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Finn’s rugged jaw clenched. “Then I can’t take you anywhere.”
A dog barked nearby.
Jewel almost jumped out of her skin. Licking her lips, she turned to him and shrieked, “Okay, okay. Fine. I’ll tell you everything. Just… I need a ride.” Her eyes widened and she begged, “Please.”
Finn said nothing, but he strode to his car and opened the door.
Jewel rushed behind him and slid into the passenger seat. The moment Finn got behind the wheel, she screamed, “Go!”
He started the car and slammed his foot on the gas pedal.
They sped away.
Jewel glanced in the side-view mirror. Her hands wobbled when she brought them to her hair and tucked a lock behind her ear. No one was out there.
Had Kross retreated when he saw Finn?
Or maybe he hadn’t been outside her house in the first place.
Or maybe she was going insane.
“Alright,” Finn said. His tone was coiled yet restrained, as if he was putting effort into speaking gently to her. “Can you tell me now?”
“It’s a long story.”
“My flight doesn’t leave until ten tomorrow.”
She sighed. “Where are you taking me?”
Finn gave her an eye, but he flowed with the subject change. “For now? To where I’m staying. It’s a guesthouse near here.”
“No, take me to one of my friends.”
“You mean the ones who are still at the reception all the way in Cayo?”
Jewel cursed.
Finn frowned. “You scared me, Jewel. What the hell is going on?”
“I’m sorry.” She looked at him. His hands were pale against the leather of the dark steering wheel. His hair had dried completely and lay in messy waves that somehow still looked attractive. Forearms flexed as he flicked the indicator and changed lanes.
“Anywhere else you want to go?” Finn jutted his chin forward. “My place is up ahead.”
She chewed on her bottom lip and scratched her wrist with her thumbnail. Finn had a point. Carrie, Jo and Sky were still in Cayo. They’d race back to Belize City if she called them, but Jewel couldn’t even do that.
Her friends would be in Kross’s sights if he decided to attack.
Jewel studied Finn’s massive arms again. What she needed was someone who could take Kross on; someone she didn’t mind putting in danger.
She nodded. “Take me there.”
14
Her heart didn’t stop pounding crazily until Finn had ushered her up the stairs of the guesthouse and into his room. Jewel shuffled forward, going slowly in case she bumped into something in the darkness.
Finn flipped a switch.
Light filled the room.
