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“I don’t remember that specifically being mentioned.”
I shrugged. “If my saying,I say how, where and whenisn’t autocratic enough for you, let me know how much more demanding you want me to be and I’ll accommodate you. Now, call your brother while I go talk to the Captain.”
Noemi took a deep breath and closed her eyes. I thought she was going to argue with me some more, but when she opened her eyes, I was met with a look of complete helplessness.
Her eyes slayed me. I had no idea what thoughts were going through her head. Confusing as fuck. One minute she gave me lip and the next she looked at me like I was her white knight. Damn. Maybe this woman was as fucked up as I was. She had to be. She was desperate enough for me that she offered me her virginity and look what that had gotten her. She was stuck with a sociopathic lover who either had to kill her to keep his secrets or keep her by his side until...
I reached a hand out and cupped Noemi’s face. Her eyes drifted shut again and she leaned against my palm. I knew what I had to do to save her – from both whoever wanted us dead and from myself.
I had to have her. I had tokeepher. I had to make sure she wanted me so much that betraying me would be the worst evil she could ever commit. I needed to make Noemi fall in love with me.
My stomach knotted at how ludicrous the idea sounded, but the way Noemi purred when I stroked her cheek with my thumb brought out the other man. This was whathewanted. This would make him happy and solve both our problems. I just had to make it happen. I had to make Noemi love me.
“Bambina,” I murmured, leaning down and dropping a kiss on her soft lips.
“Hmmm?” she answered as if we were lovers having a picnic beneath the warm tropical sun, as opposed to what we were at that moment— two people on the run having just escaped death.
When her mouth parted, I couldn’t resist a deeper taste. My mouth covered hers in a drawn out, lingering kiss that I wished to hell I had more time for.
Anger filled me. Those bastards had taken time away from us last night. I’d only taken her once because I had to plan for their arrival, when what I’d really wanted was a night of my cock in her pussy so many times that she was begging me to leave her alone by the time the sun rose.
Regretfully, I lifted my head. “We can continue this later. I need to go talk to the captain and you need to call your brother.”
Noemi frowned, looking down at her phone. “You know, this isn’t going to go well. Even over the phone, I’m not a good liar. Willis is going to be suspicious.”
“You’re not lying to him,” I explained as I got out of the car and opened her door for her. “You’re telling him the truth. With the time difference, he probably won’t answer anyway. Leave a brief message and hang up quickly.”
With my hand at the small of her back, I guided her down the dock. We stopped in front of theMary Theresa. Noemi’s smile intensified. I hadn’t seen it all morning and I realized that I missed it. It belonged on her, was a part of her natural beauty as much as the hazel color of her eyes and the crescent shape of her lips.
“Another favor from a friend?” She giggled.
“No,” I replied solemnly. “TheMary Theresais all mine.”
