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Nero nods, understanding. “Good luck,” he whispers softly, and then he’s gone, back to his new bride, and her redeeming love, and a world that keeps spinning, even without Miles in it.
But I’m not so lucky. Miles was everything to me, the only good thing in all the darkness.
Which means there’s nobody coming to drag me back up to the light.
I drift back out onto the balcony, draining my glass of champagne. I have a headache, and feel kind of nauseous, but maybe that’s just the jet lag. I take a deep breath of salty ocean air, and wonder what’s to come. For all my planning, I have no idea what happens next. I set a trap for Sebastian Wolfe, using my body as bait, but now that he’s walked into it…?
Anything could happen.
The ocean is dark now, an inky mass crashing against the glittering shoreline. The breeze has cooled, and I shiver, not even realizing I’ve been joined out here until a jacket is placed around my shoulders.
I startle.
“Easy there.” It’s Sebastian, regarding me with that cool amusement in his eyes. He towers over me even in my heels, and I feel off-balance, too small and delicate against his lean, muscular frame. “You’re awfully skittish.”
“Do you blame me?” I shoot back. It’s a relief that I don’t have to mask my loathing anymore. Any woman in her right mind would be furious about the stunt the guys just pulled. “I thought Barretti was scum, but you?”
“What about me?”
Sebastian fixes me with a cool, predatory gaze, and I shiver.
“I want to leave,” I say, my voice quavering. I frown. I wasn’t even trying to make it shake, but suddenly, I’m feeling unsteady.
“Certainly.” Sebastian says. “Where shall we go?”
I shake my head, holding on to the balcony railing now for balance. “I didn’t mean with you…” I say, trying to think straight.
What’s happening?My head is spinning, but I’ve only had a couple of glasses of champagne, and I’ve been drinking guys under the table for years.
“You know the deal,” Sebastian says, sounding bored. “You’re mine, for the month.”
“I didn’t agree to that.” I protest feebly.
“But Barretti did. So if you’re thinking about slipping out after your boyfriend, don’t.” Sebastian adds coolly. “I always collect my debts.”
My vision blurs, and my legs suddenly give way. I have the terrible sensation of free fall. It seems to last forever, like my rage has become gravity, pulling me under. I dimly register Sebastian’s arms catching me before I hit the ground, but instead of safety at his embrace, I only feel an icy fear spread through my veins.
None of this is turning out the way I planned. But now there’s no going back.
Not until Sebastian Wolfe is dead in the ground—or wishes he was.
3
AVERY
I fucked up.
I got in too deep with Sebastian’s card game, I tried covering from the accounts, I thought I could win it back again, but I failed.
I let you down.
I’m sorry
- M
I come backinto consciousness with a throbbing pain in my head, and the words from Miles’ suicide note echoing in my mind. I groan as I open my eyes, finding myself in a strange room, wearing a fluffy of bathrobe. My heart races as I sit up, the pain in my head increasing.
What the hell happened?
