Page 28 of Property of Lucian

Chapter 20

Haylee

There was an arm across my chest when I woke up the next morning. I moved it, stirring awake. Just as I did, I felt a kiss on the back of my head. I smiled softly. After what we did last night, it was sinful to a degree that I really enjoyed.

“Haylee?’

I rolled over on my side to face Lucian and locked eyes with him.

“I’m going out of town.”

For some reason my heart sunk. Why did I care? All we did was have sex.

“I want you to come,” he hesitated, then he looked me in the eyes. “How long can you sit on the back of a bike for?”

I arched my eyebrow. “Don’t trust me to drive myself?”

“You don’t have a car.” He smirked. “You barely have clothes.”

“That’s not true. I have heaps of clothes, thanks to you.” This was our first playful conversation.

“We are going to go through them if I keep ripping them.” He smirked and ran a hand through my hair. Pulling himself up the bed, he lit a cigarette, and kept his arm draped around me. He pulled me into his side.

I wanted to ask where we were going, but I knew I didn’t have a right. Instead, I kept my mouth shut.

“The bay.”

I frowned. Wait, what did he say?

“You got connections at the bay?” he asked, his chest going up and down as he breathed in. He actually asked me a serious question.

Was he asking to see if I had connections because that was where we were heading and I could reach out to someone to rescue me? He had to know by now I didn’t see myself as needing to be rescued. I was here willingly. God, hadn’t I proved that I could escape if I wanted to?

“Yes,” I answered. My one word being clipped and short. Did I have the guts to follow it with a why?

“I need to get to Albert Vincent. Do you know him?”

I frowned and snuck a glace up at him. “Yes, I do.”

“I need to get him excluded.” His eyes darted down to me. “Willing to help? In return, you’ll earn a mark.”

My heart paused for a moment. Holy fucking hell, this just got serious. For me to earn a mark meant a level of respect in his eyes, but also in the codes and laws. Women earned marks while men earned ranks.

I realised now that he was opening the doors up to his world. The only bad part—I wasn’t ready for those doors to open because it meant that the doors to my old life were sealed shut for good.

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