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The little brat’sso fucking predictable.
I didn’t know how fast she was, though.
As soon as she escapes her useless brother, she heads for the hallway. I shove him out of the way and march past him, stepping into the hallway after her. She’s already ten feet ahead of me, running like a scared little bunny from a hungry wolf into the night.
Run, little girl, run.
I roll up my sleeves as I watch her choose where to go next. Her mother’s yelling behind me, something unintelligible in Italian. Her father’s cursing and her brother’s righting himself and muttering.
Italians. Always dramatic about fucking everything.
I march toward the door when I see a flourish of honey blonde hair exiting. She’s a pretty little thing, and she looks a lotmore wholesome in person than I’d expect, being a Bianchi. Sun-kissed hair, high cheekbones, a curvy little body dressed impeccably in designer clothing.
Figures she’s a runner.
Unfortunately for her, so am I.
I give her a little bit of a lead. Let her think she can win, that she can outrun me. I’ll catch her, and when I do, I’ll punish her for this.
Win, win.
A wedding gift, tied up in a neat little bow.
I turn the corner of the house and call my driver. Vas answers on the first ring.
“You see her?”
“Coming this way?”
“Yeah.”
The second I got one look at the way Bianchi brought her to me, I knew she was the type they’ve been pushing around. I don’t fucking care about someone I don’t know, but I won’t let the Bianchis pull one over on me either. I knew if I left her even for a day, she’d be out of here.
I won’t go home empty-handed.
I scan the estate grounds and at first don’t see her. It’s dark out but thankfully there’s a full moon. In a stream of moonlight I see a flash of pale skin and gorgeous legs.
I’m after her. I’m faster than she is, but she knows the layout, which will give her an advantage in the dark.
We’ll play a little game of cat and mouse. I’ve always loved the thrill of the chase.
I bark out an order to Vas. “Cut her off at the exit.”
The car peels away, heads her off, and blocks the only exit from the driveway. She can leap the fence, which will take way too long, or pivot. She turns and runs toward a wooded area on the perimeter.
I pick up my pace. I’m not even winded, for once in my life grateful for Kolya’s ruthless training and insistence we keep ourselves in peak physical shape.
I’m almost grateful she decided to make things interesting. What’s the fun in having a meek little wife who already knows her place? It’s so much more rewarding to bring her to heel if she fights me first.
Branches snap under my feet as I chase her. She thinks she can hide here in the forest, but like any skittish prey on the run, she’s practically making a path for me. A thrill surges through me when she stays ahead of me. I’m a hunter enthralled by her cunning, and she’s my target. She can run, but there’s nowhere else to go.
I scan ahead of us and notice a barbed wire fence ahead. Our game of cat and mouse is coming to a close too soon.
She cries out when a branch snaps against her but quickly rights herself and takes a sharp turn left.
Then she’s gone. Evaporated into thin air, as if she found a portal to another dimension.
What the fuck?
