Her whole body responded to him, to the mere fact that he was in the room with her. The minute she sensed him close, her skin became electric, her body magnetic and flowing to him. Briefly she’d felt whole.

He stood up, pacing the floor. “I want you, Lisa.”

“Not enough to tell me the truth.”

Remy turned to her, his whole face flushed, his eyes pleading. “Please don’t give up on me.”

The moment seemed to stop, her looking at him and those words burrowing in, blasting past her defenses. But she was stronger now. She knew who he was. He was trying to save his job. Trying to save his family and his town.

She wished he’d simply asked her.

“Remy, could I have a moment with my sister?”

Will was standing there. Will was in the room. The one damn person in the world she couldn’t ever turn away.

Remy looked like he didn’t want to leave, but he finally turned to Will. “I’ll be outside. I’m going to stand guard. I won’t allow her to be alone.”

“I know.” Will put a hand on his shoulder, stopping him before he could leave. He looked at Remy, as serious as she’d ever seen him. “I know where you are, brother. Let me talk to her.”

Remy nodded and looked back once, his eyes empty.

She was relieved when the door closed behind him. But then she was alone with another man who’d betrayed her. “How could you tell him?”

“He deserved to know how you got a concussion, Lisa. He has to know how to take care of you and what he cannot do even if it seems like the right thing in the moment. I don’t want him locking you in for your own good. He won’t do that now. He’ll find another way to protect you. That man loves you. He deserves to know.”

She shook her head. “You don’t get to decide that. And honestly, that’s probably your conscience talking. Do you feel bad about pimping me out, brother? How did you ethically process this one? Sell my body to save my soul?”

“Oh, don’t underestimate how damn worried I am about your body, sister.” Will was a little pale. He approached her bed. “You were almost kidnapped tonight. If Remy hadn’t been so fast, that man would have taken off and god only knows what could have happened to you. Don’t even try to make me fucking feel bad that I hired a bodyguard for you.”

“I’m not upset about that, though a heads-up would have been cool.” She’d been so stupid. Had they all been laughing at her? How many people knew?