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“No, starlight. Girlfriends or wives aren’t good to have in my line of work.”
“Oh, right.” I wrap my arms around myself.
“Fuck, that didn’t come out right.” He runs his hand down his face. Finn is more stressed right now than when he was in the gun battle.
“I’ve never had a wife or girlfriend.”
“I get it.” I swallow the lump forming in my throat. “Like why you can’t have Instagram and stuff.” It’s the stupidest thing to say, but I’m feeling really stupid right now anyways.
“You don’t get it. Fuck, I’m sorry.” He shakes his head.
“What are you sorry for? Taking my virginity? Possibly knocking me up? Getting us almost killed? Making me fall in love with you only for me to find out I’m a fling!”
Finn stands there. His eyes never leave mine. He lets the quiet linger. I guess some things never change.
“You love me?” He finally speaks. It sounds like he can’t comprehend the idea of me loving him.
“I don’t know you. I—”
“Don’t take it back.” This time when he moves, it’s so quick I can’t try to protest. He lifts me off my feet. “Don’t take it back,” he repeats.
“Okay,” I agree. He carries me over to the couch, sitting down with me in his lap so I have to straddle and face him. His hands grip my hips to keep me in place. I wasn’t going to try and get up.
“You blindsided me. Never thought I would want a wife or anything to really call my own.” Is he saying he wants that now? He said I was his. I wasn’t sure what he meant, but it was hard to process anything with gunfire sounding all around you while the man you loved turned into James Bond right in front of you. But had he? I’ve noticed from the start Finn carried himself in a way I’d never seen anyone else do.
“As a hitman, you probably shouldn’t let things blindside you.” I mean, I would think that would be bad for business.
“I meant with how hard I fell for you. Trust me. I’ve seen you. You’ve been all over my radar. We’ve had contact before Paris.”
“We have?” I think I would have noticed him, but I can get lost in my own little world because that’s all I know. It’s me all alone out here.
“I thought you were sent to kill me.” My mouth falls open.
“Seriously?”
“You throw me off my game, starlight.” His fingers dig into my hips, keeping his hold firm on me.
“You thought I was going to kill you so you slept with me?”
“Would have been worth it.” My teeth sink into my bottom lip. That’s actually kind of sweet in a weird hitman way.
Is that how a hitman tells you that he might love you too? I’m not sure if that’s a good or bad thing. What I do know is I don’t think Finn has plans of letting me go anywhere soon.
ChapterTwenty-One
FINN
“All questions answered?”
“Is this my only chance to find out information from you or can I revisit this Q & A period in the future?”
“Any time.”
“I guess I’m done with the interrogation then. For now.” She winks like the saucy wench she is.
I drag my hands up her back under her shirt until I find the strap of her bra. “Let’s move on to something more interesting.”
“Like how to handle a gun?” she teases.
