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"You want romance?" Can I do romance? For Candi, I can try.

"From my stalker-slash-kidnapper? I don't think so!" She wriggles against her bonds.

My girl's not a quitter.

"I watch over you."

Chapter 16

ANGELO

"That's the definition of stalking," she gripes then narrows her eyes in thought. "A year, really?"

"What can I say?" My fingers ache with the need to touch her, but I hold myself back. She needs time to adjust. "It was love at first sight."

They say sociopaths latch on quickly when it comes to finding that special someone and she's definitely mine.

"That's a myth."

"Agree to disagree." I wink at her.

"Well, if you really did love me, I definitely wouldn't be trussed up like this," she accuses.

While I disagree, that's easy enough to fix. "Do you want me to remove your bindings?"

"Of course I do!" The look she gives me questions my intelligence.

It's not an expression I'm used to having directed at me. No one else would dare. But Candi can dare anything she wants with me.

I pull out my knife, flipping it into the air and catching it with the forward edge up. "Your wish is my command,amate."

"What are you doing?" She rears backward, but she's against the couch with nowhere to go.

I position my knife to slice through the denim and tape on her right pantleg. "What I said I would. Now stay still."

"Just cut through the tape where it holds my legs together. Or unwind it, or something!"

"I will always endeavor to give you what you want," I promise her. "How I give it to you..." I shrug.

"You're going to cut me!"

"I won't." Tossing my knife, I keep my gaze locked to hers, catching it in an icepick grip, before launching it into the air again. "I'm very good with knives."

She gasps. "Stop that. You're going to drop it and one of us is going to end up bleeding."

"Never happen," I scoff. My knife is an extension of my hand at this point.

Sometimes I don't even realize I have it out until someone says something.

"Yeah, well, stop it anyway."

I catch my knife and keep it in my hand this time. Look at me listening to her express her needs. The book I read on building strong relationships said that's an important trait in a good partner.

Giving time is another. I definitely give her that. If I'm not with her in the club, I'm watching her on the cameras I installed in her apartment.

I've got this boyfriend thing in the bag.

"You're going to ruin my jeans," she gripes, her brows puckered adorably. "I've only got two pairs baggy enough to wear on the subway."

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