Chapter 15
This man made no sense, and my reaction to him was even more illogical. I couldn’t think when he was this close,
“I miss you,” he said.
1 shook my head internally.
He must want something.
It made no sense for a man like him to be enamored by someone at first sight. I couldn’t believe it—this had to be some kind of trap. The only problem was that I didn’t know what or why. If he wanted something from me, wasn’t it petty to use the attraction between us?
I felt him unzip my hoodie. I pushed him away.
“Before we start talking, can you remove the hoodie!” It sounded like a question but felt more like a demand.
“You” I scoffed. That is not yours.”
more I engaged, the more I would
“Just so you know, I paid four thousand dollars for this,” I said, raising the collar of the hoodie. I turned away. The mo Jose myself. 1 needed to move.
“Don’t worry, love. I can replace the watch.”
How do you—?”
1 was wearing glasses. How do you know where my gaze was?”
1 sucked in a sharp breath.
“You should take into account everything that puts you at a disadvantage in understanding your situation,” he said, stretching out his hand.
You re being ridiculous
I turned away, trying to find an exit, but he grabbed my elbow and pulled me back, pressing my back against his front. I turned my head to glare at him, meeting his eyes directly.
“I don’t like other men’s things on you.”
“Who are you-
“Will you do it, or should the challenged.
I had half a mund to punch him and free myself. Maybe his grip was too strong, or maybe my will was too weak. Or maybe, just maybe, he wouldn’t think twice before twisting my neck.
“Fine!” I gritted my teeth. As soon as his hold loosened, I moved away, yanked off the hole, and threw it over his head, covering his face. Í snickered and turned to grab my bag from where it had fallen when he pulled me here.
Before I could reach it, he grabbed my wrist in an iron grip and yanked me back. My eyes widened in shock as he took my other hand, and before 1 could process what was happening, he wrapped the hoodie around my wrists, tying the sleeves in a tight knot My heart skipped a beat. I struggled, but the more I moved, the tighter it became. It liuri.
“You’re coming with me, sweetheart.”
He bent down, wrapped (amos around my thigla, and their mar over his shunilder
He didn‘) hsten, only tightened his hold on me as he carried me out the back of the budding through the emergency exit.
“I can’t be seen with you!” Fhissed, keeping my vojce low as I struggled.
Taus is a stall building
Was he taking me to the from? In front of everyone! Dread clawed at my nerves, and my heart raced. I was doomed.
“Let go of me!” Hicked my feet against his back, but he didn’t even flinche
Instead of heading to the front, he took a narrow alleyway behind the building Confused, I swallowed my protests. When we reached the back road, his car was there, parked like it had been waiting for this moment. He opened the door and placed me in the passenger seat like 1 weighed.
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nothing.
“Someone might
“I took care of it,” he interrupted, caressing my cheek.
I was speechless, and he took advantage of the moment, leaning in to kiss me. The kiss was sweet and toe curling, flooding warmth under my skin. When he pulled away, a smirk played at the corner of his lips as he looked at me. Then, he closed the door.
My gaze followed him as he walked around the car, slipping his hand into his pocket and opening the driver’s side door. He slid into the seat effortlessly–graceful, lethal and composed.
He met my eyes
“What do you mean you took care of it?”
The driver wasn’t he there to keep an eye on you?”
I swallowed hard. How did you ‘take care of it? Is he?”
“Alive, yes. But trust me, no one will know you’re gone for at least three hours.”
sigh of relief escaped me.
“Problem solved” he said, his dark eyes glinting as he started the car.
No, no, no. I didn’t want to go anywhere with him.
“Killian, untic mel
“Not until you promise to come with me,” he replied as if we were simply discussing lanch.
I groaned
“This is called kidnapping!”
“You know what I do for a living, right?”
“You think I cure! All I want is for you to stay away from met
I wanted to kick him, but at the speed he was driving, I’d probably die before I could do anything to change my fate.
“That’s why I like you–because you don’t seem to care, he mused.
I went still our eyes meeting for a brief second before he turned his attention back to the road. Every time he said something like that, it felt gemune
“I see you still don’t believe me, he observed, reading my expression.
“Would your If you were me?” I raised an eyebrow, keeping my composure.
“Don’t tell me you don’t feel it.
His hand moved to touch name, but I pulled away had nowhere to go. He curled his fingers back and rested his hand on the steering wheel. A flicker of something–wariness–flashed in his eyes.
My heart pounded in my chest wah every passing second, the heat from his kiss still lingering in my veins
“This is just attraction,” I said, giving him a mocking look. “You want me to believe you have sincere feelings for nie, but when I think about it, I have no actual value to you. So forgive me if I don’t understanal your utention.”
“My intention are clear, you’re jini refusing to see them he stated. “I also understand your hestation, which is why I want to explain –
I put him off. “I don’t want to listen. Stop the damn car. My voice was level but firm
are you scared of
He looked at me in a way that made me want to lay bare every wound, every
y shackle
“It has nothing to do with you I don’t want anything to do with you,” I said harshly. I hated how hos expression hardened at my won
The car slowed to a stop, and I realized we were in front of a French restaurant–alive–star place known for its lunch menu. I had been here unce
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with Franny.
We’re going to talk about this,” he said.
“Untie me!” I ground out through clenched teeth. He could not win.
“I will, if you
No conditions. No negotiation, Killian Knight!
I refuse to be
In the blink of an eye, he leaned in, and my back was pressed against the car door. Nowhere to go. His nose brushed against mine, his eyes burning into me. His intoxicating scent surrounded me, seeping into my senses.
He was doing this on purpose he knew I couldn’t resist him.
“Don’t..” My voice trailed off as my gaze dropped to his lips.
I knew them too well. How they felt against me. The heat they ignited inside me.
But he didn’t move to kiss me. And he didn’t move away either.
I wanted to do this properly by taking you to lunch, he whispered, his words brushing against my skin in a teasing caress. “But if you’re not willing
Tam not 1 replied firmly.
A shadow passed over his face, and my stomach churned,
“One last question,” he said, his voice quieter. “Why are you under surveillance?”
“What does it matter to you?” I swallowed. “If you’re so curious, why don’t you higure it out yourself? You have the resources
There was a challenge in my words, and his eyes darkened.
braced for an outburst, but instead, he silently untied my hands and tossed the hoodie onto the floor of the car.
All the while, my heart pounded in my ears.
Something had shifted. The energy between us, once a blazing force, turned into a « dull burn in the pit of my stomach.
Killian looked away.
“Where to?” he asked. lost in thought
“I shook my head. This was exactly y what I wanted. I told myself. “Just drop me a few blocks away
y from my college.”
And that was it. He drove in silence, his face giving nothing away. When he stopped where I had asked. I got out without hesitation.
I didn’t turn back
And he didn’t meet my eyes.
This is what I wanted, I sold myself again as he drove away.
Then why!
Why didn’t like it?
