Page 74 of Untamed Sinner

Me.

Four pieces that finally belong to the same puzzle.

And suddenly my original plan seems like the best course of action. “We take him out.”

Hendricks doesn’t ask what I mean. He doesn’t even look up from the screen. “No.”

I raise my brows at him. “Did you just tell me no?”

“Yes.”

My eyes narrow. “You might want to reconsider your tone.”

“No.”

I point my donut at him. “You realize I kill people for being irritating.”

“I’m used to living dangerously.”

Despite myself, my mouth twitches.

Then I remember what we’re talking about. “Hendricks, we have him.”

“We have evidence suggesting Turner and Ashford were partners.”

“Exactly.”

He spears me with his cool gray gaze. “That isn’t the same as having Ashford.”

I lift my chin. “It’s enough for me.”

“That’s what concerns me.”

“I can get close to him,” I insist.

His face goes stony. “No.”

Striding up to him, I poke his chest. “Stop saying that.”

“Stop proposing stupid plans,” he replies, annoyingly calm.

“You haven’t even heard the plan.”

He sets his phone on the counter, as if he might need his hands free. Smart man. “I heard the part where you get close to Ashford.”

I grip his T-shirt, getting in his face. “It’s perfect. He already wants me.”

“Exactly.”

“This is win-win. Ashford thinks I’m a threat. It’s immaterial whether it’s because of what I took or what I know. So give him what he wants.” I hold my arms out. “Me.”

Hendricks goes very still.

He’s a logical man. Once he gets over his fit, he’ll see this is the way. But it probably wouldn’t hurt to point out some facts. “You were hired to deliver me to him.”

Something dangerous enters his eyes. “I’m aware.”

I shrug. “So deliver me.”