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He stood, rushing to me. The sudden movement spurred me into motion. I ran. Sprinted faster than I’d ever run. Straight toward my beatdown Prius.
As I burst out of the mansion, I realized I had nowhere to go. My so-called family wouldn’t have me.
I didn’t want them, either.
Dallas.
Her name shotgunned through my head.
Dallas would give me shelter.
Zach sauntered behind me as I changed direction, making my way to the Costa mansion.
“Farrow.” He picked up pace, probably realizing I had a target now. “Where do you think you’re going?”
It began to drizzle, the rain tap-tapping my face as we trekked up the half-mile driveway.
His footsteps paused, hesitated a beat, then continued to crunch behind me. “I’m talking to you.”
I flipped him the bird without turning, picking up speed toward the Costa mansion. “I know. I just wish you wouldn’t.”
“What, pray tell, have I done now to piss you off?”
Is this dude serious?
I could hear his teeth grind together as he tried to catch my shoulder. I dodged, always faster. The rain intensified. Icy water seeped into my clothes.
“Go back to your date.”
“Farrow, come here.”
Screw this.
I refused to let him treat me like a dog.
I reached Dallas’ door and banged on it loud enough to wake the dead. Zach clawed at my shoulder, turning me around.
I saw him through a curtain of raindrops, hair slicked back and wet, face dark as thunder. His designer suit clung to his powerful body, and for a second, I found myself jealous of fabric.
“We need to return to the house.” He shivered, but I wasn’t sure if it was from the cold. “Now.”
“I’m not your business.”
“You literallyare.”
Ugh.
Dammit.
“I’m off hours,” I amended. “I can do whatever I want. And what I want is to not be within stabbing distance of you.”
Footsteps approached from the other side of the door.
Zach squinted up to the sky, flinched at the rain, then lowered his eyes to me again. “I can explain, if you just let me?—”
The door swung open.
Romeo Costa filled the frame, approximately the size of a T-54 tank. “What’s going on here?”
