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“Viper,” I answered, my hand coming up to brush her cheek. I wished I could brush the worry from her face too. She was worried about me. She didn’t know what was going on, but I had already revealed everything to her, every dirty secret about who I really was and the things I’d done.
And she was still worried about me.
God, she was so beautiful. Inside and out. I’d never met anyone whose soul glowed as much as hers.
It was funny how, for a second, I thought I could actually deserve a woman like that. That I could be with her and deserve her.
But I didn’t, no matter how much I loved her. And Ididlove her. Now that I was faced with the likelihood of losing her, I could just about accept it.
“He was one of my major opponents back in the day. He has Toby,” I said. “He wants a rematch, and then he’ll let Toby go.”
She frowned. “That’s it? Why didn’t he just ask you for a rematch without going through the kidnapping?”
“He did. But I ignored him.”
“Wait, but that doesn’t make any sense. It’s been years. Why didn’t he threaten you back then? Why wait all this time to start sending you cryptic pictures? Did he have Toby this whole time?”
“I don’t know,” I said. I hadn’t figured out all the details of Viper’s relationship with Toby yet.
She shook her head. “I don’t like the sound of this rematch business. Something’s fishy here. We should call the police.”
“No,” I said. The Bruners had people in the police. If they caught wind of me going to the station, then Toby would be dead. This time for real.
“So you’re just going to fight him?” Charlotte asked. “That’s it? And then he’ll release Toby?”
“Yes,” I lied.
She frowned like she didn’t fully believe me, but I didn’t want to explain what it was I had to do. Instead, I wanted to enjoy this, enjoy our moments together, so I took her hand and stood up.
“Come,” I said, pulling her up to her feet.
“Where are we going?” she asked.
“Which one is your room?” I asked by way of a reply, and she pointed up. I followed her fingers and started in that direction—up the stairs and around the corner. Her door was pink, and it let us into a pinker room that looked like it was out of a dollhouse.
I smirked.
“Don’t say it,” she said as I pulled the door closed behind us, locking it.
“I wasn’t going to,” I assured her. I felt her pulse quicken in her wrists as I brought her over to the bed, sitting and pulling her onto my lap.
“Do you realize we’ve never fucked on your bed before?” I asked. She blushed, her eyes avoiding mine.
“We can’t,” she said as I started kissing her neck, craving the shivers that went through her body as I did. “Casey is here.”
“He’s asleep,” I told her. “And even if he was awake, my son’s too smart to walk in. Besides, I locked the door.”
“Your son, huh?”
“Yes,” I said. “He’s my son the same way you’re my woman, and the child you’re carrying is ours.” As I spoke, my fingers undid her blouse buttons one by one, moving lower and lower. Her eyes had slid shut at the nipping kisses I was pressing against her neck, a sigh escaping her lips.
God, I loved seeing her like this. I loved seeing her relax and give in to her own pleasure, loved knowing she was only like that for me. Gently, I slipped my hand under her bra, releasing her soft orbs into my hands. She was so fucking sexy. I thrummed my fingers over her nipples, watching her gasp and the way she bit her lip, her body moving almost imperceptibly on my lap.
I lowered her onto the bed and began dropping light kisses on her skin, savoring the taste of her and drawing in her scent. Her scent was something I wanted to smell forever if it was the last thing I did.
As I brushed up her skirt, I ran my tongue over her skin and around her nipples, brushing them slightly with my teeth. She jerked as I started sucking them, and then she began undulating against the sheets, moving against the hands that I trailed over her panties. I could already feel the heat against my hand, and it drummed in my head. I was so hard that it fucking ached, but I told myself to slow down, savor this, and enjoy it. It might very well be one of my last times.
I knew I might not survive this thing with Viper.
