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“And you feel differently now?”
My heart stills, the hunger in his gaze sweeping over my skin like a rush of hot air. The hairs on my arms pop to attention, heat coils in my belly under his penetrating stare.
“What I want doesn’t matter. It never did.” His voice is quiet, resigned. Dejected.
“I’m sorry.”
He recoils. “Don’t fucking say that. I don’t need pity, from you or anyone else. I’m no saint. I deserve what’s happening to me.”
“That’s not true. Family should always stick together, no matter what. If this is about Dima–”
“No.” His eyes take on a wild glint. “Don’t say his name.”
“Okay,” I yelp as he catches my throat in his palm, giving it a small squeeze.
“You’ve said too much. Stop getting involved with my family business.”
“I’m not supposed to have an opinion? I’m not allowed to speak my mind?” I clutch his hand and dig my nails into his skin. “What the fuck kind of life is that? One where I don’t get a voice?”
“You’re not my problem, Natasha. You belong to Dima. Take it up with him when he comes for you.”
“I will never be silenced. I would rather die than live that life.”
Luka’s expression is eclipsed by darkness. “You just might.”
“You’d never let that happen to me. You saved my life before, and I don’t believe it was because of Dima. I believe it’s because you wanted to protect me.”
“You don’t know anything about me.”
“I know you protect the people you love. I heard you on the phone with your sister, too.”
“Jesus Christ, is eavesdropping all you do?”
“Since you kidnapped me, I don’t have much else to occupy my time,” I snap when he loosens his grip.
“Soon enough, you’ll have your hands full with your new fiancé.”
“Why would you give me to him when you clearly want to keep me for yourself? Those pictures prove it.”
His eyes widen and he sucks in a breath at my bravado.
Wow. I can’t believe I said those things, either.
I watch his expression closely.
Are they true? Because I was kind of going on a whim just to get a reaction.
He glares at me, letting go of my throat. Then he drags his fingers down the front of my shirt, fisting it before yanking it over my head with one swift motion. A chill zips through me as the cool air whispers over my bare skin, and my breath hitches under his hungry stare.
He holds my gaze captive while his hands slide down the sides of my torso and rest on my hips. The smallest fraction of a second passes before he lowers himself to the floor, and at the same time, pushes my shorts to my ankles, leaving me completely exposed.
My heart thunders, anticipation dancing all over my prickled flesh as he slowly rises to his full height. The warmth of his breath flutters against my skin like butterfly wings.
“Don’t give me away,” I whisper. “I don’t want to go.”
“You have no choice.” He pauses. “And neither do I.”
He grips my hips and turns me around so that my upper body is splayed across the counter. I shudder when my nipples press against the cool stone...and because I know what comes next in this twisted story. But even though I expect it, the sudden sting of his palm against my ass still makes me squeal.
