Page 53 of The Bear's Chosen Mate
His hands jerked to a stop behind him.
He growled as he glanced down to discover he was cuffed in place.One loop was fastened around each wrist, and the chain between them tangled around the metal handrail at the side of the stairwell.
“What the hell is going on?”He lunged for her, but all he got for his troubles was a pain in his shoulders.
“They’re your handcuffs.Figure it out.”She scooped down and grabbed her shoes, patting her hair and straightening her clothing.“I’m glad you’re willing to help your friends.But considering you didn’t sayfriendsincluded me, perhaps we should call this all a mistake.I hope you have a lovely evening.”
She stepped to the exit doors before pausing to put her shoes back on.It wasn’t right that his cock throbbed as he watched her slip into those fuck-me stilettos.
“You won’t get away with this,” he warned.
“I wasn’t trying to get away with anything,” she said softly.Almost sadly.
She tossed the key for the cuffs at his feet then slipped out the door.
What an impossible situation.With his hands behind his back Alex couldn’t grab the keys to unlock himself.His pants slowly slid downward, pooling around his ankles.
One hell of a mess.
He watched her through the narrow sliver of glass in the exit door as she stepped over to a bright red Maserati parked beside his black Porsche.As she got into the vehicle, he swore that it was the last time Lara Lazuli was going to get the best of him.He had no idea how she’d managed to pick his pocket without him being aware of it—
But then again, hehadbeen a little distracted.
That was another thing.Someday they were going to finish what they’d started, or his name wasn’t Alex Borealis.
A loud buzz sounded, and he blinked in surprise until he realized a green light was flashing on the intercom system on the wall beside him.It was close enough that if he leaned over and used his nose, he could hit the talk button.
Awkward, but it worked.
“What?”
“Alex?”His gramps sounded far too perky for this time of night.
“What?”he repeated gruffly.
“Is that how you speak to your grandfather?”Grandpa Giles demanded.“I assume you’re tired from the day, so I’m going to ignore your rudeness.I wanted to touch base, though, and figured you’d be the only one answering the intercom at this hour.Glad I caught you before you left the building.”
Alex glanced down at the floor then at his hands trapped behind his back.“Yeah, I might be hanging out for a little longer.”
“I won’t keep you.You grandmother and I are heading to bed, but I wanted to let you know she’s asked me to take this coming week off.And you know how much I love your grandma.I’ll do anything for that woman.”
“Including toss a job my direction that you should’ve been doing?”Alex drawled.
“Two o’clock meeting tomorrow,” Grandpa Giles admitted.“You’re always looking for information to upgrade security, and that’s exactly what this meeting will provide.You keep on the cutting edge of what’s available.I’ve always liked that about you, Alex.Hard to catch you with your pants down.”
Alex took a deep breath and ignored the irony of the comment.“Of course, I can take the meeting for you.Two o’clock will be no problem.”By that time, he’d have gnawed his wrist off if that was the only way to get out of the handcuffs.“Who’s the meeting with?”
“You’re going to have to be on your toes, boy.She’s a tricky one.Never sure what’s going on with the rest of that family, and her personality is probably boring as day old toast, but as far as security goes, she’s brilliant.”
This wasn’t the night.“Gramps, stop talking in circles.What’s her name, this paragon of virtue?”
“Lara Lazuli.Don’t forget.Two o’clock.Don’t be late.”
Outside the exit window the taillights of the Maserati were slowly growing fainter as she drove away.Alex stared after her, a deep pulse racing through his system, and a whole lot of vengeance and sexual intention on his mind.
“I wouldn’t miss it for the world.”
