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Her gaze turned pleading and that really pissed hi And she da about her expression, her eyes, was begging and he was so goddah a wall
"Wade, please," she said, her tone turning urgent Desperation fired in her eyes And panic He could literally see the wheels turning in her ure her way out of the situation
Four times Four times now she’d used his name and he liked it a hell of a lot but not under the circumstances she’d used it He wanted her to call him Wade because they were on more inti apart Let her try to figure a way out of hi himself into her situation She was stubborn but he was more so She could rack her brains all she wanted
Too bad He could still be gentle A gentle asshole and get to the botto as she was alive to do it
"You have no idea what you’re getting into," she said in a terrified voice that only served to add fuel to an already raging inferno within him "He’ll kill you, Wade You should have never come here! If you had just stayed in Houston, he would never have known you had any association with me I can’t let any utted him and he had to steady himself, be the jerk and run over her when she was at rock bottom when all he really wanted was just to hold her and comfort her Treat her with the delicate touch she deserved, a touch he craved to render But not at the expense of her life and no fucking ould she sacrifice herself for hi minute that he’d hide behind her and let her take the fall for him? She didn’t know hi to remedy that in short order
He clenched his teeth and lowered her feet to the ground beside the vehicle he’d parked in the back so she wouldn’t see it right away Without saying a word, he shackled one of her wrists with a firer door with his other hand
When she began to struggle, he hauled her up against his tall fraht me, Eliza," he said tersely "You won’t win, and I’ down Someone has to protect you because you sure as hell aren’t And if you think I’ to allow you to be a sacrificial lahter in order to protect everyone else, get over it quick because it ain’t going to happen Nohat is going to happen, is that I’ to eat and then you and I are going to have a long talk after which you’re going to get so sleep I’ll sedate your ass if I have to, so don’t pushon to my temper by a very thin thread"
She opened her mouth and he promptly clamped his hand over it and proceeded to shove her into the vehicle Using his arm across her body to hold her in place, he reached with his other hand into the glove compartment and pulled out a pair of handcuffs
Her mouth fell open and her eyes widened in dis, Eliza Come on You should know me better than that When have I ever made hollow threats?"
He secured one cuff to her left wrist and then attached it to the center console Then he withdrew, leaving her looking shell-shocked and so da he had not to lose his shit right then and there He stalked around to the driver’s side sucking in deep breaths, trying to pull hiether as he slid into the driver’s seat
He wasted no ti asand where he was taking her To his surprise, she said nothing She was coidly fixed forward, her jaw clenched tight
A sigh of relief nearly escaped hi He could deal with surly, pissed off Eliza He had no idea what to do with fragile as an eggshell Eliza A tearful, vulnerable, scared out of her mind Eliza He was furious, not at her, or at least mostly not at her, but hat or who had put such fear in her eyes, who had broken one of the strongest woe of her hts, he picked up his cell and punched the contact already brought up and waiting
"This is Sterling," he bit out "We’re co with yet, so make damn sure the safe house is secure and I want extra security on around-the-clock surveillance No one and I , and any threat is to be dealt with iot it," Derek said shortly and then the line went dead
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Out of the corner of his eye he saw her staring at him, a mixture of bewilderment and a complete what-the-fuck look on her face He nearly sotten her attention
"Who the hell are you?" Eliza whispered
"Theto keep your ass alive and make damn sure no one so much as touches a hair on your head Exceptoutward as she blew out her rage Good He needed her pissed off Alive Fighting Anything but the defeated, resigned to her fate woed the back of her head against the headrest and closed her eyes, letting out another long sigh
"God, why do you even care?" she hissed "Why are you here? You’ve made it very clear that I rate lower than scum in your estimation, so why the sudden concern?"
"It’s a habit I see your ass At the rate you’re going, it’s going to be a full-tilared at hi I am none of your business What I do or don’t do isn’t any of your business You have no right to holdGood, in the ained the fire he was so well acquainted with Bad, because he liked the sound of his first name on her lips He liked it a lot He’d like it even better when they were in bed and he was deep inside her