Page 36 of Heartbreak Hero

If the five of them retired, Aries should still function. Right now, Levi only handled a few jobs.

There was only one problem he could foresee, and he would bet money on it.

The Secretary of Defense would have a coronary if all five of them retired.

“We can still be Aries and do bodyguard work like Levi,” King pointed out.

The three men broke into an argument about what it would really take to do that, but not Rowan, his eyes stayed glued to the laptop.

Levi took a moment to check his phone. It had been six hours since he’d left Sara’s bed and still no contact from her. Gazing at the phone wasn’t going to make a message appear.

In no way, shape, or form did he want to crowd her, but they had started something.

Now, he had to figure out where to go from here because his track record wasn’t all that great. And he wasn’t sure he was cut out for a relationship. So, he still had his doubts, but in the face of not seeing Sara again, they were fading fast.

“I found it,” Rowan announced and flipped the laptop around to show the video of Sara’s attack.

With his heart pounding, Levi reached out and tapped the start button on the video.

Sunday around noon, Sara waited in the car while Mandy ran the kids up to the daycare that advertised being open on weekends. Which made sense—not everyone got the luxury of working only weekdays.

They both had the day off, and she wanted to buy more items for her room. One thing was a lamp and a side table for next to the bed. The overhead light in the room was all good when she needed to put things away or get dressed, but for reading in bed, it didn’t work.

“You ready for this?” Sara asked when Mandy slid back into the car.

“Oh, hell yes,” Mandy laughed. “I needed a break. I can’t believe you found a reputable daycare that doesn’t charge an arm and a leg and is open weekends.”

She’d called ahead and paid seventy-five percent of the monthly fee with a promise to donate extra funds if they kept their promise and only charged Mandy a small fee.

“Where did you go yesterday?” Mandy asked, clipping her belt. “I turned around and you were gone.”

“I just walked on the beach. You know… to think about things,” she fibbed, but she wasn’t ready to share about Levi yet. Nor about their wonderful day that had ended up being shit this morning.

“Okay…so how are you doing? Any nightmares or trouble sleeping?” Mandy asked, pulling the car away from the curb.

“None.”

Of course, the reason was that all she had been thinking about was Levi and nothing else. Everything that happened before the other night paled in comparison.

But Levi was gone.

And there went her fantasies about him.

Well, not all of them. Some of her dreams were still there. Perhaps he would show back up tonight?

If he did, she vowed to give him a piece of her mind after she kissed him.

She truly believed he was her soulmate. Was it even possible to feel that way after only one date? Maybe that was what instant attraction felt like. Even though they had technically known each other for several months, it had been their first whole day together.

She wanted more days with him. She wanted to string days together to make years.

Did Levi feel the same way? Or was she just a casual fuck when he wanted to get his rocks off?

“Where is the best place to shop?” Sara asked lightly, changing the subject to get her mind off of Levi and her suddenly aching heart.

“The mall!” Mandy grinned. “We can shop until we drop and they have tons of places to eat.”

There were several malls in and around the city, so they chose San Francisco’s Centre Mall. The building itself was a huge upscale three-level structure with a historical dome.

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