Page 52 of Collide

Yeah, so not happening.

“I’m not going anywhere with you.” I folded my arms across my chest,almost as a way to protect myself from Hendrix and his wandering eyes.

I don’t know what it was about him but something gave me the heebiejeebies, and the only way I’d be going anywhere with him was if he put me over his shoulder and carried me.

Again.

The asshole smirked and folded his arms too, mirroring my image.

“Too bad for you, sweetheart, boss’s orders. You either come with mewillingly or you’ll be going back in the trunk of the car. Your choice.”

Fuck my life.

“I want to see Kai,” I said, hoping I wasn’t sounding like a petulantchild, but also hoping Kai would take pity on me and not force me to go with this goon.

Hendrix dropped his arms and walked towards me, narrowing hiseyes. Despite almost shitting my pants, I stood my ground and refused to be intimidated by him.

“I told you, the boss is busy. He won’t want to be disturbed.” Hestopped mere inches away from me, his chest almost brushing against my folded arms, but still, I refused to step back.

“And I said, I want to see him.”

We glared at each other for a minute, an intense face off with neitherof us backing down.

What in the hell was his problem?

Hendrix suddenly grinned maliciously, then casually shrugged. “Yourfuneral,” he sneered before marching back the way we had come.

I followed him through the apartment and up the stairs to the floorwhere Kai’s office was. I’d assumed that’s where we were going, but Hendrix walked straight on passed it towards a door at the end of the hallway.

I hadn’t been in this room on the grand tour yesterday, but I knew itwas where the gym was. Loud bangs echoed from whatever was going on behind the door, and my confidence in demanding to see Kai began to fade. Maybe I should have just gone with Hendrix and not caused a fuss.

As we reached the closed door, Hendrix stopped and turned to faceme.

“Sure you want to disturb him?” He was amused, and as much as Iwas now majorly doubting myself about disturbing Kai when he was busy, I didn’t want to give Hendrix the satisfaction of backing down.

Raising an eyebrow at the buffoon standing before me, I waited forhim to open the door. He shook his head before placing his finger on the pad which was fixed next to the door of the room Kai was inevitably in.

“After you,” he said smugly as he opened the door. Swallowing downmy fear, I stepped inside.

Unsurprisingly, the room was huge and housed practically everypiece of gym kit imaginable. One side of the room was lined with machines; treadmills, bikes, cross trainers, rowing machines, and some I didn’t know. They were all lined up to look out the ginormous windows, allowing the user to take in the view of the city while working out.

On the other side of the room was a variety of weights, weightmachines, and benches. And at the far end of the room was a boxing ring, and in that ring beating the living shit out of a punchbag was Kai Wolfe.

The noises I’d heard from outside became apparent every time Kaismashed his powerful fists into the bag, they were from the thud of his punches followed by a loud grunt which echoed around the room.

It was a sight to behold.

“Holy shit,” I whispered as my eyes fixed on Kai and my throat wentdry.

His back was to me, the only thing he was wearing was a pair of tightblack shorts. My jaw dropped open at the sight of the man pounding the bag and I couldn’t tear my eyes away from him.

He wasbreathtaking.

His broad shoulders werehuge,and the muscles in his neck,shoulders and back were solid and defined, so much so I swear I could see every single one from where I was standing on the other side of the room. Every time he threw a punch, his impressive muscles rippled throughout his entire body.

He was standing with one foot in front of the other, ducked slightlydown in order to hit the bag with as much power as he could muster, and given how the bag was swaying, I imagined he was hitting it with some force. His legs were like solid tree trunks, and it was only now that I really appreciated just how dangerous Kai was.

But the thing that held my attention more than his defined body wasthe enormous tattoo on his back. The black wolf tattoo started at the tip of Kai’s shoulders and covered his entire back, right down to his narrow waist.It was the head, chest and front paws of a snarling wolf which hadbeen designed to give the effect that it had ripped straight out of Kai’s body.

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