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My scowl deepens. “I’m flattered—but I’m also not buying it.”
“It’s not so hard to believe,” she insists. “When relationships end, people want fresh starts.”
“What relationship?” I snarl.
There’s that flinch again. There’s that throbbing vein. As titillating as our proximity is right now, I don’t enjoy hurting her. Every time I do, the beast in me roars in protest. It goes against the grain, to hurt someone you feel you were born to protect.
“Yeah,” she says softly. “You’re right. We never had a relationship. You were paying me to sleep with you and I was desperate enough to say yes. I was your whore—that’s it.”
The word sounds so much harsher coming from those sweet pink lips. Lips that I want to consume like a rabid fucking animal.
She cringes the moment she sees the oncoming glare of headlights. Her head cranes to the side as she peers through the darkness. She’s so jumpy tonight.
“It’s just a passing car.”
Her frown doesn’t ease. Her gaze stays glued to the car—which, I’ll admit, is driving very slow considering the roads are empty at this time of night.
“That car already drove by a few minutes ago.”
That sets my spine tingling. No one’s about to slow down for a second look at this piece of shit motel. I pull out my gun and she gasps again, her lips parting softly. The squirm of her discomfort just makes my dick throb harder.
“Ruslan—”
“Go inside. Lock the door. Don’t come out until I come for you.”
She glances at my raised gun and then to me. “W-what are you going to do?”
“Deal with this.”
She shakes her head. “M-maybe it’s just random people… strangers… Maybe this has nothing to do with us…”
“Maybe. But I’m not taking the risk. Now, go!”
She doesn’t move. It takes me a moment to register that she’s shivering violently. That her eyes are wide with terror and her body seems incapable of moving.
“Emma.” Her eyes flicker to mine but the shaking doesn’t stop. I grab her arms and this time, when her eyes land on me, they don’t look away. “We don’t have time for a panic attack right now. I need you to snap out of this.”
Her lips are still parted.
The headlights flash again.
Yeah… This is not a fucking coincidence.
So I bend down and catch those lips with mine. This time, I swallow her gasp. I kiss her lips raw. It lasts only a few seconds, maybe less, but I make every last one of them count. I go in deep and passionate, forcing life back into her frozen body. She doesn’t fight me; she’s probably too shocked to do anything but surrender. My body curls around her protectively, stealing a kiss I have no right to anymore.
When I pull back, her eyes are still fixed on me. “Go.”
This time, she listens. She sprints towards the stairs, ascends to the second floor, and disappears into the fourth door on the right. Satisfied that she’s safe for now, I turn my attention to the headlights.
I’m too far away and it’s too dark to determine how many men I’m dealing with, but Kirill is close by. I shoot him a quick text.
RUSLAN:92. Boynton Motel in Cedar Valley. Bring the clean-up team.
Slightly premature, but I like my odds. I didn’t get this far for lack of confidence. I keep my gun at the ready and stay crouched behind the Chevy.
The car has stopped across the street. A moment later, the driver kills the headlights. I duck down and slide around the rear of the while two men exit the truck. They walk across the street towards the motel.
Both men remind me of the two kidnappers from this morning. Too casual to be real threats, but too on edge to be actual civilians. Whoever is sending them wants to keep this under wraps.
