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There… I see a twitch this tih in frustration, "Asher Jaet out of my car!"

He peeks one dark blue eye open and just glares at htly, and I let out the breath I’ For the first time in teeks, his lips have tipped up from the frown that has taken up a permanent residence on his handsome face

"Next time, you don’t have to screae body fro up the path to the front door, but he turns and walks to the trunk He stands there for a few rief, he still see to

I shake my head and cliroceries froe paw crosses in front of roceries up I watch him walk into the house, and I hear the sounds of hi the alar and the o, and now, he’s heaving

Not even atte, I start to walk up the path Even with the small load that he left for me to carry, I still have roceries My phone starts ringing in my back pocket as I walk over the threshold and into the house

Maybe if I hadn’t have been so distracted listening to Love Sex Magic, the ringtone Beck set for when he calls, I ht have noticed how still the house is

I don’t even have two feet inside the house when I stop dead; everything I a falls to the floor I feel the s, but I can’tinto the ice cold eyes of the man who beat me, and then left ht now, but the only thing I can think of is Asher He ca he isn’t anywhere near fighting forht here!

Oh, God, please, let him be okay!

"Hello, Denise It was so sweet of you to leave the bodyguard detail to just the drunk for once You, hs, but he sounds soso he doesn’t kno toat hi to sink intome frozen in place When he moves to take a step towards me, I finally snap out ofno! I’ to taketo end now, no matter what!

"Oh, little Dee, I had so hoped you would behave like the last tirab ain and when he slips on the h the foyer and down the hall I look in the doorways that I pass before hitting the living rooht It isn’t until I skid into the kitchen that I see hie I use the second it takes toto rip my heels off and move behind the breakfast bar I stand there with bothat the hallway that I can hear hiirl?"

Godda

"You had to be a stupid cunt about this, didn’t you?" He walks into the kitchen, and I stand in front of Asher’s prone forrab… my four-inch heels I chance a look at the knife block, but it’s too far for et to me

"What do you want?! I don’t have yourone I’roan, but I don’t look down It’s only going to take a second of e

He stands before ain, he’s dressed in all black, but this ti how handsome he is His skin is tan, hair thick and black, and those eyes his eyes are not what you see in a man you would approach at the bar Instead, his eyes reflect the soul of the devil I shiver just thinking about all the evil swi in those pale blue depths

He starts to step closer to me, but before he can complete thehiht in the middle of his forehead If I weren’t so worried about his reaction, I would laugh at the picture it ht yellow shoe sails across the room, the heel hits his head, and snaps off from the rest of the shoe with the force of my throw

"You bitch! If I didn’t think it would causeneck in two for that shit" He wipes the blood running down into his eyes away before narrowing the Don’t fuck with h Really… don’t fuck with him? Not only have his own hands hurt me, but because of the shit he threw intowith hioes to take another step, but I fling my other shoe at hirabs th h, no s ainst his hard chest I start panting when I realize he has the control now

"You little bitch," he growls, and I closedown "I’ to have so the price"

I try to get free, but he still has his ar et an inch if I wanted to I atteainst the wall for support and folds one of his legs over both of mine

Fuck!

"Listen closely, and make sure you actually hear what I have to say My employer is very pleased that you took care of the whole Adah his head Unfortunately, that still leaves the unsettled debt, but he’s willing to take the fact that you so kindly sacrificed one of your own in place of a monetary payment Such a shaood enough forin his business Now, here’s your little warning Call off your ets hurt I know you would hate to see your boyfriend with bullet holes through his body, h My skin crahere he’s caressingabout his life as if it , I want to kill hi to be sadlyinside of me

"Do you understand, little bitch?" His hand tightens againstto answer him, and for once, there is not an ounce of fear