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Pleased by her lustful enthusiasm, he grinned against her whimpering mouth. She was making things far too easy, it felt amazing to have her right where he wanted. It was imperative that she go into this meeting knowing exactly who she was loyal to, she wouldn’t be able to deny her feelings for him for much longer.

“Mmm,” he groaned, reluctantly ending the kiss. “Can you move yet, Sweetheart?”

Licking the remnants of the kiss from her lips, she blinked her glassy eyes at him. She had been so wrapped up in the moment that she had forgotten about the paralyzing effects of the drug still in her system. Attempting to move her tingling limbs, she was thankful to be able to lift them from the mattress. It wouldn’t be long before her full range of movement returned.

“Sort of,” she replied.

Nodding his head, he moved his right hand from her cheek to tuck an errant curl behind her ear. “Good, we’ll be landing soon,” he said.

Swallowing hard, she watched him as he stood from the bed. Panic set in abruptly, causing a shrill sound to ring in her ears. She had a sinking suspicion of where they were headed and was praying to God that she was wrong.

“Where?” she asked, her voice cracking slightly.

Standing to full height, he shrugged his shoulders. Placing his hands on his hips, he put on an air of indifference. He wasn’t going to lie to her, but he knew she wouldn’t be pleased by his answer. Not that it mattered. She didn’t have a choice, and neither did he.

“LaGuardia,” he replied, his deep voice laced in ice.

Hit with an overwhelming wave of nausea, Lexi began to tremble. Holding back the bile rising in her throat, she lifted her gaze to meet her abductor. Gone was the loving man kissing her only moments ago. Kade Volkov was back, and it terrified her to the core.

“I won’t go,” she said defiantly, narrowing her eyes.

Leaning his head to the side, he chewed on the flesh of his inner cheek. Debating on whether to fight with the stubborn hellcat, he quickly nixed the idea. All the progress he had just made with her was slipping through his fingers. He needed to act quickly to subdue her will.

“Don’t you want our son to have a family? Don’t you want him to be raised in a happy home with a mother and father that loveeach other?Don’t you want to give him everything you never had?”he asked, purposefully playing upon her insecurities.

Staring at him with her mouth agape, she stammered as she thought of a reply. She was completely unprepared for his questions, and they stirred a myriad of deep seeded emotions within her. Of course she wanted all those things for her son, what mother wouldn’t?

“Yes! Of course! And I was going to give him a happy home and a loving family withLeo!”she spat.

Dropping his hands from his waist, he balled them into tight fists at his sides. He could almost feel his face sting from the verbal slap. How dare she say that to him within earshot of his Soldiers. She was lucky that she was carrying his son in her womb.

“DON’T!”he growled, baring his sharp teeth.“Don’t you ever...EVER mention his name again!”

Lifting her rounded chin, she scrunched the fine features of her face. Pulling back her own lips, she matched his dominant display. She knew it wasn’t wise to provoke the wolf standing over her, but the floodgates were lifting. She was powerless to control the hormones surging through her tingling muscles.

“LEO! LEO! LEO! LEOOOOOOOO!”she screamed, her voice echoing around the cabin.

Bending over her livid form, he brought his nose to within an inch of hers. With his blood pressure rising, he fought the urge to wrap his strong hands around her delicate neck. It was time for him to draw a line in the sand. One that he knew, deep down, that she would never cross.

“Is that what you want? Huh? You want that limp dicked fucker raisingOURson?!” he hissed, reaching into the back pocket of his dark denim pants for his phone. “Fine.FINE, Lexi!Call him! Call him right the fuck now and tell him that youFUCKEDme...WILLINGLY...got pregnant, and now you want him to raiseMYson!”

Yanking out his cell, he entered his passcode and pulled up Leo’s stored information. Slapping the cracked screen in agitation, he dropped the phone in her opened hand before motioning towards it with his sharp chin. “There! Just hit the fucking call button and tell him. Go on. Tell himEVERYTHING,”he growled.

Glancing from the phone to Kade and back again, she blinked back angry tears.What the fuck did he mean, ‘call him?’This wasn’t making sense. None of this was making sense. He was a lunatic through and through.

“How can I call a damnDEAD MAN?!” she yelled back, confusion covering her face.

Backing away from her, Kade allowed the tension between them to build before intentionally slumping his shoulders in mock defeat. Swallowing hard, he pouted his lower lip and tried to convey the image of a wounded man. He would use every trick in his book to make his love yield. She needed to let go.

“I see you think so little of me,” he said, his voice shaking at the seams. “That’s all I am to you, huh? Just a cold-blooded killer? Striking down anyone that gets in my way?”

He’s fucking crazy! You know he killed Leo! Don’t you let him manipulate you like this,Nikki hissed.Don’t let him!

Dancing her blurry eyes over his handsome face, Lexi mulled over rational words echoing in her mind. She knew that Leo was dead with every fiber of her being. She also knew that she was surrounded by dangerous men that didn’t have any qualms about silencing a pregnant woman. Her options were few and far between. She needed to do whatever she had to in order to protect her son.

Tossing the phone to the foot of the bed, she demurely turned her gaze to her pregnant belly. Letting out a soft whimper, she silently cursed herself. Why did she have to love him? Her heart was always the root of her pain. Everything would be so much easier if she could just hate him.

“I... I’m sorry, Kade...I know that’s not who you really are,” she admitted truthfully.

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