Page 48 of Lies You Told
“This is Danny Cain. He’s going to be like a second skin to you.”
“Hi, Danny,” I say.
“He’s the guy in charge.”
I raise my eyebrows at him, a small laugh escaping me.
Jax leans down and whispers in my ear. “You’re all mine, but I don’t share.”
“Good to know,” I say, giving him a wink.
Danny has the grace to turn away from us and give us a minute.
“He’s got a team staying in the building. He or one of his guys will take you to work every day and anywhere else you want to go.”
Okay, now I’m fucking scared. “Isn’t this a little overkill?”
Danny and Jax stare at each other. “Ms. Lawson, when Jax contacted me, I was already aware of your case. Mr. Huntington has had us keeping an eye on things on and off for the last couple of years.”
I lower myself to sit down on my couch. “Why?” I whisper.
“Mr. Huntington was worried. Jax didn’t want to deal with a new work up. We were familiar with all the moving parts in this case. We know who we’re looking for.”
“Thanks, and Danny, it’s Chloe. If we’re spending a lot of time together, we may as well be on a first-name basis.”
“As you wish, Chloe.”
“I have one of the guys stationed on the floor. I’ll pick you up in the morning to take you to work. Tomorrow, the rest of the team will be coming into town, and I’ll introduce you to everyone then.”
“Okay,” I whisper.
I watch as Jax walks Danny out of the apartment. We eat our food in silence, and it shows just how hungry I am that I’m still able to eat after all this.
Chloe: Greyson, we need to talk.
Chloe: Jax just introduced me to Danny.
Chloe: Call me when you get this.
“He’s probably in a meeting or something,” Jax says, knowing exactly who I was trying to get hold of. “What’s the story with you two, anyway? The official story. There has to be more to it than what I was able to pick up on over the years.”
“He’s not my dad.” As soon as I say it, I know the thought has crossed his mind. “It’s usually that, or they think I’ve boned him. It’s neither, by the way.” A shiver goes down her body, and I know she’s not lying. The thought of boning Greyson freaks her out.
“Never thought you’d slept with him.”
I laugh, knowing from his choice of words that he did think he could have been my Dad. “I met him when I was fifteen. I’d heard about a scholarship that his company offers every year. I decided to go one step further. I made an appointment to meet him. You’d have to ask Greyson why he took a chance on me, but he told me it was because he liked how I took the bull by the horns and went after what I wanted. Said it reminded him of himself.”
I look up when I hear Jax laugh.
“What?”
“We’re more alike than I thought. No wonder we spent our whole time rubbing each other the wrong way.”
I laugh because I know Jax's story. I’d never made the connection before, but I guess we are alike.
“Can you stay the night?” I ask as I rest my head on his shoulder.
“Yeah, I’ll leave before you in the morning.”
