Page 45 of Explode
Well, if Kai thought he was going to blackmail me into forgiving him,he was in for a nasty surprise. There was nothing he could say or do that would make me forgive him for his treachery.
Nothing.
Except maybe threaten Angel. Fuck, Kai wouldn’t stoop that low,would he? The truth was, with Kai, anything was possible.
Fuck my life.
I had no idea how long we’d been driving when the car finally slowedand came to a stop. The engine switched off, followed by a door opening and slamming, and the sound of heavy footsteps grew closer.
Nerves mixed with fury as I braced for the trunk to open. I’d seen thejealousy burning in Kai’s dark eyes when he said he saw me having fun with Rafe, and I suspected I was going to feel his wrath for letting another man put his hands on me. Or rather, my ass was going to feel his wrath.
I didn’t know whether that made me more angry or turned the hell on.
The lock clicked, and less than a second later the lid opened to revealKai hovering over the trunk, glaring down at me. But the second he saw my position, his face cracked from an angry scowl into a beaming grin.
The fucker.
“Wife, you seem to have gotten yourself into a bit of bother,” hechuckled.
Let me rephrase that.
The patronizing fucker.
“Get me out of here, Kai,” I said through gritted teeth, my anger athim growing by the second. “This fucking hurts.”
“Well, if you weren’t so damn stubborn, I wouldn’t have had to cuffyou in the first place,” he said, fishing into his pocket and pulling out a key.
“Well, maybe you should have left me alone like I asked you to,” Isnapped back, rotating my wrist when he leaned over and undid one of the cuffs.
“Or, maybe you should give me a chance to explain like I asked youto,” he retorted, his anger growing more apparent by the second. Grabbing my arm, he yanked me into a sitting position before helping me out of the trunk, without undoing the other cuff.
“Or, maybe you shouldn’t have pretended to be dead in the firstplace!” I shouted, my voice swallowed up in the night air. It was only now I was out of the trunk that I realized where we were. “Why the fuck are we at an airfield?”
I twisted my head to look around. It was only a small airfield whichmade me think it was a private one, similar to the airfield Angel and I had flown from when we went to France.
“Have you two finished flirting? We really need to get going,” afamiliar voice said. I turned to find Ash standing in the doorway of a small plane, a big grin in place under his bushy beard.
I hadn’t seen him since I walked out of Club Sin after discovering Kaiwas alive, and although no one had confirmed that the Apollo guys knew Kai was alive, I knew deep down that they did. My bad mood plummeted further if it was possible.
Using my moment of distraction, Kai grabbed my free wrist andlocked the cuff around it again.
“What the hell are you doing? Let me go!” I shrieked. At least myhands were cuffed to the front this time.
“No.” He grabbed my forearm and started pulling me towards thestairs leading up to the plane. I tried to shrug out of his grasp and when that didn’t work, I started dragging my heels, something that wasn’t easy to do in the stupid shoes I had on.
“Kai! I am not getting on that plane!”
He abruptly stopped, and his hand moved from my arm to the chainin between the metal bracelets where he gripped it and pulled me against his chest.
“Let me assure you, Star, youaregetting on the plane. Now, you caneither walk or I can carry you, the choice is yours,” he hissed menacingly, irritation shining in his eyes.
It was obvious I didn’t have a choice. Not only was I handcuffed, but Iwas in the middle of nowhere, and had no clue where I was. At best, I could have kicked Kai in the shins and made a run for it, but that wouldn’t have got me very far. But Kai could get fucked if he thought I was going to make life easy for him.
“I’m not getting on the plane,” I said through gritted teeth, makingsure he heard the venom in every word.
A delighted smile pulled at his lips as he towered over me, but I didn’tprotest when he chucked me over his shoulder again and stormed up the stairs. What was the point?
“Hi, Riley,” Ash said jovially, stepping aside to let us through.
