10, Simon

Bane looked up at her.

“Say whatever you want,” he told Emma.

“Obviously, I can’t say I’m your girlfriend. How about I tell them you hired me as a private nurse?” she pondered.

“Why is it fucking obvious that you can’t be my girlfriend?” he asked. She thought he sounded angry, which confused her.

“Because you told me yesterday that it wasn’t what this was. I can’t go around telling people you are my boyfriend and then pretend to turn a blind eye when you pick up other women,” Emma explained.

“Right,” he said. But he didn’t sound happy. Maybe he just wasn’t a morning person, Emma thought.

They sat in silence for a while longer. They had both finished eating when the two men Emma vaguely remembered had driven them to this place last night entered the dining room.

“Emma, this is Tom and Luke. They will take you shopping and anything else that you need. Just let them know where you need to go and they will take you,” Bane told her.

Emma looked up at the two giant men, both dressed i