Not Damaged(3)

When Extreme opened Jake asked her to come to him here. The club provided everything for her and stopped her and Jake from getting too close. She didn’t want a sexual relationship with him. He was her brother’s best friend and her savior when she needed him.

Wiping her eyes, she stared up at him. “I’m sorry. We should really stop this.”

“It’s not you, Jesse. Crap, seeing my boss I suddenly realized I’m not fucking helping you at all. What would your parents say? What would your brother say?” Jake walked away, wiping the sweat from his brow.

“You’ve given me enough already.”

“No, I’ve not given you everything. There’s nothing between us. I’m not going to marry you, or be able to vet every man who enters your life.”

“One year has been more than enough.” She’d gotten more pleasure in the last year than she had since she’d become old enough to legally have sex.

“You’re not making sense. It has taken me too long to open my eyes.” Jake looked at her. “I love you, honey. I really do and I care about you. You’re a great friend, but I wouldn’t be a good friend if I let this continue.”

“It’s okay.” She turned toward the door. “Will I see you Sunday for dinner?” Every Sunday her parents went the whole hog of making a full roast.

“Don’t go yet. I’m not leaving you alone with this.” He turned her back to look at him. “Do you trust me?” he asked.

“You know I do. It’s a silly question.” She smiled up at him. "See, not broken or damaged."#p#分页标题#e#

“Then trust me to find someone who can help you. I know he’ll be able to give you what you need when I cannot.”

She made to protest but Jake was out the door. Putting her purse down on the counter, she took the seat in the corner. One moment she’d sat waiting for Jake to bring her to the dungeon then the next he was looking for another man to give her what she needed. None of it made any sense.

Running fingers through her hair, she blew some of her fringe out of her eyes. A haircut would be on the agenda in the next week. She worked as a receptionist in a lawyer’s office. One of the lawyers offered her a job as a personal assistant, which she turned down. The man in question had been trying to get her to go out on dates with him. She refused to give men the wrong signal, especially when she wouldn’t go through with it.

What on earth had happened to Jake?



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Staring at the screen, Ryan took a seat while Bill finished dealing with some issue on the main floor. From the looks of it one guy tried to hit on another’s girlfriend. He zoomed onto the girl in the dungeon who’d been sitting at the bar. What was it about her that intrigued him?

She sat on a chair, her hands rubbing up and down her thighs. Her head rested on the wall behind her with her eyes closed. What was she thinking? His curiosity rose even more. What was she thinking? His thoughts stayed on her even as the door to the office banged open.

“Ryan, can I have a word?” Jake asked.

Bill entered the room before he got chance to answer. “Everything is okay now, boss.” Ryan watched the other man take a seat, returning his attention back to Jake.

“I could really do with that word.”

Glancing toward the man, Ryan zoomed out of the room, giving Bill a nod before he left.

Ryan led the way into his office and took a seat behind the desk. “What do you want?”

“I need your help.” Jake took a seat.

“Then get on with it. I’ve not got all day.”

“It’s about Jesse and everything she’s been through.”

For the next ten minutes, Ryan listened to everything Jake had to say. He got a complete run down of the blonde woman who caught his interest. Anger consumed him at learning about her past.

“What happened to the fucker?” Ryan asked, hoping the bastard got castrated with a blunt knife.

“He pulled a gun on a local sheriff or something and he got shot dead.”

The end was too easy for Ryan. “Keep going.”

Jake finished the tale, leading up to him offering his services to bring her pleasure.

“Is she seeing someone about her issues?” Ryan ran a finger over his lip.

“Yes, but she doesn’t talk about this with them.”

“What do you think? Is she stable in her mind?”

“I’ve never had a problem with her. She hasn’t experienced any bad memories or anything. I promise you, Ryan, she’s a lot stronger than she looks.”

Sitting back, he stared at the man who was asking him to take over Jesse’s care. “She doesn’t want a relationship?”