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“What do you mean?” Janey watched him warily now.
“There were cameras in your bedroom. That’s how Natches knew to call. I’m guessing he got some real pretty snapshots of us earlier. ” Anger filled his tone as Janey stared back at him in shock.
“Of us? You mean . . . ” Her face flamed in shock. “Earlier. ”
“No doubt,” he bit out, his expression tightening in anger. “He’s going to drag you out of here. And I’m telling you, Janey, you try to leave with him, and there will be hell to pay. ”
She shook her head before glaring at him. “You think I’d take this danger to Chaya or Crista and their babies?” she asked him incredulously. “You think Natches is that insane, Alex? Or that I am?”
“I think Natches is terrified for you. ” He ran his hand around the back of his neck in frustration. “And I think you’re starting that whole internal argument where you can’t let someone be hurt because of you.
I’m letting you know right now, Janey. Leave this house and when I find you, I’ll paddle your ass. ”
Her eyes widened. “What is this, another of those male things?” she argued. “You’re in pain, therefore you can start ordering me around like one of your soldiers?”
“Pretty much. ” He grimaced as he moved to her, jerking her against him, holding her to him as he stared down at her.
And he was hard. Janey noticed that fact first. The second was that his eyes glittered now with almost fevered intensity.
“You’re mine, Janey. ”
Before she could argue, his lips were on hers, his kiss hard, heavy, his tongue filling her mouth, pumping inside it as her fingernails rasped against the heavy cotton fabric of his shirt where it covered his rippling abs.
“Now, don’t argue with me in there,” he breathed out roughly. “Where you’re concerned, I’m not nearly as in control as I act, and I’m sure as hell not rational. ”
“Yeah. Try insane,” she accused him. “Evidently nails buried in your shoulder isn’t enough for you to figure out how much trouble I am. ”
His eyes darkened, flared with anger. “Six months ago I carried you out of Dayle Mackay’s house, and I made myself a promise. ”
“That you could save me?” she sneered. “Like a child. ”
“Is that what you think?” The tight curve of his lips was in no way one of amusement. “Oh no, baby, that wasn’t it. I promised myself you were going to belong to me. One way or the other. No matter what it took. I didn’t come back this time with pure intentions, Janey. Not by a long shot. When I came home this time, it was with every intention of getting you into my bed and keeping you there. Forever. ”
Her eyes widened. “You’re lying, Alex. ”
“I don’t lie, Janey. ” His expression was savage, his eyes thunderous. “And this, I sure as hell aint lyin’
about. Get it in your head, baby. You’re not going anywhere. Once this is over, I’ll go back to trying to convince you that this is where you want to be; until then, it’s where you’re staying. Period. ”
“Whether I want to or not?” she cried out. “Do you ever listen to yourself, Alex? You don’t believe in
love, but by God, I belong to you. ” She mocked him furiously. “You don’t care that I want more than a man who’s settled for me, or decided he wants to own me. No, that’s just supposed to be enough for me. ”
“You love me,” he stated.
Janey stared back at him. That statement destroyed her. She felt the pain lance though her heart, through her mind. It dug into a part of her that she always fought to protect and ripped a jagged wound across her soul.
Yes, she loved him. Loved him until she wondered if she would survive what he was doing to her.
“That doesn’t mean I don’t need your love, Alex,” she whispered. “That I don’t need a man who knows how to love. You like the sex. You like having a woman you think you can control with sex. And you like the thought of being a daddy. ” She continued to mock him. “But you don’t love me. And I need love. ”
“Janey. ” His voice was warning.
“I’ve lived without love all my life,” she stated roughly. “My entire life, Alex. I’m not willing to live the rest of my life wondering what it would have been like to be loved. ”
She felt her lips trembling, her fists clenching. “Damn you! Damn you to hell for making me care. For touching me. For showing me everything I can’t have!” She was screaming at him, enraged now. “You play the big, tough soldier who gets nails pulled out of his shoulder without a whimper. But you’re a fucking coward. ”
“That’s enough, Janey. ”
