Page 65 of No Longer Safe

Ace stopped in front of Carina and lifted a brow. “What are you two up to?”

Carina pointed right at the grannies. “It was their fault.”

Ace didn’t even bother to glance in their direction. “Uh-huh.”

“We’re having fun!” She offered with a weak smile.

He shook his head. “Are you ready to go?”

“No,” she replied weakly and uncertainly.

“Too bad.” As quickly as I could blink, he had her over his shoulder.

It was Alexei’s turn. My head swam from the alcohol and strobing lights but my eyes were fixated on him. He looked yummy tonight. His dress pants were black, as well as his henley. He wore a short gold chain around his neck and a largeRolex on his left wrist. His dark hair was brushed away from his face and I had this odd thought to touch it. Was it soft?

“Time to go.”

“I was going to go home with that one!” I hooked my thumb over my shoulder.

“Oh, no you aren’t.” He glanced around me at the grannies and glared at them.

“You can’t tell me who to sleep with!”

“She really needs to get laid, I heard the last one sucked in bed.” Nana pursed her lips. All I could do was glare at Carina’s ass as she was carted out of the building like a sack of potatoes.

Grandmother whacked her with her cane. “We don’t talk about pre-marital bliss.”

Nana rolled her eyes. “Whatever. You like the male form just as much as any other woman in here. You’ve had plenty of premarital bliss since your husbandpassed away.”

“At least I was married at one point!” She didn’t even look embarrassed. If it wasn’t for Alexei, I probably would have focused more on her and why she was insistent that we not sleep with our partners unless married, but my attention snagged on tall, dark, and broody. There was no way I could look away from him now. His eyes were murderous but his mouth… Oh gosh, why had I looked at his mouth? I couldn’t seem to look away as the corners of his lips curled.

Sin.Puresin.

I planted my fists on my hips. “Regardless. You can’t come in here and tell me what to do.”

The look in his eyes turned predatory as he swept me off of my feet and threw me over his shoulder. “I can and I will.”

“Who do you think you are?” I beat my fists on his back, now staring at his perfectly sculpted ass.

How long did he spend in the gym?

No.

Those kind of thoughts would get me nowhere. They weren’t productive at all.

“You cannot just walk in here and flash money around and get us to leave!” This time I kicked my legs. In response, he smacked my ass like a child. The nerve of this man!

He hiked me up higher on his shoulder. His chuckle vibrated through me. It was erotic andannoying. “I own this fine establishment,Malaya. I can do whatever I want. I didn’t even have to flash money.”

I sputtered. “You what?”

“I also own Hanging Heavy.” Thebanana hammockplace.

I didn’t know what to say. I didn’t know how to react. All fight left my limbs and I simply hung there, limp as a stupid noodle.

“Nothing left to say?” He asked as we stepped out onto the street and the driver opened up the door to his SUV. I expected to see Ace and Carina inside, but instead, it was empty.

He hefted me into the vehicle and slammed the door closed behind us. “Where are Ace and Carina?” I looked out of the window wildly. “Where are the grannies?”

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