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Liar, liar, pants on fire,her mind taunted.

Sensing that his love was struggling with the weight of his words, he took in a large breath and stepped to the side of the bed. Reaching out, he cupped both sides of her flushed face and bent down to press his forehead against hers.

“Do anything to jeopardize our life together again,” he warned, his voice hovering just above a whisper. “And I will hurt you, mylove. I will hurt you so badly that you will wish that you were dead. Is that understood?”

Trembling as her adrenaline flowed, her eyes met his dark storm head on. She believed every word that had spilled from his full lips. There would be no escaping him. The only way she would ever be free is if she broke her own vow and took his life.

“Yes, I...I understand,” she acknowledged, her voice cracking with the realization of what she needed to do.

“Good girl,” he praised, reluctantly releasing her face. “Well. Now that we have that out of the way, it’s time to go, my love.”

Lifting a brow, Lexi watched in dismay as he stepped over to the wooden nightstand and opened its drawer.No,they couldn’t leave now. Not while there was a sliver of a chance that Leo could alert the authorities. They needed to stay right where they were.

“Go? Go where?” she asked, trying her best not to panic.

Reaching into the tiny drawer, he sighed in annoyance and removed a pair of silver handcuffs. Walking back to her, he roughly grabbed her thin wrists with his free hand. He knew exactly what she was thinking, and it irked him to no end. Her precious little airline pilot wouldn’t be able to swoop in and save her, now. No one would.

“You’ll know when we get there,” he answered curtly, cuffing her wrists together.

CHAPTER NINE

Pressing her forehead against the cool glass of the passenger side window, Lexi listened to the sweet symphonic music filling Kade’s Mercedes GLE SUV. They had been driving for hours and she was completely lost as to where they were. With every mile marker they passed, her hope faded. Even if the police determined which tower her cell phone had pinged off, it didn’t matter now. She was long gone.

Wincing slightly as the metal cuffs threatened to cut into her skin, she was grateful to no longer be blindfolded and gagged. For whatever reason, he had foregone the added restraints after helping her relieve herself on the side of the deserted road. She was humiliated that she needed his help cleaning up afterwards, but he acted as if it was an everyday occurrence. He didn’t even bat an eye when the tissue he used to wipe her soaked through, getting urine on his fingers.

Against her better judgement, she found herself feeling thankful for him and his nonchalant attitude. So much so that she had allowed herself to return his hungry kiss as he buckled her back into her seat. Her moment of weakness only made her internal struggle that much worse.

God, I’m so fucking sick. How can I possibly want that murderous lunatic to touch me? Leo is the only one Ishould be lusting over. I know that he still loves me. He wouldn’t have tried to call me back if he didn’t. That poor man is probably going crazy right now trying to find me.

Well yeah, ok. That may be true, but even if you free yourself and go running back to him, you know he will never accept you for who you truly are. He wouldn’t want to have anything to do with you if he knew the ugly truth. Leo just doesn’t understand your needs. Not the way Kade does.

Sure. Maybe Kade does understand me, but I can’t get attached. I know how this needs to end. He must die. That’s the only way I will be able to get out of this!

Fighting to keep her bickering thoughts under control, she counted the snow-covered trees as they whizzed by her window. She could feel the beginnings of a sharp headache grow from the constant back and forth argument between her and her psyche. She didn’t want to think anymore.

“Are we almost there?” she asked, purposefully breaking her erratic train of thought.

Tightening his grip on the leather encased steering wheel, Kade nodded his head. Despite the weather, they were making excellent time. In another ten minutes or so, they would finally arrive at his secluded safehouse. Away from anyone and anything that could tear them apart.

“We are, Sweetheart. Just up the mountain a little way. We’ll be there before you know it,” he replied, pausing for a beat before continuing. “You’ve been so quiet. What’s going on in that pretty little head of yours?”

Turning in her seat to look at her handsome abductor, she laughed internally. There was no way in hell she was going to tell him what was truly on her mind. She would however, tell him what he wanted to hear.

“I’m just wondering if the place you’re taking me to has a bed,” she said suggestively.

Lifting the corner of his lips into a smirk, he released his right hand from the steering wheel and reached over to caress her face. Perhaps the silence had been beneficial for her, it seemed as if she had done some soul searching. This was the Alexandria he knew would emerge once she got over the ridiculous notion that she could ever live without him.

“It does, my love,” he began, letting his fingertips trace along her jawline. “A big, sturdy one.”

Playing her role, she hummed an approval. She knew he would be easily distracted with the thought of sex.“That sounds nice. Maybe you can take me to it, and we can do what we did last night?” she asked.

Clicking his tongue against the roof of his mouth, he adjusted his posture in the driver’s seat. His cock grew hard as his memory reminded of the way her perfect little cunt wrapped around him, squeezing him to madness. She didn’t have to ask him twice; he couldn’t wait to fuck her again.

“Oh, my little minx. Of course, we can. I just need you to take another pill for me first, and then I’ll take you straight to bed,” he purred.

Raising a brow, she gently pulled away from her captor’s touch. “Another pill? But, why? I already took the one you gave me,”she said, trying to ignore the hairs standing up on the back of her neck.

Turning his attention back to the icy road, he eased off the gas pedal. Slowing down his Mercedes, he made a right hand turn onto a gravel road leading to their destination. He didn’t understand why she sounded so alarmed. She didn’t have a problem taking the first pill, why was this suddenly an issue?

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