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Serena.A silver chain with the word “love” engraved on a rectangle of tarnished metal.

Blythe.A simple necklace with a solid silver cross.

Six names. Six necklaces. Six trophies from women that she could almost guarantee hadn’t made it out of Kade’s obsessive grasp.

“Fuck,”she whispered.

Hearing her mutter something under her breath, Kade moved his eyes from her perky breasts to the point that held her attention. Razor sharp panic licked up the length of his spine as he realized that she had noticed his small shrine. Lifting his right hand, he tenderly cupped her now colorless face. She needed to know how insignificant they were, that they were nothing more than poor imitations unable to satisfy his wicked appetite.

“They didn’t mean anything to me!” he urged. “Please don’t be jealous! I swear to you, they meantnothing!”

Blinking her eyes, she wondered if she had heard her abductor correctly. Jealous? He thought she could be actuallyjealousof these poor women? He had murdered them; jealousy was the last emotion she was feeling at that moment.

Trying to settle her churning stomach, she let her mind step in once again to smooth over the insane situation. Although the thought of her being jealous was twisted, it was something she could use to pull him deeper into her little web.

A web that would eventually set her free.

“You sure you aren’t lying to me?” she asked, her voice taking on an accusatory tone. “Because it sure looks like they meant anawfullot to you.”

Stammering like an idiot, Kade frantically shook his head. Fully holding her face between both hands, he made her meet his wild eyes. He couldn’t possibly lose her now, not when their happiness was within an arm’s reach. She was the only one that held his heart. He could never love another.

“I’mnotlying to you! You are theonlywoman for me! Can’t you see that I love you with all my heart? Look at everything I’ve done for you! Everything I’ve done so we can be together!” he exclaimed, his voice strained with anxiety.

Pulling her face from his grasp, Lexi narrowed her critical eyes. She almost couldn’t believe what she was about to do, but she would be damned if she allowed herself to be victim number seven. In that moment, self-preservation was the only thing that mattered.

Slinking onto his lap, she leaned her svelte body seductively against him. Trying her best to use whatever womanly charm she could, she brought her pouting lips to within an inch of his. Humming a response, she reached up to grab a handful of his raven-colored locks.This was it,she thought to herself. After tonight, she would hold all the cards.

“Then make love to me,” she breathed, pressing her lower half wantonly over his hips. “And prove to me thatyouaremine.”

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CHAPTER FIVE

Arching a brow, Kade placed his hands on Lexi’s slim waist to still her moving hips. Only a handful of minutes before she had stopped him from taking her in the shower. Now, she was begging him to make love to her? It rubbed him the wrong way. He didn’t appreciate the mixed signals she was giving him.

“You said you wanted to wait,” he said, his deep voice taking on a dark tone.

Goosebumps pebbled Lexi’s forearms as she realized her plan was just a hair’s breadth away from falling apart. She had moved too quickly with her emotions, believing that he was like every other man she had met. Scrambling to think of a way to salvage the moment, she moved her hands to his sharp cheeks and leaned in closer.

“I know, and I did! But knowing that you’ve been withthemmakes me so angry! I need you to show me that I’m the only one you care about. I need you toprove to methat you truly love me,” she replied, trying her best to sound desperate for his affection.

Taking in a sharp breath, he studied the different emotions passing over her beautiful face. He hadn’t planned on bringing her back to his room and therefore, hadn’t tucked the necklaces away. Ultimately, it was his fault that she was feeling insecure.He needed to rectify the situation and give her what she needed to feel better.

“Of course, I’ll prove it to you, Sweetheart,” he said confidently. “Go ahead and lie down with your arms above your head. Once I’m through, there will be no doubt left in your mind that I am yours.”

Forcing a flirty grin, she dropped her hands from his face and slowly moved off his lap. Maintaining eye contact, she settled herself beside him on the bed. Raising her toned arms over her head, she grasped onto the cold metal bars of the headboard. An uneasy feeling was taking root in the pit of her stomach while her mind screamed at her to reach into his pants and rip his balls off. Watching him crawl his chiseled body over hers caused that obnoxious scream to turn into a whisper. It wasn’t long before her dread morphed into lustful desire.

You’re playing with fire, she thought to herself as his lips nuzzled the soft skin of her throat.

Teasing heated kisses over her pulse point, Kade ghosted the fingers of his left hand down the length of her torso. Barely touching the silk nighty with his fingertips, he moved his touch to the unfinished hem resting on her upper thigh. Slowly inching the crimson fabric upwards to expose her bare cunt, he trailed his lips lower to her clavicle.

Nipping his sharp teeth against her delicate flesh and bone, he took pride in the pained gasp leaving her parted lips. He knew that this was what she desperately craved. Her minuteman Leo could never deliver on her dark fantasies, whereas he intended on making them all come true. She would soon learn that no other man could satisfy her the way he could.

Lexi’s eyes widened in a mixture of shock and pain as she felt her captor bite into her skin, so hard that she was certain he had drawn blood. Squeezing her grip over the metal bars of the headboard, she fought her muscles to stay still while he soothed her wound with a loving kiss. She hadn’t realized the full gravity of the situation until that very moment.

How did she honestly think this would go? That he would make love to her the way Leo had their first time together? No, the man hovering above her wasn’t rose petals and wine; he was handcuffs and razor blades. Kade wasn’t going to make love to her, he was going tofuckher.

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