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I wanted to ask Con hoas so sure he was co, but I was too afraid to open my mouth

Because then Iatanimal at the zoo to take me home… or back to that little house in the et rid of that note and just crawl back into Vaughn’s arms

What the hell had I done?

“No,” I whispered so the ”

“Did you say so?”

I ju spoke

“Um, no, sir… sorry,” I croaked

I chanced a glance at hi uy… bigger than both Con and Luca He wasn’t classically handsohter features, but he scared reen T-shirt was pulled across his broad chest His ar the thin material to the brink and I could see a tattoo on his bicep, another on his lower arm and even on his hand

I told hn would come He had to

Unless I’d angered hi more to do with me He’d said he’d always co when you defied someone

“Can I get you anything to eat or drink, Aleks?” Con asked If I hadn’t been so nervous I would have s to feed me

I shook my head “No, thank you”

No as I going to throw up in front of these men, and that was exactly ould happen if I tried to put anything in my belly at this point

Where was Vaughn?

Luca and Con had said he’d probably be right behind us… that it would be only a couple of hours at the most until he arrived But it had already been three hours since we’d arrived at the too-big house The drive to Vegas had taken a couple of hours and the flight had taken al the twelve-hour hn

“He never picked up the ticket,” Luca said as he hung up his phone, his face pulled into a mask of irritation

“Ticket?” I asked

Luca sat down in the other armchair To say I’d shocked theand told him I’d help him find his son was an understatement The man continued to look at me like he couldn’t believe I was there

I couldn’t believe it either

“I left a ticket for hirab the next available flight to New York as soon as he realized ere gone I had Con text hias”

I nodded I’d finally discovered ere in Nevada when Luca, Con, and I had left the house in the earlyhours We’d flown out of the city on a private jet, but I hadn’t thought to ask where ere going or how Vaughn would get there Admittedly, I’d been too numb to do much but sit there and stare out theIt had taken every ounce of control I’d had not to lose myself to a blackout