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“Jesus,” he muttered. “Go pack a bag, sweetheart. I’m taking you home with me.”
“You’re coming to my apartment so I can goddamn sleep without worrying that you’re okay. I’m not just doing it for you, London. I’m doing it for me as well. Understand?”
“I have staff who rely on me. I can’t just close up for days. I’ll make sure I’m not alone in the store.” His jaw tightened and he shook his head, just once. I stared at him in shock. “No?” “No.” My mouth opened, closed. Again, I forced myself to speak. “You can’t just say no.” “Yeah, I can,” he said.
“Cage owed me one.” Van’s eyes dropped to my mouth then slid back up. “Don’t worry about it.”
His gaze dropped to my mouth. He seemed to do that a lot. I licked my lips self-consciously and his eyes darkened.
Knowing that London was sliding between my sheets had my neurons firing to life, putting two and two together and coming up with fucking twelve. How many times had I thought about this woman in my bed? Too many.
This was dangerous, having her with me like this, because my obsession with her had not dimmed or waned over the last two years. I wanted her still, in every way. I wanted to possess her. Make her mine. Never let her go. What was it about this woman? How was it that every part of her called to every part of me? Because that’s how it felt.
“I’ve been stabbed five times and survived. You think I can’t survive you?” She shook her head. “I don’t want to think about the future. I just want to live, now, this moment. I want to take whatever good comes my way, however long it lasts, and embrace it. And when it’s over, move on, open and ready to accept whatever good thing comes my way next. That’s it. That’s what I want. That’s all I want.”
“London’s too sweet to see it, to see you. Right now she sees you as some kind of hero. But I can wait. And when you get tired of her, when you’re done and you leave her behind, like we both know you will, I’ll be there. I sure as hell won’t wait this time. I won’t miss my chance. I’ll pick up the pieces you leave behind, and I’ll give her what she really needs.”
Wordlessly, I took her hand and we headed back to the cabin. I realized then that I never wanted this to end. I wanted to keep her here, safe. All mine.
If she thought she could hide from me, she still hadn’t fully grasped the kind of man I was.
“Couldn’t stand being apart from you, sweetheart,” he gritted out then nipped at my lower lip. “You’re not leaving me again, are you, baby? You’re not going anywhere. You’re going to stay here with me? Tell me you’ll stay here.”

