Page 30 of Love Collided

“I think this can technically count as putting you in harm’s way, so I would say I would be failing at both.

She leaned back on an old desk and I stepped in front of her. Her mane of hair was loose tonight. No braid, no bun, nothing but wild red hair. Her eyes narrowed, and I could see she was trying not to react to my comment.

“We are not crossing any lines tonight.”

“Really? I thought we were having fun crossing them the other night.”

I leaned in, running my hand through her hair, shock shooting through me as blood rushed to my groin, my cock twitching as she looked up at me with big hazel eyes.

“What made you think I was having fun?”

“I can show you,” I said, grabbing a handful of her hair and pulling her head back. I moved to her neck, moving my nose along the delicate skin. I wouldn’t kiss her, I wouldn’t put my lips on her at all until there was a clear breakup for her, but I would push the boundary of that until she snapped.

She sucked in a hard breath, moving her head back and giving me more access to her neck. The small gesture made everypart of me respond, and took every ounce of willpower not to sink my teeth into her.

“Nope,” she breathed. “No fun.”

I went to respond, but a bang echoed throughout the warehouse.

“No,abso-fucking-lutelynot,” I said, grabbing her to throw her over my shoulder before she could even attempt to stop me.

Her scream echoed in the empty room, and all the way down the hallway.

“Chase, put me down right now!”

“No. We are sitting around waiting to be ambushed by someone you don’t even know. You’re getting in the car and staying there.”

“I can’t!” She shrieked. “I have to give them the money or they are going to hurt someone!”

She kept yelling, her fists slamming on my back as I made it to the car and pushed her inside.

“Who are they going to hurt?” I asked, blocking her from getting back out.

Her nostrils flared, her ragged breathing making her chest heave. “Any one of us. They want this payment tonight or they are threatening to come after me or the crew.”

“And the crew doesn’t know about this?”

“No. My dad is a terrible person. If they knew I was paying off his debts, they would stop me. Even if it meant putting themselves in danger.”

A black SUV pulled in, and I groaned, leaning down and grabbing her arm.

“Stay in the fucking car. I mean it, Scout. You look like a damn princess and in this car, they aren’t going to believe you don’t have more money.Stay in the car.”

I checked she was in and slammed the door shut.

How I managed to get from the nicest place in town to the shittiest in a matter of one hour was almost laughable. How I got here with Scout was even more ridiculous.

Lucky for her, I dealt with rich, uptight assholes every week, every day, if you included my dad. I could handle this without an issue.

That was as long as Scout stayed in the car.

TEN

SCOUT

My leg bouncedas Chase stepped in front of his car. The black SUV had come to a stop and three guys got out.

Maybe he had been alittleright about not coming here alone.

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