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It was that same beast on the inside that de I wanted her, and I had known that I was so exposed, so unsteady with emotion after Bax had finally woken up, that any kind of sy to have ot to craht down Roark’s throat It was crude It was classless and she and I both deserved better than that, but the second she toldto be okay, I lost it I er and need, but the end result would’ve been the same I would have taken her I was bound to loseor not It was an added bonus that the stab of revenge felt good I just hoped she wouldn’t hold it againstot a few hours of sleep and my brain didn’t feel like it was made of cotton candy

I got out of the shower, rubbed a towel over my head, and wrapped another one around my waist The bed that lived on the massive elevated platform looked like heaven and I could hardly keep my eyes open as I stumbled toward it I was so tired I didn’t even notice that Reeve was sitting on the end of the mattress until I flopped down and alht black pants and an oversize sweater that fell off of her shoulder and bared way tooHer hair was pulled up into a ponytail on the top of her head and for all the world she looked like any normal, hot chick on her way to work at so about this wos that s that

“Where do you think you’re going?” My voice sounded sluggish and heavy to my own ears

“I need to run an errand I’et out of here for a few hours”

She had been cooped up the entire ti stir-crazy She was following orders and laying loas such an asshole for not thinking to borrow a phone or to even use the landline in Bax’s roo on She deserved a break and a chance to get out of the loft, but selfish bastard that I was, I wanted her to stay withto be okay over and over again and I absolutely didn’t want her anywhere near Booker after what had just gone down between us in the living rooht have been able to put all of what I was feeling and struggling with into words she could understand Since I was only at half capacity I reverted back to the guy I always seereedy ant and need The one that took without asking The one that forgot to be civilized

I levered et my hands around her upper arms and pull her with me as I fell back on the bed so that she landed mostly on me I rolled so that I was on ainst my front The towel had been lost at soid posture as I held her to me indicated she wasn’t the least bit interested in the fact that I was naked and holding her close I didn’t care I felt et heavy and lax I buried irlie scent Nothing in the city sood

“I need to sleep Stay with o I need to head back to the hospital anyway” I sounded sleep drunk and I wasn’t sure the words ht them as darkness started to pull me under

She wiggled a little against hter around her and put a hand on her flat belly to keep her still I ainst every naked inch of me That hat a real-life dream felt like

“You’ll sleep better if you have the bed to yourself” She whispered the words but I heard them loud and clear

“No, I won’t Everything seeive me an hour, Reeve Please?” I inhaled her and knew there wasn’t going to be any fight left in ive ainst my character I never took for myself—at least I hadn’t until she came back to town

I couldn’t stay awake any longer to see if she agreed to stay or not, but when sleep finally clai about a peaceful ht blue

When I woke up the loft was dark and it ell into the afternoon I had definitely slept ital clock next to htstand I woke up alone It shouldn’t have surprised me after the way I had manhandled her and been all over her like a irl needed a little bit of finesse and I had given her none No matter what she may have done in the past, or the choices she made that kept us on different sides of the law, she still deserved what every other girl that illing to give of herself deserved, and I had given her nothing when she deserved everything for taking care of me

Swearing at myself, I threw an ar I had done wrong where Reeve was concerned It all started when I turned her over to Roark to begin with I shouldn’t have let a badge autouys I knew better than that It had been dirty cops that had dragged me beaten and bloody to Novak Cops that had been on the crime bosses’ payroll since before I had evenharder and harder to come by and yet I had been so blinded by revulsion at her actions, so outraged that such a pretty girl had done such ugly and illegal things, that I wanted her out of sight and out of ht with her in the marshal’s hands the desire that kicked atwithat me that she was bad news I wanted her to be so her I thought she was bad news but that didn’t stopher bold honesty about the pretty s toward the troubleso her off as quickly as I could before I did so foolish like take her to bed or fall in love

I heard the front door open with a quiet snick and then the click of shoes on the floor I could tell she was trying to be quiet in case I was still asleep, so I called down to her, “I’m up”