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“I can’t believe you can be so cold toward the man you’re going to marry.”
“Woman, I’mnotgoing to marry him.”
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The following Friday, I blinked down at my phone screen as a text message from Kaiser came through:I’ll pick you up at 6:45. Be ready.
In some ways, the message was quite typical of him. It was short. Curt. Informational. Lacked in hellos, goodbyes, and emojis. But it differed from every other text he’d sent me in one very definitive way. It mentioned picking me up on the way to the Vault.
He’d pretty much proclaimed he’d be here. Like he did it all the time. In reality, this had literally come out of nowhere. We’d always arrived at the club separately in the past. He’d never once even suggested that we should switch things up.
Sitting on the edge of my bed, I replied:Pick me up?
His response popped up on the screen fairly quickly:Yes.
Just yes. That was it. No explanation. Really, though, should I have expected anything different? Kaiser wasn’t a man who explained himself. Nor was he much of a texter. I sassily typed:Thanks for asking.
My phone chimed mere seconds later with another message:You’re welcome.
Sarcastic little prick, wasn’t he?
Three dots danced on the screen, and then:Don’t walk all the way to the front gate, I’ll text you when I’m outside so you can buzz me in.
A considerate little prick too, since it was no short walk and I’d be wearing heels.Full of orders tonight, aren’t you?
Yes. And you will obey.
He was also anarrogantprick. I did what I knew would annoy the bossy asshole. I replied with three-lines worth of hearts, kisses, and love emojis.
Within moments, another text appeared on the screen:Fucking hell Inaya.
Almost able tohearthe exasperation in his text-voice, I snickered and tossed my phone on the bed beside me. Then I started getting ready for my evening at the Vault.
It was two hours later that Kaiser’s chauffeured car pulled to a stop in my driveaway. Judy waved from the front door, her face all lit up. Rolling my eyes, I slid into the vehicle.
Looking far too sexy for any woman’s peace of mind, Kaiser gave me one of his slow, blatant eye-fucks. “It’s a good thing you didn’t wear that dress at the club before I claimed you. The wolves would have been circling when I tracked you down, and that would have pissed me off.”
I peered down at my dress. “You don’t like it?”
“It’s fucking scandalous.”
It really was. Ankle-length with a plunge neck, the red garment had slits running up both thighs. Truthfully, it was tame compared to some of the pieces I’d worn while performing on stage. “Is that a complaint?”
“No, because I get to touch you.” He slipped his hand through one slit and splayed it high on my thigh. “Me and only me.”
Just then, the engine rumbled to life.
“So this is new,” I said.
He swept his thumb over my now-tingling skin. “What?”
“Us not heading to the Vault separately.”
He shrugged. “We live very close to each other, it makes sense for us to ride there together.”
“But it never made sense before now?” I teased.
He shot me a sour look. “It’s like you live purely to irritate me.”
