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Roam’s suspicious eyes swept over ratulations Now I have two incentives for Viktor to comply,” my stomach dipped painfully when it finally dawned on me

Of course

This was hiuy as feeding Vik rough work And now, he was a guy who apparently had plans for me

A sudden rush of hate filled round out, “He doesn’t know I haven’t told him yet”

Laughter rumbled out of his chest as he lowered his head Hate filledHe then shook his head, took another bite of his sandwich, and spoke around hisThat’s perfect I love it”

Knoas co, Anika stipulated, “If you take her, you’ll have to take me too”

And Roah

Throwing his sandwich down onto the counter with a slap, the tall an to move to shield her as she hadinto the table, hittingI watched in wide-eyed terror as he backed a petrified Anika right into a wall Pressing the hard barricade of his body into hers, he lifted his hand and ran his knuckles gently across her cheek She sed hard, turning away fro it

Roam did not like that

The expression he as one carved in granite Cold and resolute He gripped her chin between his thuaze on her

He spoke in deathly quiet “I think it’s cute you think you have so to lay this down right now so you don’t misunderstandfruit between your legs We both know that if I wanted you that night, I could have had you” His lip curled a second before he stated, “But I don’t Your desperation is wafting under my nose, and it stinks The char You’re a pretty woet you into a lot of trouble Don’t pushher to flinch “—push back”

Anika trembled, and the fear in her eyes spoke voluhtened eyes searched for rasp of this psycho was all I could take

I didn’t have much of a choice here And even if I did, I would ain to see her out of harm’s way