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He gives me a taciturn smile. “Do you seriously believe I’m going to share my plans with you when you’re all cozy with the Beast? Tell me, what did it take for you to spread your legs for him?”

My mouth drops. “How dare you?”

“You are no different from your little whore of a sister, fucking around with scum. But mark my words I’m not done with either of you.” That’s what he wanted me to know. That he’s planning.Stillplanning.

“What are you going to do?”

“Let’s put it this way, if I find your sister in the next few weeks you have nothing to worry about until your next birthday. Rest assured, I always find a way”

He laughs and a dark tremor runs through me. Dad moves away, still laughing as if what he said was the most hilarious thing in the world.

He walks down the path and heads back into the hall. Jaxon walks toward me and touches my cheek.

“What happened?” he asks.

I’m so numb I can’t even think. What do I say to him? Dad didn’t exactly tell me much. He just said enough to scare me. I also can’t breathe a word about Natasha’s whereabouts to anyone, so I can’t tell him I’m worried Dad knows she’s in Europe.

“He was just his usual horrible self, threatening my sister and me.” My voice shakes from the tremor that’s still ravaging through my body.

Jaxon leans forward and cups my cheek. He brushes his thumb over the skin and stares down at me.

I can still see the foreboding, dominant man he is, but deep within his eyes is something softer that calls to me.

He leans in, moving toward my lips, and I move into him, too, stepping past the mental walls I built up to protect myself from him.

When our lips meet a rush of emotion floods me from head to toe.

Shivers erupt all over my body and a desperate need for more of what only he can give me washes over me.

Jaxon pulls away, out of the kiss, and stares at me with that wild hunger that instantly makes me wet. “Let’s get out of here.”

“Yes.” I’ve never agreed so quickly to anything he’s ever suggested before. But tonight I feel like I would do anything he wants me to.

Because he feels like the escape I crave.

Chapter Sixteen

Gabriella

Jaxon and I slide into the back of the Maybach waiting to take us home.

We have the same driver who brought me here with Eve.

As we take off down the drive I glance back at the beautiful building. A chill races through me when I see my father standing outside watching us drive away.

“Let him look,” Jaxon mutters. “That’s all he can do. Nothing more.”

I think he’s right. But only for now. Dad didn’t seem as worked up as he did last time. He seemed surer of himself and almost confident. Which is not good.

Jaxon rests his hand over mine on my thigh and gives it a squeeze. “Stop thinking about him. You’re with me now.”

The car sails through the tall iron gates and then we’re on the main road traveling home.

I glance across at Jaxon, taking in the outline of his face in the dim light. He caresses my knuckles, massaging them lightly before sliding down to my thigh.

He does the same stroking movement there, then up he goes until he reaches the slit of my dress. My breath catches and my lungs burn as his hand slips beneath. Then his warm fingers flutter over my panties, pulling moisture from my core.

His mouth is at my ear and his hot breath whispers over my skin. “Spread your legs for me.” His words drift into my mind like a dirty lullaby.