Death shrugged. “Was just gonna comment that Mr. Hail brings you out of your shell more than the others.”

I tensed. “What do you mean by that?”

“Just that with the other clients, you act polite and sweet and shit, but you’re more yourself around that guy we just left.”

Huh, I’d never noticed before. Could it be true? I shook my head. “I don’t think so.”

“I’d never seen you with him before, but I have the others since they take you out. Just looked different to me, but I could be wrong.”

He was. He had to be. I wouldn’t let my walls down that much around a client.

Fuck me, who was I kidding? Only myself, apparently. With the other clients, I stuck with a story of Ben. I didn’t tell them about myself, my real life. Death was right, damn it. I just didn’t want to admit it to myself.

Again, it told me I was in too deep with Adrik. I’d gotten feelings attached to the job. What hurt the most was that if I did choose to not see Adrik again, he wouldn’t know why. He wouldn’t know it was because of me and that my decision had nothing to do with him. Could I tell him? No, I didn’t think it would be wise. He’d only see I was weak. Adrik was the type of man who needed someone strong to stand by his side, and me? I was running. Running because I couldn’t do one job right and not get attached to a client.

If I did run.

I really needed to talk to Kylo. Maybe he was in the same position I was in with a client. I hoped so. I wouldn’t feel like such a dickhead.

A thought flew into my mind.

“Death?”

“Yeah?”

“When a client books in someone and pays, what does the company show on the record?”

“A computer technician company.”

Huh. It looked like Adrik’s transactions were hidden if anyone looked into him. Which would be good for a person who didn’t want people to know he was gay… or into guys as well as girls. I wasn’t sure which category Adrik fell into; we never went into it. Of course, my new train of thought took me to a place where I could justify my choice of ending things. If I did. It could also mean Adrik didn’t want a real relationship with a man. Eventually, he would settle with a woman to keep the image of a straight, obviously loaded businessman. Hell, he could own more than just the casinos, and if he wanted to expand, it was no secret gay people were still treated as pariahs, which no doubt would be more challenging when it came to business. Shit, even my parents frowned upon homosexuality because of their interpretation of religion.