Page 64 of Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire
“What are you hiding?” My heart thuds and I try to calm myself, but I know he is watching me intently.
“Nothing,” I lie, swallowing hard and looking back at the screen.
“Oh, yeah? It doesn’t seem like it.”
“I don’t need to explain myself to you,” I growl, standing up, ready to storm off. I need time to hatch a plan to get out of this.
“You’re not going anywhere.” His voice is cold as he grabs my arm, yanking me back to the desk and pushing me down onto it.
I gasp as I glare up at him, bracing my hands behind me to stop myself from falling on my back. Leo towers over me, smoking his cigarette as he looks down at me and grabs hold of my chin. My stomach flutters, sending a jolt of pleasure to my core. Fuck, whyis he so damn sexy?
“Let’s try that again. What are you hiding from me? And it’s in your fucking best interest to tell me the truth so I can fucking help you, Azura,” he says menacingly, his long legs on either side of mine. Help me…
This has nothing to do with Judah… but I can’t tell him…
“Like I said, it’s nothing,” I retort, pulling out of his grip and trying to stand up. I push him, trying to put enough space between us so I can regain my balance, but I almost fall back onto the table and grab hold of his shirt to stop myself, yanking him down with me.
I hear it.
The increase in his heart rate… the way his gaze dips to my lips as he braces his hand on the table next to me.
“Don’t tempt me to punish you, little she-wolf,” he whispers huskily.
We are too close; his scent is getting to me. No matter how much he says he hates me and my pack, I can see the raw hunger in his eyes that he thinks he is doing a good job of masking. Oh, this boy wants me bad.
My heart thumps, and a sinful thought comes into my mind. What if I distract him with a kiss and then run away?
Nikki.
Yeah, I can’t do that. Think, Azura, think!
“I need to pee!” I say suddenly.
Leo raises an eyebrow, clearly not expecting that, but it works, breaking the moment between us, and I push him away and rush back to the bedroom. I slam the door behind me and hurry to the bathroom, locking the door behind me.Wow, Azura, you really are so charming.
I groan as I slide down the wall and rest my head against the door behind me. What should I do? Goddess… even if I get the necklace, it will only hide the heartbeat, it will still show in the X-Ray. Oh, fuck, I’m screwed in more damn ways than one.
“Grab your stuff. I’m taking you back to your previous apartment.” Leo’s voice comes from the other side of the door, making me jump. Fuck, he is so silent.
“Okay,” I reply, rushing to the toilet and flushing it before I wash my hands.
Back to that apartment… I’m not sure if it is a good idea, but I really don’t want to be stuck down here with only Leo for company.
He leads methrough another door and up via a lift until we are in a private office. I realise when he leads me out that this is his apartment. It smells of him, Nikki, and Corrado… a family I really don’t want to wreck.
He makes his way out of the apartment and down the stairs to the apartment I had just left yesterday. It is spotless, and the voodoo doll is nowhere in sight. Leo places the bags of clothing down on the coffee table and looks at me.
“I have some shit to deal with tonight, but tomorrow - first thing - you will get that X-ray done.”
I guess it gives me a little time to hatch a plan. I nod but say nothing as we both look at one another, a tense silence falling between us. He is obviously waiting for me to say something.
“Okay,” I say, picking up the tablet I had brought along with me from his underground room. His eyes fall on it, and he looks up at me.
“I’ll have a phone set up for you by tomorrow. I’ll have your contacts all encrypted as well, so there’s no way he’ll realise if you’re contacting them or vice versa.” My heart skips a beat just imagining being able to use my phone without some creepy incoming texts.
“Really? Oh, I could kiss you! I hate -” I freeze, realising what I have just said. “I mean, like, thank you. It’s a figure of speech, I didn’t mean that I could actually…”Why do you always do this, Azura? Why the hell do you go put your foot in your mouth every goddamn time?
He is simply watching me make a fool of myself with that hard, emotionless expression of his, with an eyebrow raised arrogantly.
