Page 66 of Stay Toxic

I pulled my foot off the man’s finger and said, “Head to the freezer.”

The man scrambled to his feet and ran.

I followed behind when he got the freezer door open.

He started to let the men out that’d already been in there for over ten minutes, but I said, “All of you in. Don’t come out for twenty minutes.”

They all stared at me with wide eyes, but they wisely stepped inside, proving they had a modicum of intelligence.

They knew who I was and what I was capable of. My reputation preceded me.

I’d worked my ass off to get to the point where even hearing my name sparked terror in the eyes of lesser men.

I’d had to practically bathe in blood to get to this point.

The door shut behind the men that cleaned money for Cayden—men that hadn’t even tried to help him as he was taken hostage for something I wasn’t sure yet—and I was tempted to barricade them all in there.

But then a movement at my back had me turning and reminding me of the anger I’d felt earlier upon seeing her there.

Once again, absolutely no thought for her own safety.

Could she not get the fucking hint?

I was dangerous.

My life was dangerous.

Nothing good could ever come out of her knowing me.

Yet, there she was.

Insinuating herself into my life.

Danger was everywhere.

How could I protect her from herself?

I marched back into the room, and there she was, waiting for me.

She smiled, and it was at that moment that I lost control.

In two strides, I had her in my arms.

In another two, I had her pinned against the wall.

Seconds after that, I was ripping her panties off and shoving her skirt up.

Those people that say they could never have a dangerous man in their bed have obviously never had one there. Otherwise they’d keep their traps shut.

—Brecken’s secret thoughts

BRECKEN

I didn’t know what to think when I’d seen him standing there with a gun.

Honestly, the most significant feeling was relief that it’d been him I’d walked in on who was threatening to kill someone and not some random man that I didn’t know.

Couldn’t trust to take care of me.

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