Page 43 of Perfect Liar

The muscles along his jawline contracted, and his voice became deeper, more menacing.

“Do you fucking want him?”

The way he smelled, how he sounded, the rage in his eyes, his intense jealousy, it all messed with my head, making my brain interpret his fierce nature as the cure for my homeless soul.

Still, I didn’t answer his question.

I stared into his eyes, encouraging him, inciting his rage.

“He’s not hurting her,” Ben shouted at Josh.

My mind was distantly aware of the two men arguing behind us.

Metal buckled. A body slammed against the car’s hood.

Will bit the rim of my ear and then kissed away the sting.

His erection dug into my stomach.

“I’ll kill him, Elle. Don’t you push me to it.”

I jerked one wrist free and touched his face.

“You won’t hurt him. Because you know I want only you.”

CHAPTER 13

Will backed away and offered me his hand, and I took it. He kissed my fingers and then led me back to the airplane. Neither of us said a word.

He busied himself with luggage and the pilots while I stood there, watching everything he did. I couldn’t take my eyes off him.

He must have sensed my stare, because he stopped moving with his back to me, then he turned around, and his expression showed penance.

He tilted his head at the plane’s entrance.

“Get settled for the flight, Elle.”

Inside from a window, I watched him again as he body-searched the pilots.

John smirked like a mini version of his brother.

“You’ll get used to it, Ellie.”

The richness of Will’s kiss still lingered on my lips, on my tongue. His fury and his remorse occupied my headspace.

“He doesn’t scare me, John,” I said.

“Few people can say that about my brother. I’m quite glad you’re one of them.”

Lissie raced down the aisle, wearing her backpack—she’d filled it with her animals—and her activity pulled me out of my head. The little pink puppy she slept with fell on the floor.

I hoped she and I would both sleep through the flight.

I grabbed her stuffed puppy.

“Come here, girl. Let’s get your bed ready.”

The plane’s cabin had a small galley and two separate seating areas, all styled in creamy-white leather and walnut paneling.

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