Page 14 of His Wild Seduction

Not waiting for an ambulance, I carried Meredith to one of the several armored SUVs I had waiting in a fleet in the garage below Volkov Towers.

“Let’s go,” I told my driver, Edgar.

Traffic wouldn’t be bad yet.

My heart hammered inside my chest, and my gut clenched with worry. I didn’t realize how much I needed her to be okay until I saw her faint.

“Uh, where to, Boss?” he asked.

“Get us to the hospital,” I growled, realizing I hadn’t given him any direction.

I sat in the back with Meredith still unconscious in my arms. My attention was on her pale face as my driver did what he was told.

Fuck. Shit.

More of her essence filtered through to my nose, and I could hardly wrap my head around it. After all this fucking time, her scent still drove me wild.

She smells the same. So damn good.

I closed my eyes, just breathing her in, allowing the cocoa butter essence to wash over me. It was crazy how smells could affect the brain.

A thousand images of Meredith popped into my head.

Her smiling up at me.

Her pale skin glowing in the moonlight as I unwrapped her beneath the stars.

The way she looked when I took her innocence.

A plan started to form in my brain. A dark, twisted plan, far more ruthless than the one I’d put into motion all those months before.

Ruining Gray Corps had been my end goal. But I suddenly realized I didn’t have to stop there. I didn’t have to settle for some empty corporate victory.

My pride demanded restitution for what she’d done to me. And now that I had her in my arms again, I realized there was a way for me to have it.

The possibility left me tingling.

CHAPTER FIVE

JOSEF

Minutes ticked by like hours, and I gritted my teeth against the clinical smell of the hospital.

“We donate money to this place?” I asked Mario, one of my most trusted men.

Darius, my second in command, was currently at Volkov Towers, making sure everything was running smoothly.

After him, Mario was the one I entrusted with the things that matter. This mattered.

I fucking hated it when I was made to wait.

“Yes, Boss. Volkov Industries and Sigma International Security are listed as top donors.”

“Mm,” I grunted.

That was going to fucking change if I sat there one minute longer.

Smoothing my suit coat, I paced the floor, stepping outside the little waiting area where I’d just chugged an espresso. I noticed the doctor leaving Meredith’s room.

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