Page 72 of Plunge into Obsession

Some other fucker could so easily hurt her, take her away from me.

I was being fucking selfish for making her take the plunge into my world without telling her all the horrible details that came with it, but fuck.

There was no fucking way for me to walk away now.

Not when she carried my child.

Not when I could feel myself becoming attached to her… obsessed with her.

“Fuck, baby. Don’t cry,” I said, holding her closer to me. She didn’t resist, resting her head on my chest and wrapping her arms around my middle. “You’re not a fucking one-night stand.”

“Then what am I?”

“Mine,” I growled.

She tensed against me.

I pulled back and looked into her blue eyes. So many emotions flitted in there.

“I—” She took in a stuttered breath. “I can’t be yours.”

“Yes, you can.”

She shook her head. “No, I can’t. You’re my boss. It was a mistake to even sleep with you, but I—I let my body run the show. It can’t happen between us. We need—”

I gently grasped her chin and tilted it until she looked at me. “That will not happen.”

Her eyes widened. “I—”

She took a deep breath, and I let go of her chin, waiting for her to find the words.

What she said next was not what I was expecting.

“What are your ties with the cartel?”

I didn’t answer her right away.

I shouldn’t be surprised by the question. There were rumors circulating that Luis had died. ThatEl Despiadadohad come for his soul, but so far, no one had been able to tie the nickname to anyone—tome. That was the way I wanted it. For all anyone knew,El Despiadadocould be nothing more than a myth used to scare grown men and children alike.

But that didn’t stop the rumors from moving around.

Everyone thought I had died in that desert.

When there had been no sighting of Gabriel Mendez around Mexico, they all thought I had met with a well-deserved fate.

And perhaps it was true.

Gabriel Mendez had died that night.

I’d dropped my father’s surname and took on my mother’s, but there were still other fuckers out there who tried to connect the dots, and one of the dots was that the owner of Decadencehad ties with the Michoacán Cartel.

They weren’t that far off.

But I didn’t have ties with the cartel.

Iwasthe cartel.

And the Michoacán Cartel was dominating Mexico.

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