Page 97 of The Hitman and the Psychic

I sent him a grin. “Well, that is your nickname, so it’s worth a try.”

“I definitely got lucky with you.” He laced his fingers with mine. “But I’m a little worried.”

He began kissing each of my knuckles, sending a shiver down my spine and warmth through my heart. “About what?”

“The part where I’m lucky… the lucky one. It means I always get out alive, but no-one else does. It puts you in danger, and I don’t want to lose you.”

“But I’m different.” I pulled his hand toward my lips and kissed his knuckles. “I’m a psychic.”

My phone began to ring, and I sighed. “Guess I’d better get that.” I found my phone and quickly answered. “Hi Mom.”

“Hey. I just wanted to call and see how you’re doing.”

“Everything’s good.”

“Is Nate there?”

I glanced his way. “Yes, he is.” She didn’t say anything. “Uh… why?”

“Can I talk to him?”

“What? No. I mean, you can just talk to me.”

She huffed out a breath. “Just let me talk to him for a minute. I promise I won’t embarrass you.”

“Mom. You already are.”

“Please, Serenity. Let me talk to him.”

I huffed out a breath and glanced at Stone. “She wants to talk to you.”

His brows rose, but he held out his hand for the phone. “Hey, Kristin. What’s up?” He listened and began to nod. “Yes. I can put it in today… no, that’s not necessary. I’ve got it covered… no… I don’t need you to pay for it.” Another pause. “Yes, I’m sure… okay… yes… I’ll make sure she’s safe… right… okay, here she is…” He handed the phone back to me with a cocky grin on his face.

“Hey, Mom. Have a nice chat?”

“Yes. Is he… uh… sticking around for a while?”

“As far as I know.”

“So… things are going okay?”

“Well, I haven’t scared him off yet, if that’s what you mean.”

She huffed. “I’m just worried about you. Someone nearly ran you over last night. Did you forget?”

Since that was right before the best thing that ever happened to me, I had actually forgotten all about it. “Of course not. Nate and I are working on that right now. You don’t need to worry.”

“That’s a relief. Well, call me if you figure it out. And keep that man close.”

“I’ll do my best.” She said that last part loud enough that I was sure Nate heard every word. We disconnected, and I closed my eyes. “Sorry about that.” I opened them to find him grinning at me. “What?”

“Nothing. It’s just nice that your mom cares, that’s all. Since she reminded me about installing a home security system, I guess I’d better get to work.”

“Sure, but what about Aubree and Johnny? And your leg? And figuring out who tried to kill me?”

He nodded. “It is a lot. As far as who’s after you, it wouldn’t hurt to talk to your ex in person and touch him, right?”

He had a point, but did I want to talk to Brandon? No way. “Okay. Maybe while we’re out delivering earrings to Aubree, we could stop by his office. It’ll be the day of exes.”

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