Page 6 of Dangerous Contract: Part 1

What would she do if she knew the man she loved planned to traffic her and then kill her? How would she thank Raz if he saved her from that horrid fate? Would she kick her husband out of her bed and welcome him instead?

“I’ll buy her,” Raz offered.

Cas’s gaze jerked to him. “Why the fuck would you do that?” Cas asked. “You can get women for free.”

“I said, I’ll buy her. How much does he owe you, Cas?”

“Brother, if Trevor wants to ruin his wife, that’s on him. You don’t have to save her.”

Raz glared at his brother. “When have you ever known me to save anyone who wasn’t family or an ally?”

“Why help her then?” Cas questioned.

“I’m not helping her. I want her.”

“What?” Cas looked shocked as hell. “Raz, she’s not your usual type.”

Still squeezing Trevor’s collar, Raz stared out the window. His brother was right. She wasn’t his normal type. But there was something about her. Something innocent yet sinful. Something alluring yet dangerous.

Though he knew he shouldn’t, he couldn’t help being drawn to her. If he told his brother that, Cas would call him crazy. Perhaps he was. Or, perhaps he was lonely as fuck. And in her, he saw a hint of that same loneliness.Married, but lonely.What had she done to deserve such a fate?

At least he knew what he’d done to deserve his fate. He knew he was a ruthless bastard with a cold heart. Just an hour ago, he’d nearly strangled a man to death. Now, he was staring into the eyes of a woman he didn’t know and wishing he at least knew her name.

“What’s her name?” Raz asked.

Trevor made some ridiculous sound that couldn’t be her name.

It was Cas who spoke up. “If you want her name, you’ll have to stop strangling him.”

Raz stared at Trevor, whose face had turned red. So distracted by the dark-skinned beauty, Raz hadn’t felt Trevor clawing at his hands.

“Let him go before you kill him, brother.”

Shit. He was still strangling the man. Raz released Trevor, who dropped to the floor and then scooted away from him. Shoving his hands into his pockets, he held in his groan as his brother inched closer to him.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen you this frazzled, Orazio Cattaneo,” Cas smirked. “This is interesting. I wish Romeo was here to see it. Our brother would think it was funny. Too bad he had to go to Biloxi to help out our cousin, Bryce, at our Biloxi casino.”

“Step away from me,” Raz warned.

Cas chuckled before saying, “Are you buying her to save her, or are we going into the trafficking business?”

I want her.But his brother hadn’t listed that as an option.

“Neither,” Raz replied. “I don’t want Trevor’s problems to fall back on us. If he kills her and his insurance friend snitches, it could bring attention to our family. We don’t want that.”

“You don’t have to buy her to prevent that. I can just kill Trevor,” Cas whispered.

“Oh, I plan to,” Raz whispered back. “He’s got to go. He’s bad for business.”

“Agreed. Again, I ask, why buy the woman?”

“Do you want your money or not?” Raz countered.

“I’ll take the money.” Cas stared out the window. “You can take the headache,” his brother said, referring to the woman. “I guess we’ll see if one man’s trash is really another man’s treasure.” To Trevor, Cas said, “Get up. My brother has saved your life.”

For now.

Clutching his throat, Trevor rose to his feet. “Thank you, Mr. Cattaneo,” Trevor said to Raz.

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