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“You’ve got to be kidding me,” I shout when Gage pulls out the stainless steel handcuffs from the back of his belt. “Handcuffs, really?”
His amusement is gone, replaced with the look of a cold and calculated man.
He takes a step closer. “Turn around. I’ll read you your rights.”
I scoff, “Not a chance in hell.”
He looks to Kyle in question. “Should we add failure to cooperate to her charges?”
“Damn you,” I hiss, my stomach rolling while I do as I was told. The cuffs are cold when Gage slowly tightens them around my wrists. “I take it, you still hate me.”
Shivers run down my spine when the solid wall of his chest brushes against my back, and he leans in to whisper in my ear, his lips sliding along the lobe, “I’ll hate you until the day I die.” He grips my shoulder, turns me around, and jerks me forward. “Kyle, take the landlord’s statement. I’d better split, so we can get this pyro to the station before she does any more damage.”
Kyle chuckles while saluting him. “Sure thing.”
I throw out every curse word known to man and nearly trip over my own feet while he leads me to his car. “You sure you can handle being alone with such a criminal?”
A harsh laugh leaves his throat. “Oh, I can handle you just fine, sweetheart.”
Everyone’s attention stays on me during my profanity show. Gage opens the back door with one hand, pushes my head down for me to slide in without bumping it, and slams the door in my face. I scope out my audience, their phones recording my episode, and shift around in a seat that had to have been made from the same material as my childhood Barbie dream car.
“I hate you,” I hiss when Gage slides into the driver’s side.
He starts the car. “Good. I fucking despise you.”
I slump back against the seat. “You seriously don’t believe I started that fire, do you?”
“Intentionally, no. Although, knowing your crazy ass, it wouldn’t surprise me.”
“Then, why am I back here? At least let me ride passenger.”
“Nah, it’s more enjoyable, watching you throw your tantrum through the rearview mirror.”
I fight with the handcuffs. “This is abuse of power! I’ll be filing a complaint.”
“Don’t get me started onabuse of power,sweetheart.”
I sigh and shut my mouth. An argument is what he wants. There will be no falling victim to his game.
Yeah, that’ll really one-up him, Lauren. He won the jackpot in ex revenge today.
Silence takes over the ride, and my back stiffens when I notice we’re heading out of town.
“Wait … where are we going?”
“Taking the scenic route.”
The fuck?
“Let me out, okay? You can hate me, stick pins in the voodoo doll I’m sure you have of me, toilet-paper my new house when I’m no longer homeless. My mom will flip her shit if you turn me in. I could lose my job!” I slam the cuffs against the seat while he ignores me. “Let me out of here, Gage Perry, or so help me God, you’ll regret it. Don’t think I won’t make it my life’s mission to make yours a living hell.”
I yelp, and my body slams against the steel cage in front of me when he swerves to the shoulder of the road and brakes to a hard stop.
“You want out?” He kills the engine and steps out of the car.
Seconds later, my door flies open, nearly causing me to fall out of my seat.
“Then, get out.”
