Free After Hours by Marie Rochelle

things out with her.
     “You got all silent. Is something wrong?” she asked, resting her head on his chest. “Do you want to tell me what it is?”
    I can’t confess that I’m here to arrest your uncle, he thought.
     Forbes was beyond worried that Jametria would leave him after she found out the truth.
    For a while now, he had kept her in the dark so he could gain her trust while finding out more about her uncle. This wasn’t the secret she was expecting him to come clean about and now sure in the hell wasn’t the time.
    “Honey, there isn’t anything wrong. I’m just excited that you decided to get involved with me,” he lied, hating the bad taste it left in his mouth. “It has been a very long time since a woman accepted my career.”
    “What do you mean?” Jametria said, turning her body so she could look him in the eyes.
    “Females love fantasizing about the hot guy on the cover of their favorite romance book, but there are only a few who are strong enough to date us,” Forbes explained. “It does get tough when fans run up to me and I’m in a relationship. I’ve been dumped twice because of it and two of my best friends got divorced because it.”
    “Well, you don’t have to worry about me. An excited female fan isn’t going to make me leave you because I’m in the business. I know how things work. So, you might be stuck with me for a while.” Jametria kissed the spot above his left nipple and ran her fingertips over and played with the other one
    He prayed those words held true when she found out the entire truth about him. It was probably only a matter of days before her uncle called, but he was done worrying about the future. He only wanted to get lost in the present with her.
    Flipping Jametria over, Forbes searched her face and saw all the emotions she felt for him shining back. He didn’t want to ask, but he had to do it. Her answer was so important to him; it would give him the willpower to keep doing his job.
     “Did you really mean what you told me? You’d stay with me no matter what may happen in the future?”
    “Well, unless my crush from tenth grade comes knocking at my front door, it’s safe to say I’m staying put,” she teased.
    “Jametria, I’m serious. Will you stand by me no matter what?” Forbes questioned with more than a hint of fear to his voice. “My world would be over if you broke up with me.”
    “Baby, what’s wrong with you?” Jametria sat up beside him, concern etched across her beautiful face. She ran her hands over the stubble on his jaw and the caress calmed away most of the tension in his body.
    “You know that I’m here for you. Are you worried about landing another job?”
    If that was only his problem, Forbes wished, tugging Jametria back down to his chest. “I have something I need to tell you.”
    “Is it something bad? Do I need to be sitting down instead of lying down to hear your confession? I’m not scared about what you have to tell me. It’s probably something small that you’re blowing way out of proportion.”
    Don’t tell her ! his mind screamed at him. Her uncle hadn’t shown up yet and he might not after all, so he might have a chance to tell her the real reason he came here. He wasn’t willing to chance telling Jametria his real job just quite yet.
    “Forget about it. I’ll tell you later.” He tucked Jametria’s head underneath his chin and covered them with a sheet.
    “Are you sure?” she asked.
    “Yes…let’s get some sleep and we can talk in the morning.”
    “Alright, I’m a little tired.” Jametria snuggled up to him and a few minutes passed before she started drifting off to sleep.
    Long after Jametria fell asleep beside him, Forbes stayed awake worried about when the other shoe was going to drop. Anytime a person was in a relationship and one person was lying to the other, the truth came out without warning.
    Zane thought Forbes couldn’t handle the pressure of dating Jametria and keeping the truth