Page 98 of Finding Lexie
“Do you want to go out to dinner one night with me and Midas?” she asked. “There are a few amazing Hawaiian restaurants we could take you to.”
“We will see,” Magnus said with a nod.
Hmmm. She’d hoped for a more enthusiastic response. But maybe he was just tired. Wracking her brain to try to think of something else to say as they walked, Lexie jerked in surprise when a man yelled from what seemed like right behind her.
“Hey, bitch!”
She turned to see a large man with a scruffy beard standing way too close.
“Yeah, you,” he said when he caught her eye. “You got any money? I need money.”
“I’m sorry, I don’t,” she said honestly. She never carried cash, it just wasn’t safe in this part of town.
“Liar!” the man exclaimed. He reached for her, but Magnus pulled her out of the man’s reach.
“It’s time to go,” he told the man.
But the scruffy man just sneered. “Ooooh. The big bad protector. What about you? You got any money?”
“Ignore him,” Magnus said, turning his back on the man and heading back down the sidewalk.
Lexie wasn’t sure it was a good idea to let the man out of their line of sight, but she followed Magnus’s lead.
The guy followed behind them, verbally harassing them as they walked.
“Nice ass. I bet you’ve got a pretty pussy too. You can’t like that stick in the mud. I bet he’s got a tiny dick. My cock is huge. I’ll fill you right up.”
Lexie winced. She wasn’t comfortable at all. She’d never experienced anything like this kind of sexual harassment here before, and it seemed so out of place. Not to mention, it was very scary.
“Back off,” Magnus told him, but kept walking.
“I’ve seen you,” the man said. “All that pretty hair. Walking home alone. I can be your boyfriend. I’ll take care of you.”
Shivering, Lexie didn’t like the fact that he’d watched her. She felt vulnerable, and she hated it.
Without a word, Magnus turned and stepped toward the man. Lexie let go of him and watched in disbelief as he punched the guy in the face.
He went down with a thud, laughing as he looked up at them. Blood dripped from his nose as he said, “That all?”
“That’s all,” Magnus growled.
“Bitch is probably frigid,” the man retorted, then staggered to his feet and went back the way he’d come, toward Food For All.
“Holy shit,” Lexie exclaimed softly. “Are you all right?”
“Yes,” Magnus said. “Come on, let’s get you home before anything else happens. This is not a good part of the city.”
“It’s not usually this bad,” she said.
“I have been here one day and there has been much…excitement,” Magnus countered.
“I know, but seriously. I’ve been here for a while and no one’s ever come up to me like that.”
“You can’t trust people,” Magnus told her as they walked a little faster toward her apartment building. “I would think you would have learned that after what happened.”
“I prefer seeing the good in people,” she said.
“Sometimes there is none,” Magnus countered.
