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Passionate.
Breathtaking.
Dominant.
And I shivered thinking about all the ways he’d force me to surrender.
“Now. About that comment you said,” he mused as he sat down, elbow on his knee, tapping his index finger on his forehead. “Oh, yes. King of the hill? I think I need to remind you that I’m in charge.”
As he jerked me over his lap, immediately yanking my dress to my waist and bringing down his hand, tingles erupted in my swollen pussy.
Maybe I liked his nefarious ways after all.
* * *
Phoenix
Life was a series of choices, some more difficult than others. However, there wasn’t a single decision made that didn’t have consequences, whether good or bad.
Or devastating.
I stood outside the house, still wearing my sunglasses, the glare adding to the intense headache that hadn’t left the space behind my eyes since Whitney had handed me the documents her father had carefully established and sent to the one woman he’d known would help him.
His daughter.
I’d pieced together the timeline over the last two days upon our return, tracing the money stolen from Elena’s accounts and made to look as if she’d embezzled it. Everything about my discovery had been painful. Now I felt nothing. No anger. No frustration. No sadness.
I suspected they would come later.
Theodore had discovered discrepancies a few months earlier. Although minor, he’d kept his eye on them, not bothering to tell Elena because he was uncertain if he was wrong. Now I understood why. She would have fired him at minimum, thereby falling into the trap. As the incidents continued, becoming more apparent, he’d taken it upon himself to investigate in case he was wrong.
When he’d discovered the full truth, it had been too late, his interference his downfall.
I hated being right, but I’d learned a long time ago that if I followed my instinct, it would never serve me wrong.
In this case, I’d give all the money in my bank accounts to be wrong.
Exhaling, I glanced toward the sun, thinking about the last thing Whitney had said to me.
“Love is blind, which makes us vulnerable, but without love there’s no point to life.”
She was right of course, as she’d been about so many things. Her quirky habits and take-no-shit attitude had a way of creating experiences I hadn’t known I’d missed or wanted. I adored the woman, so much so keeping my rage under control would be the most difficult thing I’d done in a long time.
I knocked on the door then shoved my hands into my pockets as I waited. When I heard footsteps a few seconds later, I bristled.
He opened the door, a smile spreading across his face.
Sadly, it wasn’t genuine.
Or maybe I was fueling the hatred to make the tough decision easier to swallow.
“Hey. I expected you to stop by earlier. I heard you got back. You were lucky you survived in Miami,” Nico said.
Luck had nothing to do with it. He’d inserted himself into the heart of the organization, learning the details of where I went easily through his friendship with Jonas, his relationship with his brother.
The evidence was black and white, no room for error. The why couldn’t matter.
But I was curious why he’d bothered to save my life.
