Signed, Sealed, Sinful
She just smiled and said, "You were never home anyway, Xander."
After that, I shut it all down. The feelings, the vulnerability, the openness. I buried myself in work, turned Williams Group into the most profitable year in its history, and made sure that no woman ever got close enough to touch me again. I had a system. I'd go out when Benjamin dragged me, have a drink or two, leave with whoever caught my eye, and be gone by morning. No names. No numbers. No second meetings.
And then Lara happened.
I picked up my phone from the table and called Franklin. He answered on the third ring, his voice thick with sleep.