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“I’ve done my job,” I said through clenched teeth. “There’s nothing. You’re paranoid and that’s not my goddamn fault.”
“But have you really tried?”
“I’ve searched every inch of that room. I’ve done everything to make him trust me. I’ve done everything to make him fall in love with me. I’ve lost clients and a week’s worth of income to search and pry information from your assassin. And it was all for nothing.”
His hands gripped mine and ripped them from the handle before I knew he was moving. “Love was never supposed to be a factor for you.” He shoved our hands to my chest, pinning them there. “Do not forget who you belong to.”
“I belong to no man,” I seethed.
A wicked grin pulled at his mouth that sent a chill up my spine.
I was jealous of that grin. I was positive mine didn’t have the same effect.
He slid closer until our faces were nearly touching. Those cold eyes would’ve pierced me to the door if I wasn’t already. “You think I don’t know why you did this, Jessica? All of it?”
I wanted to respond with something witty, but there was nothing.
“I told you if you help, your mother will be cared for. She’ll be placed in the best rehab and will have round-the-clock care when she returns. You’ll both be out of the living conditions you’re in now.”
My breathing grew rougher as tears threatened, but I forced them away. I refused to show this man my weakness, even if he already knew it.
“I did help. I did everything you told me to. Your suspicions were wrong.”
His eyes blazed and that grin widened into a smile that was evil incarnate. “Do you still want that, Jessica?”
I ground my jaw, refusing to answer.
“Because as it stands right now . . . we’ve been increasing your mother’s dose a day at a time. I’m not sure how much longer she has if you don’t show how serious you are.”
The tears I’d just forced away now fell unbidden. I jerked against his tightening hold and screamed, “You bastard.”
A low, throaty laugh spilled from his lips.
“You see . . . I have conditions of my own. As I’ve told you, I own you. It’s time you understand that.”
I shook my head as my pathetic cries filled the car.
“You didn’t give me the information I want, but you will give me what I want, one way or another. I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it one last time. I don’t want to catch you walking on this street—or any other—again. Any physical relationship with a man or woman after you leave this car, and I’ll have them killed.” He dropped down so his eyes were level with mine and growled, “That includes Kieran Hayes.”
Acid rose up my throat, but I forced it back down.
A cry tumbled from my lips, but I forced it into chaotic laughter. My lips stretched into a taunting grin. The strength it took to maintain my smile seemed to drain me, but I refused to falter.
His face was suddenly so close that if I tilted my head back, our lips would’ve brushed. His eyes locked on to mine, terrifying and seducing all at once. And so completely wrong.
They weren’t intriguing the way Kieran’s were. They didn’t make me crave to inch closer. They told me to run.
The seduction was something practiced . . . something he’d mastered over his years.
He’ll ruin you.
“When I want something, Jessica, I get it.”
“I made a deal with the devil long ago,” I breathed. “The dark is my one true love. You can’t scare me into being with you after the life I’ve had.”
He dipped his head closer to whisper in my ear, “The devil and I are old friends. Remember who you belong to.”
I told myself to move calmly when he released me, and forced my hands slowly to the door handle when all I wanted was to grab a knife. To end his life.
