Page 54 of Hunted Obsession

Thanking her for the water, I wrap my fingers around the bottle before I lift it to my lips and close my eyes, letting the cool water slide down my throat as my phone buzzes in my pocket.

Reaching for my device, I set the water down on the floor and look down to see who has messaged me. It’s Vaughn. I haven’t spoken to him since he texted me about going to the store and missing that meeting.

Frowning, my gaze scans the message.

VAUGHN: NEED TO SPEAK TO YOU.

I’M AT WILLOW CLUB DOING THE INSTALL.

VAUGHN: CAN YOU GET AWAY?

I flick my gaze to Emmie. I wonder if I can indeed get away. I’m not sure if she’ll let me just walk out of this place. I also don’t want to try to come up with different reasons for her to leave me alone, either. She will definitely become suspicious if she isn’t already.

I CAN.

I’m not sure if I really can, but I’m going to.

VAUGHN: MEET ME AT MY PLACE.

Interesting. He wants me to meet him at his place and not the office. He must need privacy, and that makes this really fucking curious.

“What?” Emmie asks.

“I need to handle something that just came up. I’ll be back later tonight to work on this.”

“But I have an exhibit,” she snaps.

I knew that which is why I said what I said. I tilt my head to the side, giving her my most serious expression and trying tohide the absolute fucking joy at the fact that I’ll be able to do this without her goddamn supervision.

“Will you come to the exhibit after?” she asks, her voice a touch whinier. I watch as her lips press out in a pout.

Against everything inside of me, I lean down and touch my mouth to hers. “I’llcomeover later,” I murmur, adding extra emphasis on come, against my better judgment.

I haven’t fucked her since I was with Lucille the first time. I don’t want to be with Emmie. But I don’t think I’m going to have a choice because this shit must continue. It’s a dick move to desire only Lucille while I’m balls deep inside of Emmie, I’m aware of that, but at the same time, there is nothing I can do about it right now.

Emmie hops up from her chair and hurries toward me, touching her lips to the corner of mine, then tells me that she’ll see me soon. Begrudgingly, I leave the Willow Club, even though I finally got rid of her and could place a few more cameras unseen, but Vaughn needs to see me, and he wouldn’t ask me to come to his place if it wasn’t serious.

Leaving the Willow Club, I head straight over to Vaughn’s. He buzzes me up to his floor without me even having to ask. A few moments later, I’m standing in front of his door.

When I ball my fist to knock, the door swings open.

Vaughn stands to the side to allow me entrance. I take a few steps in and stop. Turning to face him, I hold my hands loosely to my side. I don’t know what the fuck is going on here, but he’s being mysterious and secretive.

I don’t fucking like it.

LUCILLE

I’munsure if I’ve made the right decision or one of the worst ones of my life. But when I climbed into Vaughn’s passenger seat and started asking him questions, he did not like where I was going. Then, something caught the corner of his eye, and without a word, he started his engine and took off.

Now I’m in his condo, wondering what the fuck is going on. He isn’t telling me anything other than to wait. He’s been on and off the phone more than once, his voice too low for me to hear his words.

If I didn’t know that Vaughn was trustworthy, I would be scared out of my brain right now. But when he swings the front door open, and I see the man standing on the other side, I am just that, instantly filled with fear.

Theron doesn’t notice me immediately, so I shrink away as much as I can, watching and waiting for what Vaughn is going to tell him. I can’t believe that he called him here. He is going to be so pissed that I went behind his back to talk to Vaughn about something that he specifically told me to drop.

But on the other hand, I’m not his girlfriend, and he’s made his choice, so I am technically free to do what I want… right?

“What the fuck is going on?” Theron demands, his voice coming out on a growl.

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