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“Cassie, are ye listening?” I blinked and focused on Lottie’s concerned face. Then I hung my head. “No. Sorry. I was away with the fairies.”
“Repeat after me. We do not kidnap people we like.” I rolled my eyes but dutifully repeated the words. Lottie inclined her head. “The best way to share our feelings is to talk about them.” Again, I copied her. “Good. Now let’s combine those.” I tried it out. “Kidnapping is the best way to show a man you love him.”
Falling in love with someone was out of the question when I’d very likely end up dead.
I summoned every nerve I possessed. “Because I had an idea. To say I’m sorry, how about an apology blow job?” Riordan choked and spun away, coughing and sputtering.
Outside in the cold, I slid down the wall to park my backside on the floor. Cassie’s apartment was the safest place for her, just as out here was safest for me. My dick disagreed.
Revenge was a cure for a bitter heart. Mine was broken.
“Fuck, okay. Step over the bike to get on.” Cassie peeked at it. “I’m too short. I’ll never get my leg over.” “Then climb on me, little backpack.” I crouched and tapped my shoulder. Her eyes danced. “Too cute, Rio.”
told her I wouldn’t fall in love with her. Maybe that had been a lie. Whatever the rising Cassie-shaped energy in me turned into, it was my secret to keep. If she knew our being together risked my heart, she’d back away. It had been one of her conditions, meaningless for me at the time but now a problem.
I liked her. A lot. I was going to do all I could to keep her.
“It turned you on. Driving me to the brink of insanity made you wet. I should fuck you here so anyone who passes understands how I punish you when you behave like you aren’t owned.”
“You belong to me,” I told her. “Every part of you is mine. Whenever I want. If that’s in the middle of the night, I’m taking you.”
know I’ve put ye through hell, I know I’m impulsive and probably shouldn’t be allowed out unsupervised, but I swear I’m all in with this. With you. Today is still my birthday—” His green eyes crinkled at the edges. His cheeks flushed warm. I put my finger on his lips so I could finish my words. “All I want as a gift is ye. It scared the shite out of me this evening when I thought our relationship was over. I want this, always. I don’t want ye to leave ever again.”
A final feature of my nightmare resolved in my mind. When I fell under the water, I’d been clutching a little life. Something small and precious and beautiful. That was love. A part of me that hadn’t existed but now burned bright because of Cassie. It was all the good and perfect things she made me feel. It was real, and I’d be damned if I was losing it.
