Page 52 of Accidental Abduction

I almost felt sorry for the way Viv was looking at him. She’d obviously felt very strongly about him at one point, but that time was over. She’d thrown him to the curb like a piece of garbage because this sweet and responsible man wasn’t exciting enough for her. If she only knew what he was truly capable of back then, but now she never would.

“Get the fuck out,” he growled again, his hand slipping from my mouth to possessively cup my neck. “I don’t want to ever see you in here again. And stay away from my house. My doorbell camera caught your car driving by twenty times over the last three days, so that should help with the restraining order paperwork.”

“I need to talk to you,” she hissed, her earlier surprise morphing into anger. “You can’t just kick me out.”

“I can,” he laughed, pointing toward the door with his other hand. I tried not to swoon as I watched the tendons in his forearm flex enticingly. Even pissed off at his ex this man made my pulse race. “Because you’ve done nothing but disrespect me, my business and my employees for days. Andno onetalks to my woman like that.”

“But she...”

“She didn’t fucking do anything, Viv. I took her to the cabin—where she actually loved spending time withme—and Ichoseto spend the weekend with her. And I’m choosing her now. I should have chosen her a long time ago.”

“Did you cheat on me with this…” she sucked in air before she hissed out. “…this home wreckingwhore.”

“The only time Charley is a whore is in my bed, Viv. And believe me, it’s all consensual and shelovesit.”

My face turned red as I watched Viv’s previous ire transform into pure rage. But Hudson just chuckled, leaning down to kiss my cheek. Guess I didn’t need to worry about him being upset about me telling people details about our bedroom habits.

Before I could anticipate the move, he spun me around and hoisted me against his chest. “I’m sorry,” he mouthed before he leaned over me and pressed my back against the bar. His eyes softened as he looked down at me. I opened my mouth to ask him what was going on and he captured my words with his lips, grasping both cheeks with his strong hands and forcing his tongue past my lips.

It took me a moment to catch up, kissing him back just as fiercely as my hands dove into his hair, gripping tightly.

The shriek that sounded a few feet from us, followed by the stomping of heels and the door to the bar slamming didn’t even register as we devoured each other.

Charley

“Alright, you can comeup for air now,” Annie laughed. Hudson let out a yelp as she cracked a bar towel against his bicep just inches from my face. “She’s gone. And I hope for the last time. But I do have footage of her cornering Charley and the fight with Hazel saved on your laptop if you need it.”

“I hope she’s gone too,” I murmured, studying the intense look on his face for signs of whether or not that kiss was just for show.

“She is,” he assured, leaning down to peck my lips, lingering to brush his tenderly across mine. “Long gone.”

“You might want to take this somewhere more private,” Annie urged, nodding her head toward the back.

The sound of the door of the bar opening and closing had Hudson pulling away from me, but my hand was in his and I was being tugged toward his office before I could react.

He didn’t stop as he passed his closed door, pulling me behind him and turning the corner to the back storage room.

“Where are you taking me?” I laughed, unused to seeing him so amped up when he wasn’t trying to LARP a masked kidnapper.

“Wherever I want,” he growled, then stopped suddenly and hoisted me over his shoulder.

“You know I can walk, right?” I giggled, the blood rushing to my head as I hung upside down over his shoulder.

“Not for long.”

“Oh, really? Sounds like a big promise. You sure you can handle it after youractivitiesthis weekend? Might need to take your vitamins and get some rest, old man.”

“I think we both know my recovery time is accelerated the second your clothes start coming off. Or at least your panties. If you’re wearing any. Which you better fucking be.”

My body bounced as he headed up the back staircase to my apartment with a possessive hand on my ass, and I was thankful that Hazel had left earlier after we talked.

We were going to have to work out some kind of signal, so she didn’t walk in on another traumatizing coupling. While I knew she supported whatever was developing with Hudson, I doubted she’d want to hear things sisters aren’t meant to hear.

He stopped on the landing in front of my door and fished around in his pocket, pulling out his keys to the building.

“You know you’re supposed to notify us before you come inside the apartment. Just because you’re the bossman around here doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want.”

“Consider this your notification that I absolutely plan to come inside your apartment—and you. Multiple times if you’re up for it.”

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