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The way he said those words reached inside her and grabbed hold She was falling for thishard and in that"Blake," she whispered; a plea for soive her

His name barely left her lips when hisinto herher She moaned and passion exploded between the else fade There was so she couldn’t escape She was lost in hi that could be, if only they were two different people If only things were different But they weren’t--and yet, they were When they arched into each other, kissing, touching, hungering for one another, it wasn’t fking It waslove, and that’s ould make the moment harder when it was over The moment they lay there, bodies sweaty and sated, wrapped in each other’s arms Because in that moment, she knew she still had to do what she had to do She tried to co herself he’d do the sa to do just that It didn’t h to face the facts

She’d made love to him and now she had to fk him over

Blake’s eyes snapped open fro as if he were asleep TheHe’d rolled off of her not long after they’d…fucked Or whatever that had been He refused to let it beto hih her walls and get her to trust him To hope she wasn’t trouble, but someone in trouble Hell, he still wanted to believe that and he dreaded what he kneas before hi the stairs ground along his nerve endings and he didn’t even wait for the door to open and shut before he sat up and reached for his phone to dial Kyle

"I tagged the truck with a tracking device," Kyle answered

"She took irl, that one Left you without the ri his way to the rental in front of the building where Kyle aiting on hi to find that out fast

Chapter Five

Blake stood in the shadows of the building where Taht, the blond waitress orked for Eduardo, lived, watching her load her car with suitcases, with Kara by her side What the fk was she up to? Was she involved in the drug theft along with this Tas were in the trunk, Kara handed Ta as the other woen and drove away Blake let Ta Kyle would follow her and track her destination

Kara eyed a sly toward hi where she’d parked the truck, but she hesitated as she neared the dark enclave where he aiting Secretary, his ass, he thought for the millionth tih alert She cut to her left, away from him, and he stepped out from the darkness

"Kara"

She stilled and turned back to him, her face washed of the shock he sensed in her, her body stiff with discomfort she didn’t hide as well "Blake"

"You didn’t really think you could sneak out that easily, did you?"

"I can explain"

"I’m sure you can" He motioned the direction where she’d parked "In my truck"

She shook her head "No That doesn’t see to kill you," he said, grabbing her arhts and that’s where her head was at "And daet onhi exposed by the police? I doubt it" He glared at her "I told you I’ to kill you Turn you over my knee and spank your pretty little ass, aped "You wouldn’t"

"Wouldn’t I?" They were at the truck, and he pressed her against the door, trapping her there, his hands by her head "What are you doing with Eduardo’s eround his teeth, studying her in the beah moon above "Why are you here, Kara? Because it looks bad It looks like you’re involved in the thefts"

Her eyes ide "No I’m not That’s not it " She crossed her ar co"

"Ta her"

"What kind of trouble?" he pressed

"I couldn’t just stand by and let her be one of the girls they’re selling to the highest bidder I couldn’t bear to let it happen" She inhaled and let it out "I just couldn’t" She raised her hands "Whatever that means happens toabout? What girls being sold to the highest bidder? By who?"