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“Dead serious” Yes, at the o after Arabella,it clear to his brother that she wasto explain his feelings to Hunter was impossible when he’d never felt like this toward any other woman

But all that was eclipsed by a rush of fearthat so and was no longer under his protection Once she ith her father, or with Gavin, who Maddux didn’t trust with a ten-foot pole The other man was a user, an abuser, and when it cae, to avoid his arrest tomorrow

Maddux had to get to Arabella first Not wanting to waste anywith his brother, he ran for the stairs and jumped over the handrails to make his way down to the lobby twice as fast, but when he arrived, Arabella was already gone He bolted for the lanced down the street just as a black Mercedes came to a stop by Arabella

As soon as Maddux saw a guy open the back door and realized as about to happen, panic twisted through his entire being as he rushed toward her “Arabella!” he yelled, but she was too far away for him to reach in time, and the other h she never had a chance to f

ight him off

Then the car was driving away as Maddux’s worst fears were realized She’d been kidnapped, snatched right off the street by the kind of guy who lookedher a ride He had no idea where that car was taking her or what fate awaited her once she arrived, but his gut was screa, or soerous

Maddux ran back into his building, guilt already twisting through hiet to Arabella before so through his veins ave hith to power back up the stairs to his penthouse in less than a minute

He needed towith and ere preparing for tomorrow’s arrests As far as Maddux was concerned, Arabella’s abduction changed everything, and he’d pay whatever it cost to any agency toher a priority

He would tear this fucking city apart until he knew she was safe and, hopefully, unharuilt and soul-deep pain if anything horrible happened to her, and he refused to think that anything would before he found her

Chapter 20

“I kneaited long enough the opportunity to grab you would eventually happen”

Thewith Arabella in the back seat of the Mercedes s pleased with hi chauffeured in, the guy looked like a hoodlued scar on his face Based on his co her for a while now, but up until her leaving the building this evening on her own, she’d always been with Milo She’d et, but for whom?

She did her best to keep her fear in check, because she refused to show this man any weakness “Who are you and what do you want?”

“Who I am doesn’t matter,” he said nonchalantly as he unlocked his phone and pressed a button toyou to the man who hired me to take you”

“Whatshe already knew This scheme had Gavin written all over it