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Snarling, I looked up to see Antonio leaning against the open door to the room. “Get out.”
“No.” He shook his head and stalked toward me.
These ten years had been good to him. He filled out, no longer lean and lanky with his teen years. He’d always been tall, growing to over six feet when he was just seventeen, but there was an extra few inches on him now. He was an intimidating alpha.
I thought he was sexy when we were teenagers. But now? Fuck, he was hot.
I fought myself, trying not to look and take in every detail, but it was difficult. His amber eyes were molten as they raked down over my form. His dark hair was still as disheveled as ever, with locks falling over his forehead and into his eyes. He wore an impeccable black suit that was perfectly tailored.
It was a far cry from the second hand clothes we’d worn years ago.
His large hands wrapped around my upper arms and held me steady. The moment his skin connected with mine, it was like a lightning bolt of electricity sparking through every cell in my body.
“Antonio, please.” My eyes fluttered shut, and I tried to back away, but he held me still.
“I didn’t have a choice leaving you all those years ago. Didn’t you get my note?” His deep voice washed over me, the accent setting me on fire just as much as his touch. So much so it took me a minute to comprehend what he was saying.
“Note? What note?” My eyes snapped open, and I watched as he gazed down at me with so much affection reflected in his amber eyes.
“I left it under the floorboard for you. Where I would always hide things for you to find.” He reached up and twirled a lock of hair around one of his fingers.
“I didn’t look.” The only sound I could hear was my heartbeat thundering in my ears. Why hadn’t I looked? Why the fuck hadn’t I looked?
Because you wanted to believe Antonio would leave you with nothing. Because that’s how you viewed yourself. As nothing.
I turned my head, looking away from Antonio’s mesmerizing eyes. The same eyes that sparkled when he laughed. Darkened with lust as we made love; hardened when he was angry.
“Alexis,
I love you more than anything in this world. I will be back for you, I promise. I can’t explain where I’m going but know you’ll always be my heart.
Te Amo, Tesoro.
Forever.”
As Antonio said the words, the wall around my heart cracked. Like a crack in a dam, it spidered out, and my emotions bled out of me like water.
“Lexi?” Antonio caught me before I fell to the floor, my legs no longer able to hold up my weight.
“Why now?”
He didn’t answer, just gathered me into his arms and carried me to the bed.
“It’s finally time.”
Fucking hell. He was giving me a migraine with his cryptic talk.
“I already know what you’re thinking, Lexi. But you have to be patient. You’re having a bad reaction to the sedative, which is why you’re so disoriented.” He let out a heavy sigh. “Fucking Miko.”
“Drugging her was your idea, not mine.”
I opened my eyes to see Miko standing in the doorway. He leaned against the frame, that smug smile still plastered on his face.
He was too fucking attractive for his own good.
Another man pushed Miko out of the way to approach us on the bed. He set down a mug of steaming liquid and a small bowl. His smile was genuine as he gazed down at me.
“I’m Cormac. I’ve bought you some tea and chicken bone broth. Should help with the side effects and get something in your stomach.” His emerald green eyes were warm, crinkling at the edges as he smiled. Strawberry-blond hair was gathered in a tight ponytail at the top of his head and shaved on the sides.
