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His lip curled slightly as his gaze fell to my mouth, and I recognized the devastating—if not downright alluring—charisma that had tricked so many.
“Whywouldn’tyou?” His dark brows pulled together.
“Because. . .” I sucked on my bottom lip for a split second, and I caught his gaze dipping once more. “How do I put this gently? I don’t care to know men who are so violent.”
His expression fell.
I’d expected a lot of reactions but not flat-out disappointment. I spun around and walked out the door to see a black SUV waiting at the curb in the clearly markedNo Parkingzone.
The frigid air nipped at my skin, and I walked past the car on the way to my apartment while trying to pay attention to my surroundings. This wasn’t the best area in the city and cabs rarely made an appearance. It didn’t help that I had one of the most notorious members of the V Mafia right behind me.
The leader.
I’d waited a long time to come face-to-face with Jaxson Volkov. But I never expected him to prove my theory so quickly.
He was a bad man.
“Elena,” Jax called out, but I kept walking straight ahead. “Elena.”
Jaxson came up behind me and walked quickly by my side. “I’m sorry for being such a jerk.”
I glanced at him but kept walking. “From what I can tell, you’re just you being you. No need to apologize.”
“I don’t spend all of my days making men—”
“It’s none of my business,” I interrupted, walking away from the man I’d spent my grown life determined to meet.
The very same man who’d killed my cousin and never saw the inside of a prison for his crime. That’s the Jaxson Volkov I was walking away from, but he was the very person I was determined to expose.
