Page 48 of Crave

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Jax

WTF Alexei, we’re supposed to go to Vox and pick up the payment.

Me

I’m on a corner. You’ll have to go without me.

Jax

Just on a random corner? Looking to give your new piercing a spin?

That makes me involuntarily pinch the tip of my dick where the bar rubs against my zipper. It doesn’t hurt anymore.

In fact, it feels pretty good when I mess with it.

When a woman walks by and gives me a grossed out expression, I let go.

Me

No. I’m saving that.

Jax

We’ll find her.

I blink at the phone. He thinks I’m saving it for Lara?

Maybe I am.

Would that be so bad?

Except I promised Mikhail and Nikolai to protect her.

Every man she’s been with has hurt her. Killing them may have removed the problem, but only temporarily.

Do I just eliminate every other man out there?

Or is there a chance she’d be happy with me?

I don’t want to be the cause of her pain, though.

Fuck, I hate this. I don’t even know what I’m supposed to be looking for.

Tipping my head back, I try to see on the tops of the buildings.

What is that up there?

Just a couple of steps back, and I might get a better angle.

Someone runs into me from behind.

“Hey,zhopa,watch where you’re going.” A big guy grunts from behind me.

Hey, I know that voice.

Turning quickly on my heel, I peer into the unpainted face of the clown.

He doesn’t have green hair, but I know it’s him.

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