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It didn’tstarted to spin and within seconds, it went dark

Chapter Two

“The jet is ready Now are you going to tell me what this is all about?” Jacob asked

Rick finished tying Tulip into the chair He’d chained her wrists to the seat and wrapped a piece of rope around heranywhere

“I’ back to you I want someone ready at airport security”

“Again, it’s always a given, but why?”

“I’et Landon under control” He hung up and pocketed his cell phone

“You’re going to need to give her this when you land,” Mandy said

He took the syringe fro me? I knohat you think about violence and all of this” He’d tested the waters long ago to see if she could ever handle what he was like She’d failed, but he loved her and there was no way he could ever give her up He always figured this was the universe’s way to fuck with hiled ho he really was The truth was, he didn’ta Denton in the city Giving it up had been a challenge and when he had some difficult patients, it would have been so easy to kill them or hit them He held himself back all the time It hat he did He’d learned to use his job as so her at the end of the night, being inside her—it was all he needed to keep on the straight and narrow

“You’re my man, Rick I didn’t think I’d be able to handle this, any of this, but I’ve shocked myself” She cupped his cheek “Come back to me when you can” She kissed him hard and he escorted her off the jet Once she was safely inside the car, he called his security guy to ot home safely He never left Mandy unattended She was always surrounded by men he could trust

He gave the signal to the pilot and then went back to where he’d left Tulip Taking a seat opposite her, he watched her as they took off

They were in the air for about twentywasn’t designed to keep her out for days

“What’s going on?” she asked, confused She started to wriggle in the cuffs, and within a matter of minutes, she was fully awake

“What kind of fucked-up shit are you on?” She cried out as she wrested her wrists against the binds “Let me the fuck out”

He noticed she didn’t exactly screarew up”