Page 97 of Bitten By Desire
“Did you have it the night of the Fall Festival? On the Ferris wheel?”
“Emma.” His breath was still ragged.
“What about in here the other day? When Titan walked in on us.”
He shook his head. “I didn’t use it on you. I’d never do that. I’m nothim.”
Callum.He’d told me he used to use it on women. He’d told me the truth. I stared at Bennett. But I couldn’t tell if Bennett was telling me the truth now. “I don’t know if I can believe you.”
“I touched you on the Ferris wheel because you were grinding against me. You told me you hadn’t been touched in a long time. You asked me to.”
I had asked him. “But how do I know if you made me ask.”
“I didn’t, Emma. It was the heat of the moment. I wanted to touch you. But you wanted it too. Didn’t you?”
Desperately.I remembered feeling frantic. I’d begged him to do it.
“And yesterday in my office? After the Ferris wheel, I didn’t think you minded having an audience. And you didn’t say anything when Titan walked in. I thought you…I thought you liked it.”
I shook my head. Even though he was right. I had kind of liked it. “But did you have the watch on you either time?”
“Yes. On the Ferris wheel. But not yesterday. It was in my desk.”
So he didn’t use it to make me spread my legs. I’d done that. Willingly. And I was pretty sure in my gut I’d known that. I liked him. I really did. But how could I ever really know for sure? I grabbed the pocket watch off the ground. I knew how to fix everything all at once. “Then destroy it.”
He looked down at the watch and then back at me. “I can’t.”
“Why?”
“Because I need it, Emma.”
“So you can rob banks?”
He didn’t look at all surprised by my accusation. “So you already talked to Callum? That’s where all this is coming from? You were supposed to wait until today.”
“So that you could control me the whole time?”
“No. So that I could keep you safe.”
“There’s nothing to keep me safe from.” I pulled the pen out of my purse. “It didn’t burn him. He’s not a vampire. You’re just poisoning me against him and I have no idea why.” I tossed the stupid gold pen at him.
He caught it. “What do you mean it didn’t burn him?” He looked down at the pen like he thought it was broken.
“I put it against his skin twice and it did nothing.”
Bennett shook his head. “No. That can’t be right. It burned him ten years ago. Right here.” He pointed right above his left elbow. “I saw it with my own eyes.”
I shook my head. Callum was right.Once a snake, always a snake.“You’re lying.”
“I’m not lying. I have no idea why it didn’t burn him this time. But he’s a vampire. And he’s messing with your head.”
“I’m pretty sure that’syou, Bennett. You’re the one with the pocket watch. You’re the one manipulating everything.”
“You don’t understand.”
“I think I do. I want my money out of this bank. And Zoey’s too. I want nothing to do with any of this.”
“Emma…”
