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“I wouldn’t be sure about that.”
“If you wanted me dead, I would be,” I said. “Besides, the only reason you know now is because Beck can’t keep his damn mouth shut. If you hadn’t been there last night, you’d go on with your life, never knowing I existed. Never knowing that I slip onto the estate that houses the men trying to tear my mom from me.”
His mouth set in a hard line when I finished speaking. As if he was waiting for me to continue . . . as if he was searching for some hidden message in my words when there was none.
“Now tell me why you’re here.”
“I have my reasons,” he murmured, throwing my words back at me.
“I bet you do.” I arched against the wall in an attempt to push him back, but another whimper tumbled from my lips. “I’m sure my winning personality isn’t one of them,” I said breathlessly.
Weak . . . so weak.
“My wallet is.”
A smile broke free. “Now I know you’re here just to see me since I put it where it belongs.”
I was turned as quickly as before. Within a beat of my heart, my back was against the wall, and an assassin was pressing me harder against it, towering over me.
My legs felt unsteady.
“Where?”
The corner of my mouth lifted in a mocking grin. “Anywhere you want me.”
He forced me back, this time rougher, and I somehow managed a wild slip of a laugh when all I wanted was to beg to feel his lips on my own.
How can you want him?
He’ll ruin you.
“Where is it?” he growled through clenched teeth.
“You’re a heavy sleeper,” I hinted.
It was then I realized I was shaking.
Except I wasn’t.
Kieran was vibrating so violently it was shaking me too.
With a hard shove, he pushed away from the wall and me, forcing a huff from my chest at the sudden loss of his body.
His chest rose and fell roughly as he watched for immeasurable seconds, his hateful glare searing me, making me feel even more horrified for the parts of me that had wanted him.
When he stepped back to leave, I nodded toward the door of my room. “Don’t forget to close the window this time.”
“What window?”
“The one you left open. When you let yourself in,” I said slowly when he didn’t react in any way.
Kieran’s head tilted slightly, like he was listening for something. His eyes drifted from my room toward the hall, and then with another hard glare at me, he turned to leave.
My heart raced when he only made it a few steps before stopping.
That small voice inside was begging him to turn around. To close the distance between us.
To make me feel something other than the hatred and fear and disgust I’d felt my entire life.
