Page 99 of Enthrall Secrets
“No.”
“This is my nice side. Don’t make me show you my dark side.”
“You actually think you can boss me around?” I shoved at him but it was useless, he was too damn strong.
“I call the shots, Scarlet. Cameron’s given me full authority. You know that. So do as you’re told. Stop making my job fucking harder.”
Ethan meant so much to me, the kind of connection I’d not experienced since…
No, don’t think of Danton now, not when Shay needs to see my iron will.
“Every day threats are coming in. You don’t see them because that’s how Cameron wants it. You’re protected from all the annoying details.”
“Like?”
“Death threats against Cameron. Against others at the club.”
My breath stuttered. “Have there been any against me?”
He lowered his gaze, giving me my answer.
“What happened?” I muttered. “Who—”
“That’s where I come in. So you don’t have to know.”
Shay was Cameron’s corporate bad boy and he had always been able to protect us. And in truth none of us had really wanted to know the intimate details of what it took to ensure Chrysalis and Enthrall remained safe and its employees unscathed.
“Baby,” Shay said softly, his mouth brushing mine. “Don’t fight me. Let me protect you.”
“I’m going to keep him.”
He smiled. “No, you’re not.”
I grazed my teeth over my bottom lip.
“God, you’re so damn fuckable, Scarlet.”
“Well, this is awkward.” It was Ethan.
He stood in the doorway, blinking at us in confusion.
Shay stepped back.
“Ethan—” I stepped toward him. “It’s not what it looks like, please.”
He held up the carton of cream. “I think this is what you wanted me to get for you. Conveniently.” He glared at Shay. “God, I’m slow to catch on.”
“We’re not together,” I used the last air in my lungs in a panic. “Shay was checking on me. That’s all.”
Ethan looked so hurt; a dreadful pain reflected in his eyes.
“You being here places her in danger.” Shay narrowed his gaze on him. “You know this.”
Ethan shrugged. “The heart wants what the heart wants.”
I sucked in a breath. “Oh, Ethan.”
“Get police protection,” said Shay. “So no one else gets hurt.”
