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I shrug and look around. “Alright, then. What is this place?”
“That’s still not any of your business.” Hadley crosses her arms, her eyes narrowing. “Why did you follow me here?”
“I watch the cameras when the staff leaves. Saw you sit in your car and then get out and start walking. Figured I should follow you and see what you were up to.”
“Ah, yes,” she says, her tone dripping with sarcasm. “Because the leader of a fucking cartel really gives a shit about the people below him. Don’t pretend that you followed me because you give a shit about me.”
“No, I came out here because I can’t trust you and I don’t know if you are going to fuck me over or not.”
I brush past her and walk into the hallway. I dodge a hole in the floor before heading into the kitchen. There are still dishes sitting out — though most of them are broken or cracked. It looks like the fire didn’t quite get this far into the house before it was put out.
As I look around the room, Hadley sighs.
“Is there a problem with my being here?” I ask as I open a door in the back of the kitchen that leads into a tiny laundry room.
“The problem is that you’re invading my life and making yourself at home in it. I don’t want you to be nosing around my business. You agreed that we were going to be professional.”
I look down at the floor and see a trap door. Carved into the door is the symbol of the Domingos cartel. As I turn to face Hadley, I keep my expression blank.
“No,” I say as I walk out of the room and close the door behind me. “I said that I wasn’t going to make you come again. I never said anything about invading your personal life.”
“I wish you would stop it. There’s nothing for you to see.”
I step closer to her, only a few inches separating us. Her chest brushes against mine as she tilts her head back slightly to look up at me. My fingers ache to tug at her curls and watch her arch for me again, but that ship has sailed.
Being with her is only going to make her a target for my enemies. I’ve put enough people in danger to last a lifetime.
She is lurking around a destroyed home that contains the symbol of my enemy. I don’t know what she is hiding from me, but one way or another I will be getting to the bottom of it.
Her gaze connects with mine and I lurch between the desire to kiss her and kill her.
Knowing that she is somehow connected to the Domingos cartel could be useful, but based on how resistant she’s been in the time that I've known her, I doubt it.
Still, why would she be lurking around a place they’ve claimed?
What would Carlos have to do with her if she is tied to the Domingos cartel?
None of it makes sense.
I turn away from Hadley, knowing that I can’t kill her yet. I need to know what she knows.
“What street are we on?” I start opening the cupboards and looking through them. Though there are a few needles, they could have been left here by anyone who snuck in .
“Hollis.” She slams a cupboard shut when I try to open it. “Stop looking through shit and just get out of here.”
“Why is it so important to you that I don’t know about this place? It just looks like a burned down little home, but you were willing to sneak into it. That seems a little odd to me, don’t you think?”
She scowls. “You never would have known about it if you hadn’t decided to stalk me here.”
“I didn’t stalk you here. I simply feared for your safety while feeling suspicious about your intentions.”
“Look, why don’t we both just leave? You’re right. I have no business being here.”
I spin around and grab her by the throat gently, pushing her back against a wall. Instead of the fear I expect, I see nothing but excitement shining in her eyes. My cock hardens as she glares at me.
“Get your fucking hands off of me before I break them,” she says, her hands coming up to grab mine. She tries to pull my hand away but I keep it in place.
“I don’t think you want that. I can see the excitement in your eyes. I bet if I slipped my hand in those tiny little shorts of yours I would find you soaking wet for me again.”
