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Chapter 2

BENNETT

Money can get you anything, anytime, anywhere There isn’t a door that won’t open for me and I don’t hear the word no I wake up to a world of possibilities and sleep on thousand-dollar sheets every night When you’re raised with this at your fingertips, as ridiculous as it sounds, life can get boring Each day blends into the next and it’s all black and white Or I guess in old and diamonds The view is pretty, but I sory

My fahes family is one of the oldest in the country We rowing since then My father is the sole heir to the estate and I’m the next in line to inherit I live off a trust fund that could keepin rubies and there is still more to come later It’s wealth that’s whispered about and keeps me surrounded in security I didn’t ask for any of this, but what choice do I have as a Hughes?

People say a lot of things about me and my life I’ve been called the next John Kennedy Jr because of my clean-cut look and the way I avoid the press, but I’uy People that have actually ain I’ve been called as asshole to my face, which means it must be true Norative word about them, but the fact that people don’t whisper it behind my back speaks to my personality

I spend uards, but I wouldn’t call us friends My house is like a fucking odda it with anyone, so it’s just all a waste of space

When I was sixteen, I found my mom in bed with my dad’s best friend Tom and I think it broke any romantic notion that I’d ever find love I’ve hada few of theiven up woether Maybe the constant look of irritation on my face doesn't help, but I don’t care

Nothing in ives s will be I was born a success, so what else a over me to spark any sort of emotion and that’s just what that little thief did

I didn’t realize she stoledistracted by her big doe eyes and the way her body felt againstfast

“Find her,” I bark to the tea car by the curb

I inwardly curse hts instead of cardio as I reach in rab my phone I’m pretty sure I could train for a marathon and still not be able to catch up with her

A second car always follows us in case of an erand in the wallet, but it’s got my license and credit cards It’s not like I can’t have them replaced, but it’s the principle of it She stole it and I want it back

Her long dark hair spilling out behind her as she leaned back flashes into my mind Her cheeks were flushed and her lips were parted as I cradled her in hter and continue to text the security team a description of what to look for

At first I thought it was a young boy with the way her hood was over her head I thought the kid wasn’t watching where they were going and I tried to keep the over when they ran into me Then I had a look at her and all I could do was pull her closer to me

“Fuck!” I slam my fist into the side of the car as the other team says they’ve lost her “Circle the block!” I yell to the front and feel the car take a turn

Her eyes were dark broith flecks of gold in the my fist to my mouth and clenchthe crowd, but it’s like she’s gone up in smoke

My cock swells with the memory of her mouth and what it would feel like to slide inside it Would she fight ot the chance, but there was fire inside her She tried to knee me in the balls and I can’t say that I blaht in otten away I would have thrown her in ain

The thought of having her tied to h to undocock, but instead I end up stroking it and thinking of the possibilities

My phone buzzes with a n of her and I want to break it in half I tell the and then lean my head back and close my eyes

All this happened right after seeing Bradford this e I hired Bradford to ruin Tom’s life after I found him with my mom Bradford watched me pull out a wad of cash at sixteen years old and decided if he wasn’t going to do it I’d find souy, but Bradford kne to survive I envied that kind of knowledge and I kept in touch with him even after he did the job for me He’s one of the few people I trust, and the fact that he’s a criminal is comical If my security

team can’t locate her, then I know he can

I fire off a quick text to hiht I need to talk to hih out here today and I don’t want anyone getting wind of it and photographing me around his spot He likes his privacy almost as much as I do

I take a deep sigh and rub ot to be patient for a fewI’ve ever acquired But if there’s one thing I’ve learned in all h, it’s mine And I’ll have that little pickpocket if it’s the last thing I do

Chapter 3

JAMES

I chew onthis up to Bradford and if it’s really so I want to do Maybe I should take the small amount ofthat the next job I take is going to be the thing that gets ht

The first tiet so lucky, or I’d end up spending every cent I’ve saved on a lawyer and then where would I be? The weird tingling I had since I woke up yesterday ot a text fro

I glance at his closed office door and wonder when he’ll be done with hisme almost as much as the ht? I’ve been beating myself up about the stupid attraction I feel He was kind of a jerk, and to be honest, I resented who he was