Page 13 of Gorgeous Prince

“What the hell?” I ask when he snatches my other hand and does the same.

I hear metal rattling … clinking together.

When he pulls back, I realize what he did.

The motherfucker handcuffed me.

That fast.

As if he had a PhD in it.

“What the fuck is—”

I’m so wrapped up in my anger that I don’t realize that was only step one. Just as I’m yelling, he slaps something over my mouth.

Tape.

In nearly ten seconds, he’s handcuffed me and taped my mouth.

I guess the rumors are true.

Benny is always three steps ahead of people.

“Get this off me,” I struggle to say through the tape, unsure if he can even make out my words, while fighting against the handcuffs. With how he’d handcuffed my hands, I can’t manage to remove the tape.

“Much better.” He turns up the music until it’s blaring, drowning out my screaming.

I glare at him and shake my handcuffed hands.

But he pays no attention to me.

Getting him back for this is all I think about on the drive home.

Every few seconds, I make a failed attempt at breaking loose.

He doesn’t tear off the tape until he pulls in front of my house.

There’s a sudden sting when he rips it off.

I move my jaw, and my lips stick together from the adhesive. When I finally gain control of them, I snarl, “My father will murder you when he finds out what you just pulled.” I jerk my arms in his direction.

Benny opens a hidden compartment beside the steering wheel and removes a tiny key. “You’re not telling him anything.”

I shiver when his hand circles my wrist. His palm is soft, and his knuckles are busted.

The many sides of Benny Marchetti.

I wonder what side I’ll get when he becomes my husband.

He’s quiet when he frees my hand.

When he releases the other, I moan and shake out both hands, air-drying-style.

Benny unlocks my door. “Now, get out of my car.”

“Gladly,” I hiss before sliding out of the seat. “And have fun shutting the door behind me.”

Instead of slamming the door shut, I leave it open and walk up the driveway to my home. When I’m inside and look out the window, the SUV remains parked with the passenger door open.

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