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“Stand up,” I command. Rosa falls completely still beneath him.
He does as I say, his loose pants hanging low on his hips, revealing his bare ass.
“Boss, what the hell? It’s just a whore.”
That does it.
I pull the gun out and aim it between his eyes.
“No man in my organization treats women with such disrespect. Men like you don’t deserve to walk the streets.”
He opens his mouth to respond, and I pull the trigger. Blood splatters up the wall. I give him a hard shove and he thuds to the ground.
Piece of shit.
I throw my gun to the ground and it clatters against the concrete floor. I put my hands up in surrender and walk towards Rosa.She’s huddled against the wall, tugging up the front of her dress.
“I’m sorry about him.”
Her piercing brown eyes meet mine and all the oxygen is sucked from my lungs.
As I approach her, she doesn’t flinch. Her eyes scan me up and down.
“Can I help you up?” I hold out my hand, palm up, and wait for her acceptance.
She stares at my extended fingers for a moment before slowly reaching out and placing her cool hand in mine. Electricity jolts through me as she stands. Damn, he must have really tugged on her. I unconsciously rub the red marks on her wrists. She snatches them away and pulls up her dress, covering her black lacy bra.
“Don’t touch me,” she sniffles.
I take a step back and hold up my arms again in a sign of peace.
“You can trust me, Rosa. I won’t hurt you. I swear on my life.” I place my hand across my heart and smile at her.
Those chocolate-colored eyes narrow as she stares at me. “Right… coming from the guy that kidnapped me in the first place.”
I shrug.
“But I did just kill one of my men for you.”I let my arms drop, gesturing to the embarrassment to my organization that now lies stiffening beside us.
She looks down at Ramos’ lifeless body on the ground and back at me and rolls her full lower lip between her teeth. Her brows furrow as her wary gaze meets mine.
“Why?”
“Because he tried to hurt you. He touched you without your permission,” I answer honestly, leaning against the doorframe.
She hugs her arms over her torn dress until her fingers dig into the soft skin above her elbows. “And what’s to say you won’t hurt me? I can’t trust you.”
I don’t know why I am bothering arguing with her over this. I could just pick her up and take her upstairs. Yet, something stops me. The way she screamed ‘not again’ has my mind reeling. My gut is telling me I have to tread carefully with her.
When I run a hand through my hair, she flinches as I lift my arm. What the fuck happened to her?
“Well, how about this? I only need you long enough for Marco to agree to stop dealing with the Capris. While you’re here, you can live in my house. What’s mine is yours. I’ll make it up to you for what that asshole did. You’ll be the most pampered captee ever.” I try to flash her my most charming smile.
“Or you could let me go home?”She bats her lashes and gives me a coy smile.
“You know I can’t. You know how this life works, Rosa.” Her name rolling off my tongue sounds so natural.
She throws one hand up in a wave.
