Free Noah by Justine Elvira

name makes me cringe inside.
He never responded to my text from this afternoon, and he hasn't
called me since he left me at Noah's bar. He could be mad at me and
ignore my calls, but something tells me that's not it.
    Something else is going on with him.
    I refuse to believe it is anything related to what
Kendall and Noah's suspicions are about him. Caleb would never
screw around on me. He loves me too much. After six years together
we have built a strong foundation to our relationship based on love
and mutual respect. We may not come from the same type of
upbringing, but that doesn't matter to him as much as everyone
thinks it does.
    He wants to be with me and he wants to take care of
me. Sooner or later he is going to call me and have a perfectly
reasonable explanation to why he hasn't texted me back.
    "Is that right, sugar bear?" Kendall flirts. At first
I think she's talking to a client but then I spot the cell phone in
her hand. I don't hear what "sugar bear" says back, but she giggles
and then whispers, "I'll see what I can do," before ending the
call.
    "Soooo..." Kendall's looking at me with desperate,
wanting eyes and I just know I'm going to hate what she says next.
"It's slow...and we close up in thirty minutes...and I was thinking
maybe you could do me a favor and close up alone tonight? I kind of
have a date waiting."
    “Kendall ! " I sigh out annoyed. "I'm in the middle of the
last favor you asked me for and I don't know how to close."
    "It's easy and I wouldn't ask if it wasn't really
important."
    "You having sex tonight isn't that important."
    "My vagina feels differently."
    This is so typical Kendall. I love her dearly, but
she's ruled by her hormones. "What's your latest regret's
name?"
    "Gavin," she replies , wiggling her eyebrows and making a crude gesture
with her tongue and two fingers.
    "Make sure to let Gavin know you owe me two favors
now."
    "You're going to close up for me?"
    "Yeah, I guess I will. I was already planning on
being here until close anyway."
    "Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you," she screams,
flying out of her chair before pulling me up with her as she jumps
up and down in excitement. "You don ’ t know how happy you've made me. You don ’ t know how happy you've made my
vagina."
    Scrunching my face in disgust I shove her off me. "If
you don't stop talking about your vagina I'm going to take it back
and you'll have to close up yourself."
    Lifting one of her hands to her mouth she makes a
motion like she's zipping her mouth shut and then walks over to her
desk to shut everything down as she hums Ginuwine's
Pony .
    "At midnight shut the phone system down, turn off the
computers and lights, and lock up. It's that easy. Noah will have
one of the bouncers at the bar waiting outside to stay with you
until you're in a cab. He takes security very seriously."
    Okay, I'll turn off the phones, shut the computers
down, and lock up–easy.
    "Got it. Now go have fun and call me in the morning
so I know you're okay."
    Kendall grabs her purse and hands me the keys before
leaning in to give me a peck on the cheek. "Will do.
Thanks , doll."
    The next half hour passes quickly. I get two more
phone calls, one to ask when Bar Forbidden closes and the other to
book an escort for Saturday night. When it's time to lock
up , I shut everything
down and grab my purse, ready to head home and throw my sweats back
on.
    I never discussed with Kendall how exactly she was
going to pay me for tonight since she was working , too, but I know she'll figure something
out. She wouldn't risk my cover being blown. She knows how
important it is for Noah and Caleb to never find out I work for
Forbidden Desires, Inc.
    Forbidden
Desires' office is on the second floor of the building
across the street from Bar Forbidden. When I step out onto the
outdoor walkway on the second floor and lock up, no bouncer is out
here waiting for me like Kendall said there would be. He could be
running late and I know I should wait for someone, but