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It was said without a hint of pity or patronization, knocking some ofthe wind from my sails.

I certainly didn’t dwell on the fact he said I had a cute ass. Definitelynot.

Fine. Maybe a little.

But this conversation wasn’t getting me anywhere, I needed to get thehell out of here, there was still time to get home before Angel woke up. I briefly closed my eyes and let out a long sigh, trying not to let frustration get the better of me.

“Kai, please, I need to get back to-” I stopped myself before Imentioned my sister, I did not want this man to know anything about her. “I need to get back to home and work.”

“You want to get back to Angel?” His lip twitched into a smirk as mymouth dropped open.

Fuck.

“How do you know about my sister?” It came out as a whisper, shockclearly stopping me from flipping my lid.

“I know everything there is to know about you, Riley Alyssa Bennett.”

I don’t know what possessed me, perhaps it was the anger thatoozed through my veins at the mention of my sister’s name, but before I had time to comprehend what I was doing, I was off the bed and launching myself at Kai.

“You motherfucker!” I cursed as I aimed my nails toward his face.

I didn’t get a chance to land a single finger on the man. He movedquickly, launching himself off the chaise lounge, grabbing me and throwing me back down on the bed before pinning me down with his body. Which, by the way, was rock-fucking-solid.

He held my wrists together above my head in one of his large hands,while he used the other arm to hold himself up so that he was hovering above me. His face was mere inches away from mine and from being this close to him I saw tiny flecks of gold in his black eyes.

Kai managed to maneuver himself between my legs and despitebeing furious with this asshole, I noted a definite hardness pressed against my core.

It should not have made me clench with need, it really should nothave.

But it did.

“Riley, calm the fuck down. I don’t want to hurt you or your sister,” hesaid soothingly, his breath warm against my skin, along with the faint smell of vodka.

“Then what do you want with me?” Tears pricked at the back of myeyes, but I’d be damned if I was going to cry in front of this asshole.

He held me for a few seconds, gazing straight into my eyes, my heartpounding even harder than it was when I first woke up.

For a brief second, fear started to course through me, fear hewould force himself on me.

What was more worrying was, I wasn’t totally against the idea ofit.

Abruptly, he released my hands and sat back up. I scrambled awayfrom him, pulling myself up against the headboard and bringing my knees up to my chest as if they could offer me some kind of protection against the deranged man.

“I have a proposition for you,” he said, ignoring my little outburst andsuddenly growing serious.

“What kind of proposition?” I asked before I could stop myself, certainit wouldn’t be anything good.

“I want you to be my personal assistant and in return, I’ll provideAngel with a private tutor and pay for her cochlear implant.”

Well, knock me down with a fucking feather.

Chapter 9

Kai

Hergorgeousmouthdroppedopen to form a round ‘O’ and Icouldn’t help the image flashing through my mind of what it would be like to shove my dick in those fucking plump lips.

I tore my eyes away from her mouth to try and stop my throbbingcock from getting harder than it already was. It would have been so easy to take her when I had her pinned down underneath me, but I’d never had to force myself on a woman and I didn’t intend on starting now, especially with the one woman I actually wanted for more than just a quick fuck.

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