Page 76 of Savage Hearts

And I was naked in his car, my legs too weak to even hold me up.

Slowly, I reached over for the handkerchief peeking out from his breast pocket—who even wore suits with a handkerchief anymore?—and sat up.

His gaze was still focused on me, but he didn’t stop me.

I turned my back on him and used the handkerchief to clean myself up.

Fortunately, Maverick left me alone for this small moment of privacy. Once I was done, I glanced around for some place I could discard it.

He took it out of my hand and, without missing a beat, shoved it in his pants pockets.

The corners of his lips lifted. I blushed and turned back away from him, then fixed my dress.

Maverick shifted closer to me, helping me pull the straps back up to where they belonged and placing a sweet kiss on my shoulder.

I shivered.

Then he got out of the car and reached in for me.

I hesitated for a moment before placing my hand in his and letting him help me out of the car.

I clung to him not because I wanted to, but because I was right.

My legs could barely hold me up.

He smirked as he watched me, and how badly I wanted to slap the arrogance from his face.

I turned my face away, ignored the bit of arousal that was still smeared along his lips, and walked into the impressive, enormous building.

People greeted us—him—as we walked inside the modern, sleek building. As we did, I realized there was much more to the Tiernan brothers than I had thought.

I’d known they had money.

Had to, considering all the terrible and illegal things they got up to. But this company building was just so… in your face.

It didn’t ask for attention but demanded it, and the Tiernan name was proudly hung in front for anyone to see.

They didn’t live in the shadows.

They thrived in the spotlight.

Perhaps there was something admirable about that. Well, there would have been if I wasn’t being held against my will.

Are you, though?an insidious voice asked in my mind.

I shook it away.

They said they were going to use me, but so far, Killian had avoided me like I carried some sort of disease he didn’t want to catch, and Maverick and Silas… all they did was make me come.

Silas joked the night before, asking me if I wanted to play with his dick, but he hadn’t made me do anything.

Neither had Maverick.

And I was so fucking confused.

It almost made me wish they would be straightforward in their cruelty.

I moved a little closer to Maverick when a crowd of people suddenly came near us, feeling skittish. It wasn’t like me, but, like everything that had happened since the night the club was attacked, I found myself thrust into a new environment, and I didn’t know what to do with myself.

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