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“Why do you employ her?” Sampson snapped at Jenner.

“Because I’m the best in the business,” Lauren said.

“Are you? Does being the best mean you have to be a complete?—”

“Sampson!” Immy said, grasping hold of his arm. Sampson glanced down at her, still looking upset. “I think we should get something to eat. I’m hungry.”

“You are?” Jenner asked, looking alarmed. “Let’s find you something.”

“Wait, here’s Tobias,” she said with relief as she saw him headed their way. “Is everything all right?”

“Yeah, they’re just doing their job,” Tobias grumbled. “I guess. Don’t think they really believed that my last name isSmith. Oh, and that I’m not going to blow up the plane or something. Come on, let’s go.”

Relief filled her as Tobias placed his hand on the small of her back to steer her through the people around them.

She’d gotten far too used to having Tobias around.

It was going to suck when he left.

“Immy?”Tobias knocked on her door for the third time. He had the spare key to her room and he was close to using it when there was a thump behind the door.

Well. Thank God.

Isaiah had set some alarms on her phone to help her wake up, but either they weren’t doing their job or something else was wrong.

She opened the door and blinked up at him. She was still wearing her pajamas. These ones had pictures of cookies all over them and were a pale green.

How many adorable sets of pajamas did she own?

“You okay?” he asked.

In reply, she stuck her thumb in her mouth and stared up at him.

Shit.

He should have checked on her last night. Had she not gotten enough sleep? Apparently, she was always sleepy in the morning and difficult to wake up. But when she hadn’t had enough sleep, she became even more zombie-like than usual.

Quickly, he stepped inside and shut the door behind him. He didn’t want anyone seeing her in this vulnerable state.

As soon as the door was shut, she was on him, climbing him like a monkey to settle her legs around his hips and her arms around his neck.

“Well. Okay, sweetness. You just hold onto me,” he murmured as he walked with her over to a chair. He remembered how much the guys had been worried about keeping her warm last time she’d been in this state.

Which was only the day before yesterday.

Tobias grabbed a fluffy white blanket off the bed and wrapped it around her before sitting with her settled on his lap, facing him.

What else should he do?

He knew what he’d do if she was his. But he figured that kissing her was out of the picture.

And so was lying down with her on top of him.

Hmm.

She squirmed on his lap and he glanced down to find her pressed to his chest. Her head was turned and her thumb was in her mouth. She moved around again and his cock definitely started to take notice.

Crap.