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My throat tightened, and it took a minute before I could talk.
“Will, there’s no one I trust more than you, no one I believe in more than you. I’m very sure about you…I know you’re it for me, and I do want to wear your ring.”
He stared into my eyes, testing my truth, and when he was satisfied with what he saw, he dropped his head and smiled against my lips.
“You’re scared, and that’s quite all right.”
As he reached around me to turn off the water, he pulled my body closer with his other arm and sucked on my bottom lip before going on.
“You need to challenge me. You chose the right man, Elle. I’m strong enough for it, even if you do drive me mad, woman.”
I pulled the pins out of my hair, then wrapped my arms around his neck.
“You wouldn’t be happy with someone who didn’t challenge you at least once in a while.”
Will picked me up into his arms.
“You’re right. You’re it for me, baby.”
We kissed fiercely as he put me down on our bed, his passion so intense it changed me even more. The horrible things we lived with, the terrible things we did, it all burned to ashes inside that kiss. Only love could do that…
Only a crushing, possessive love like ours.
A love that was an obsession for us both.
“I need to be inside you now,” he said.
But a second later, when he was almost fully inside me, someone started pounding on the door.
Thomas. He shouted at his brother as he beat on the door.
“Will, get the fuck up now! Those motherfuckers are here.”
CHAPTER 46
Before I understood what was happening, Will had already shoved into his jeans, sprinted to the door, and let Thomas into our suite.
“Sitrep,” Will snapped.
Thomas followed him to his closet.
“Eight men, sitting on low ground near the estate’s north border. We have to assume they’re armed. I’ve implemented protocol. Ben is prepping weapons and ammo. Joe and Andrew are outside to cover the rest of the team as they arrive.”
I threw on my robe and went to Will’s closet. I could only stare in horror as he strapped a leather holster around his waist.
“Thomas, you get John on monitors and comms. Change the code and lock him inside the room. Arm him anyway…no one in this house should be unarmed. Mum knows what to do…make sure she gets Mrs. Bates and the girls to the safe room. Let her know I’ll bring Elle down myself.”
Thomas rushed past me and ran out the door.
I moved closer behind Will. My knees trembled. My hands shook. I stared at his back.
He holstered his Glock and then turned to me.
“You must quickly dress and get your phone. We need to go down immediately.”
After pocketing his phone, he grabbed another gun.
But I couldn’t move. My body was frozen in place.