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I have to wet my lips before I can speak. Swallow hard. Clear my throat, and even then, my voice is hoarse. “Now I’m confused. Was that the trick? Or the treat?”
His laugh shakes his chest, and his arms tighten around me. He bends down enough to brush his lips against my cheek. “God, I love you.”
“I love you too,” I say.
And because I love him, I find the strength to stand. I wait for him to climb to his feet too. I lock my knees to keep from swaying. And I settle a hand along his jaw, feeling his steady heartbeat beneath my fingertips. “Get out of here,” I say. “Because the sooner you go, the sooner you’ll be home again.” He starts to say something, but I shake my head. “Now. Go.”
And he does.
26
TRAP
* * *
So help me Christ, that wasn’t what I meant to do.
But here I am, drying off after the world’s quickest shower and getting ready to raid my closet for my second-best black pants, black shirt, and black tie. Because while I plan to commit a double kidnapping in a sex club before the night is over, I’m not about to show up smelling like a guy who’s already had the best goddamn fuck of his life.
Jesus fucking Christ.
I only meant to bring her candy. I only meant to say I’d see her in the morning. I only meant to give her one kiss before I hit the road, one chance to tell her I love her and everything’s going to be okay.
She destroys me.
My entire adult life, I’ve known I’m a monster. I need things no decent woman should ever allow.
But Alix is the most decent woman I know. And she allows so much more than I ever dreamed of. She lives for it. Thrives on it.
I was rougher than I meant to be. Her ass will be bruised. Her neck too. I fuckingbither.
I’d feel guilty, if I hadn’t felt her come harder around me than she’s ever come before. I think she actually passed out for a few seconds.
Shit.
I should be feeding her chocolate and making sure she drinks enough water. I should be rubbing salve into her ass. (And no, that’s not the invitation my cock seems to think it is.) I should be holding her and helping her come back down and telling her she’s everything to me.
Instead, I’ll have to prove it another way. I’m going to catch those motherfucking Herzogs and hand them off to Best’s men. I’m going to end this fucking war forever.
After tonight, Alix and I will have the rest of our lives to be together. I’ll find new ways to make her moan. To make her scream my goddamn name.
Dressed again, I check my pockets for the pair of syringes that will set us free. I’ve got a thousand bucks with me, but no credit cards, no ID. I don’t need car keys, and the house is on biometrics.
Charles is waiting in the freeport parking lot with the Mercedes. He’s too professional to note that he expected me almost an hour ago.
“Let’s go,” I say, after he’s taken his place behind the wheel. “Don’t worry about making up the time. I can’t afford any tickets tonight.”
Within minutes, he’s on the interstate, keeping a steady pace exactly eight miles above the speed limit. I lean back against the headrest. I spread my hands on my thighs. I try not to wonder what Alix is doing now.
And I wait for the next chapter to begin in our life together.
27
ALIX
* * *
Idon’t start to shake until I’m drying off after my shower. That’s when I realize how sore my bottom is. My skin stings like I’ve got open cuts. My muscles ache like they’ve been through a grinder.
