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    I let out a deep sigh and padded over towards my bedroom, finally giving in to the fatigue. The next day was going to be another long day, working out what I intended to do about the reputation of Kaiden Cross. It wasn’t a job that was going to be easy, now that I’d seen the real side of him, so I was going to have to get a good night’s sleep.
    I lay down on the cool sheets without changing out of my clothes. I couldn’t even be bothered to do that, never mind complete my regular night-time moisturizing regime, and I knew I was going to be a hot mess tomorrow, but I was too tired to care.
    My eyes were already flickering shut, exhaustion taking over. Unfortunately, as my subconscious took over, it brought Kaiden right back into the forefront of my mind. In my imagination, his body was back up against mine like it had been earlier, and his fingers were still on my cheek…only this time when he made his sleazy remark, I took the bull by the horns and leaned in to kiss him. Hard. We moved against each other in unison, losing ourselves in a warm haze of lust. Then his hands started to wander, and things became a hundred times hotter…
    The stream of erotic thoughts continued, and as much as I didn’t want to, I finally fell asleep to the thought of Kaiden Cross.
    Dammit.

Chapter 4
    Riley
     
    “So?” Eric asked, sounding far too happy as he strode into my office.
    “Huh?” I glanced away from my computer screen and looked up at him. I still felt tired and out of it, as if I was suffering from a hangover. I found it disconcerting to be at work feeling this way, especially as I hadn’t come in till eleven, so I really should’ve been feeling fine.
    “Got a taste for it?” Eric asked. My expression must’ve remained blank, because he felt the need to explain himself further. “The fight?”
    Of course, the fight. That had only been last night, so how had it escaped my memory already?
    I guess I didn’t really need to ask that question. I already knew exactly why. All I’d been thinking about was Kaiden, and the rest of the night hadn’t even crossed my mind.
    “Um, yeah, it was cool. Quite interesting,” I finally managed to blurt out. I could feel my cheeks heating up with embarrassment, and I shifted uncomfortably in my seat.
    “Not too brutal for delicate little Riley?” he teased, but it hit a little close to the mark. I had actually found it slightly hard to watch at times, with all that violence and blood. To me it had all just felt so…unnecessary. Plus the part where Kaiden had been getting badly hit had struck a nerve and opened a part of my heart that I thought I’d shut off forever. A small part of me had been tempted to crawl into that cage and drag Mac off him myself.
    Well…that had been before I remembered who Kaiden Cross had become, anyway. He didn’t need my help anymore, and he could deal with his own problems nowadays. He was certainly strong enough.
    Still, it didn’t stop the awful childhood memories from pouring back in. Not every moment of our friendship had been blissful and filled with childish innocence.
    I was seven, and Kaiden’s arms and legs were covered in bruises. He didn’t tell me why.
    Now I was eight, and Kaiden was standing in front of me, one eye bruised and his nose bleeding. This time he told me how it happened, and I did what I could to try and help.
    Now I was ten, and this time his nose was totally broken. I’d wanted to kill the man who’d done it to him — his Dad — but I was just like Kaiden. Small and helpless. All I could do was hide him in my bedroom until his father had sobered up next door. That was all I could do to help, but it wasn’t enough…
    I’d told my Mom what was happening at the time, and she’d called CPS to send someone around, but Kaiden’s father was a good liar. ‘ My son just fell off his bike,’ he’d say to explain the bruises.
    I pushed the memories back down, guilt eating me up.
    “Ha-freaking-ha!” I