Page 69 of The Bloke

I couldn’t hear anything over the two shouting at one another. Most of the floor surrounding us had cleared out; we were the only two standing within a fifty-foot radius.

“You know we can’t do that. Perks of being a wanted man.” Officer Landon crooned, and I opened my eyes to see him aiming his handgun directly at us, my stomach twisting at the sight of the barrel.

This was it, wasn’t it? The moment I had been dreading?

My frantic eyes searched the bar on the opposite end of the room for the one thing that could comfort me:Colby.

Tears welled in my eyes as they locked onto my husband’s bright blues that I loved so fucking much.

He appeared almost frozen in time, with Nick holding him back against the bar.

I couldn’t breathe, my chest growing tighter with every passing second.

“You’ve got to the count of three to release her, Jameson. We aren’t fucking around with you, playtime is over, and you’re coming with us.” Officer Landon started. “One…”

“I’ll gladly slit her throat before you pull that fucking trigger, Landon.”

Let me go, let me go, please just let me go…

“Two…”

“Do you want this woman’s blood on your hands tonight, Officer? Are you willing to sacrifice such a pretty face just to get to me?”

I didn’t dare tear my eyes from those of my husband’s as I inhaled deeply, dropping my hand to my side and pressing my palm firmly against my thigh. I released my held breath and mouthed the words ‘I love you’before closing my eyes and surrendering to my fate.

Three…

Bang!

Chapter 31

Sienna

Chapter 32

Colby

All sound surrounding mehad stopped, nothing more than murmurs and muffled tones as I stared across the floor at the man holding my world against his chest with a knife to her throat.

My eyes flared wide, taking in the scene unfolding before me.

I couldn’t move, couldn’t speak, couldn’t breathe.

It all happened so fast.

One minute, she was executing our plan to lure the man away from the poker table, and the next, he had his arm wrapped tightly around her with a knife to her neck as if she were nothing more than an expendable shield.

Nick was shouting something at me, but I heard nothing that came out of his mouth between my anger and the blood that rushed through my ears.

I had to help her—to save her, but for some fucked up reason, I couldn’t move.

What the fuck Colby, fucking move!

Nick restrained me from charging the man, and I had no fucking clue why he would prevent me from saving my fucking wife.

All I could do was stare at her over his shoulder, seething with feral rage.

My wife looked at me with her big, stormy eyes in shock and fear at her situation before they softened into an apologetic and pleading look as she mouthed,‘I love you’before her hand, which was fighting Jameson’s grip, dropped down to her side.

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