~ Lily ~
I pulled my phone from my purse as I headed toward the stairs. My driver was probably asleep by now not that Richard would ever admit it. He'd worked for my family long enough to perfect the art of sounding awake regardless of the hour, but I was beginning to feel mildly guilty about dragging him across the city every time I made questionable decisions, which tonight definitely qualified as one.
I had already found his number when Hector's voice stopped me.
"You hungry?" he asked, one hand resting against the lock of the front door like he had nowhere better to be.
I took a peek at him from over my shoulder. He looked entirely too casual for a man who had spent the last hour dismantling my emotional defence mechanisms on a fire escape.
"Is that your solution to everything?" I
