Chapter 506

Leslie Green lifted the AC blanket and quietly got out of bed. She turned her back to Broderick Ackerley, missing the moment his eyes suddenly snapped open. Leslie headed into the walk-in closet, and when she came back, she had on all black — shirt and pants, sharp and cool-looking. Just as she reached for the door handle to leave, she paused and doubled back to Broderick's bedside. Broderick tried hard to keep still, pretending to sleep. But Leslie suddenly reached out like lightning and tapped a pressure point behind his ear. As he blacked out into a deep sleep, his face turned thunderous. This girl! He was always a light sleeper, so of course, the moment Leslie stirred, he was already awake. He just wanted to see what she was up to. He wasn’t planning to stop her — if she didn’t want him to notice, he’d quietly send someone to shadow her and keep her safe from a distance. But if she was okay with him knowing, well, he’d already made it clear — wherever she went, she could take him a