"Grim, no."
My eyes stared at the money... stacks and stacks of money, and it made me move away. It made me flinch and stagger back.
But Grim doesn’t let me pull away from him, keeping a hand on my thigh. “I don’t want you working three or five jobs, Lily.”
I closed my eyes, a helpless feeling burning through my veins. “While I appreciate the thought, I don’t need your charity. I don't need this.”
“This isn’t charity. We made a deal. Didn’t we?” He questioned softly… tenderly. “Your protection. For a life. And I can’t have you working too many jobs. It’ll compromise that. It'll compromise you. And I promised to take care of you.”
It was too much. He was already doing too much. I promised him a life and I can’t help but feel like I’m failing on that. “But Grim,”
“Let me make this cl
