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“He can’t give them what they deserve,” she insisted with a stubborn tilt to her chin. “I couldn’t just stand by and let them get away with what they were doing just because I was too scared to speak up.”
Her courage was admirable, but I didn’t like her lack of self-preservation. I scooted forward until her legs were trapped between mine and bent my torso so that my face was within inches of hers.
“You think you know what you’re risking, but you really have no clue. Too sweet and naïve to even imagine how evil and depraved these people are. Oh, I’m sure Daddy did his best to prepare you, but I doubt he could convince himself to paint you a real picture.”
“I—”
I cut her off before she could argue and piss me off even further. “Do you know what would happen to a little girl like you? Especially one with such a sweet cherry?”
Alyssa’s face flushed, and she squirmed in her chair. I was taken aback by the flare of heat I’d seen in her eyes when I called her a little girl and the reaction that elicited from my cock…interesting.
She licked her lips and asked, “How do you know—?”
“I can practically smell it. The air’s thick with the scent of your innocence.”
She swallowed hard, and her green eyes burned with a desire she probably didn’t understand. But it was obvious by the way her nipples poked through her white blouse and the flush of her skin that her body knew exactly what it wanted. Something I fully intended to give her. After I made sure she wouldn’t do stupid shit anymore.
“I want you to promise me that you’ll stop interfering. You’re in enough of a mess right now, don’t need you makin’ it worse.”
“Um…I’m not a little girl.” She tried to look indignant, but she couldn’t pull it off when she was so obviously turned on. “And I want to help.” She stood and tried to nudge my legs away so she could get out, but I didn’t move a single centimeter. “If that’s all, I’ll just go home now.”
There was a determined glint in her stare, though, and I mentally sighed. She was gonna be a handful. Not that I wasn’t looking forward to the challenge.
“I’m not nearly done with you, baby,” I growled as I grabbed her hips and gently, but firmly, pushed her back down onto the chair.
My phone vibrated in my pocket once again, and I almost ignored it, but I didn’t want to miss the call if it was Dash with news from his interrogation.
“Stay put,” I ordered as I yanked out my cell. A glance at the screen showed Dash’s number, so I stood and walked to the patio doors as I answered.
“Yeah?”
“Done with that motherfucker,” he spat. “Didn’t seem like he knew anything about Alyssa.”
“Find out his interest in Alyssa?”
“He thought she was the one who called in the tip about his brother.”
I yanked out the bun on my head and ran a hand through my hair. “Doesn’t mean Alyssa is off the hook,” I grunted adamantly. “Still needs to be looked after.”
“I suppose,” Dash agreed. Then he was silent for a few beats before asking, “Change your plan of just keepin’ eyes on her?”
Fuck, yeah.I didn’t want anyone’s eyes on her but mine—I didn’t trust anyone else to protect her. Besides that, I had my other plans for her…ones that involved her screaming my name in ecstasy while I planted my seed inside her. I didn’t explain any of that to Dash, though.
I snarled, “Just get someone to dig into those shitheads and find out if cops were taking a cut. I’ve got Alyssa handled.”
“I’m not a child to be handled!” Alyssa snapped as she jumped up from the chair again.
I turned around to glare at her and put my phone against my chest to muffle my response. “You may not be a child, baby,” I grunted in a low, gritty tone. “But you obviously don’t know how to stay out of trouble. So yeah, you need your man to handle shit. Now, sit your ass back down in that chair, or I will tie you to the fucking bed.”
Shock and desire flitted across her face before she scowled at me adorably and plopped back down.
When I put the phone back to my ear, Dash was silent, and I had no doubt that he was suppressing laughter.Jackass. “Have someone text me when they know something,” I grunted before hanging up.
4
ALYSSA
After listening to Garrison’s side of his phone call, I kind of got why people raved about how awesome angry sex was. I was super pissed that he had talked about me like I was a child but still incredibly aware of how turned on I was. My panties almost spontaneously combusted when he’d threatened to tie me to the bed.
