on my thighs as I slowly lift my gaze up to look at this man.

He is watching me, his honey eyes fixed on mine across the desk. My heart is beating so fast that I don’t know how I’m even sitting. I’ve never been this overly anxious in my life. But being in this building, sitting across from this man, I’m wondering just what the hell I’ve gotten myself into.

As if he can read my mind, he leans forward, pushing a piece of paper across the desk. “Here.”

Reaching for the paper, my fingers trembling as I do, I look down and frown at the sight of the document. My eyes scan the heading, and my brows snap together at the words as they register.

Nondisclosure Agreement.

I know what they mean; that’s not what has me confused. It’s why he’s handing this to me at all. I’m a cleaner. He’s set this meeting up to talk to me about a potential cleaning contract. Why would I need to sign this?

I flick my gaze up, and he no doubt sees the question in my eyes. “The NDA is just a precaution. You’re going to be in and out of here; no sense in there being any question on what can be said, or not said, to anyone who may try and ask.”

“That sounds ambiguous,” I murmur.

“Just the way it is,” he states.

I’m probably going to regret asking this, especially with the way he’s looking at me. I don’t know if he wants to eat me alive or what, but I’m a little scared to ask my next question. I inhale a deep breath, hold it for a moment, then let it out before I continue.

“Well, before I sign anything, what exactly do you expect from me?”

I watch as he places his elbows on the table and presses his fingers together in front of his mouth. Thankfully, the move doesn’t hide his pretty eyes from my view. I can’t look away from them. They’ve got me frozen in place, holding me here.

“We just need this place cleaned once a week. Then we got a couple houses in town we need cleaned as well.”