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“Close your eyes.”
“What?”
“Close your eyes!”
I scream and squeeze my eyes shut. For added measure, I cover my closed eyes with my hands.
Is he going to jump the bridge?Oh my God.
We’re airborne.Airborne.I don’t know how he does it, but I can feel us flying through the air like a paper airplane. I grip my belly on instinct and brace for the impact. We land on the other side with a softthunk,the impact gentle, then we’re driving again. The impact wasn’t anything like I expected. How did he do that?
We’re on the other side.
We made it.
He jumped the bridge.
Without pausing for even a second of triumph, he takes a sharp left, then a right. We’re zigzagging back and forth until finally,finally,we make it to a city road flanked by cars. We merge with the flow of traffic and blend right in.
No one follows us.
He slows and turns to face me. “You alright?”
I check. “I’m f-fine.” Other than a little jostling, I’m okay. “How did you manage to land like that?”
“It’s the car. I had it customized.” He goes on and on about something like suspension and shocks and stability. I know it isn’t just the car, though. He’s grossly underestimating his abilities. If I didn’t know any better, I’d think he was a superhero, able to fly through the air and navigate human limitations with ease.
I do know better, though. I know who he really is.
“You sure you’re okay?”
I know what he’s asking. He wants to know if the baby’s fine.
“Yes.”
The sudden realization hits me.
Lyam doesn’t need a paternity test either. He knows as well as I do that this baby is his.
But I don’t get a minute to revel in this knowledge before he’s barking out commands again.
“Look in that glove compartment,” he snaps. I do.
Three handguns neatly nestled in leather harnesses.
“We’re going to speak to an informant eventually and need to stay safe in the meantime. We need to be prepared. I wanted to make sure we were. Shut it.”
Okayyyy. Yeah.
“How are you feeling?”
“That drink you gave me must be miraculous, because under normal conditions, being tossed around like I’m a load of laundry in a dryer would make me sick as hell, but I’m okay.” I let out a breath I didn’t know I held. “But maybe let’s not plan that again.”
He gives me a wry smile. “I’ll try.”
My heart turns in my chest.
No matter how hard I try to put a wall up between the two of us, no matter how hard I try to convince myself he’s dangerous and deadly and we shouldn’t be together… when he looks at me like that, I’m right back at Le Luxe, losing my heart to him.
