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I run my finger along his bottom lip. “Did it work?”
He wraps his arms around me and presses his lips to my forehead. “Yeah, it worked. I’ll call. But I’m not promising anything else yet, okay?”
I rise up on my toes and run my lips over his. “Thank you. Now, are you ready to get your ass handed to you by a girl?”
“Dream on, baby.”
I pop my earbuds in and point to my ears. “I can’t hear you.” Then I take off. Cooper catches up to me with ease, and we find a comfortable rhythm for our five-mile run.
* * *
Running on the beach always slows me down, but Cooper was a champ and didn’t complain even though I could tell my twelve-minute mile was a little slow for him. When I press my palms to the outside wall of the house and stretch out my legs, he crowds my body from behind.
“Do you have any idea what watching your ass in those pants for the past hour has done to me?” He presses his erection against my ass, and my mind runs wild with the possibilities.
“I think I have an idea.” I spin in his arms, and he lifts me from my feet. “But I’m always happy for a demonstration. I don’t think I realized just how much of an ass man you are.”
“I’m ayouman, Carys.” Cooper carries me into the house and takes the stairs two at a time as he gets us to my room in record time.
My hot skin prickles with awareness as we step through the door, and Coop sets me back on my feet.
He moves in front of me, blocking me.
“Stay here,” he demands, and every muscle in his body is strung tight and on alert.
I take a step back as an uneasy feeling blankets my skin. “What’s wrong?”
“The balcony door wasn’t shut” is whispered in my ear, sending a jolt of fear straight through me.
Oh, God.Axel.
A gun presses against my temple.
My eyes dart to Cooper’s in the reflection of the glass door across the room, and I begin shaking uncontrollably. Fear coats my skin and sends my thoughts racing. I’m not ready to die.
Coop turns, pulling his gun out of his duffle on the dresser as he spins around.
His blue eyes assess the situation in seconds.
And I’m suddenly less worried for myself and more worried for him.
“I warned you, Sinclair,” Axel sneers, pulling my body in front of his. “I told you I’d take something of yours if you didn’t give me back what’s mine. I gave you a fucking out. Just give me the flash drive, and this all ends.”
Tears pool in my eyes, and my heart rate spikes out of control as fear paralyzes me. “Axel, please,” I cry.
“Don’t.” He jerks me back, and my tears flow down my face. “This isn’t my fault. It’s your boy’s over there.” He presses the gun tighter against my head, hurting me.
Cooper steps forward, completely calm except for the fury I see in his eyes.
“Don’t fucking move.” Axel shakes as he screams across my room.
“Leave her out of this, Axe. This is between us.” Cooper points his gun at Axe, but Axel angles behind me.
My legs feel like they’re going to give out beneath me.
Oh God, I’m a human shield.
I’m not ready to die. Not ready to lose Coop’s life or mine.
