His Words

Standing, we walk to the desk. I watch the woman take the form.

"Welcome to the business, Bex; you can use the services now." Yeah, totally damn different, we walk away and I look back at the woman.

"Okay, what? Explain." Bex chuckles.

"She took my forms and said, 'Ah, Ruby, welcome.' Then she said sorry and that I was registered."

"Maybe Alaric had a feeling you would join, so told her to watch out for you?"

"Maybe, who is your friend? He hasn't stopped watching you for the past half an hour, and all you were doing was ticking boxes." I smile at her.

"His name is Lucas, he's hot."

I laugh. "After an hour of talking, you have his name and that he's hot?" She should have more than that.

"He didn't run and isn't scared of me. He's five years older than me and has a daughter." I still hearing her words. "She's young, two to be exact."

"And her mum?" I don't know why but red flags just floated in my mind.

"Don't, a woman was talking to him. He's not lying. The mum died, so no, he isn't ch