“I think, Neo Stamos, that you are a good man.”
He looked absolutely stunned by her words, but quickly masked his shock. “I take that as a compliment.”
“I meant it as one.”
They didn’t end up having a lesson that evening, but Neo stayed until nine, when the wine and the release of adrenaline caught up with Cass and she began yawning every other minute.
“You need your rest.”
“I do.” She laughed softly. “I’m exhausted, though I shouldn’t be.”
“Of course you should. Sleep.”
“I will.”
She thought he was going to kiss her when she let him out the front door, but he only squeezed her shoulder and told her again to get some rest.
She shook her head at her own foolishness. Why would a man like Neo Stamos want to kiss her? Cass wasn’t in his league in any shape or form. And then there were her “issues.”
She wasn’t housebound. She could buy food on her own without getting overly stressed as long as she went to the local grocer she’d been going to since she was a child. Although she did most of her other shopping online, she could go to familiar department stores, if she really needed to. She had overcome most of her anxiety related to recording at the studio, so long as the technicians and music producer did not change. And her manager didn’t bring anyone in to watch her record.
Bob had stopped doing that after the last time she’d simply refused to play and gone home.
But today proved that she wasn’t approaching normal, either. Her agoraphobia was mostly limited to performing, but the prospect of having strangers in her home, her sanctuary, always engendered deep anxiety in her. The barrage of media outside her home had brought back debilitating memories.
She had no idea how long she would have remained in her en suite bathroom if Neo had not shown up. Certainly, knowing Bob was there earlier had only increased her stress levels, knowing as she did how he would want to capitalize on the situation.
She really didn’t understand why Neo’s presence had made such a difference, but she was unutterably grateful it had.
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