Total pages in book: 15
Estimated words: 13796 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 69(@200wpm)___ 55(@250wpm)___ 46(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 13796 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 69(@200wpm)___ 55(@250wpm)___ 46(@300wpm)
“I didn’t say good morning,” I remind him. “I said, what the fuck do you want.” When I come to the cabin, I want peace and quiet. The only people who know about my secret hideout are Dante, Dimitri, and Rick. And my bar manager knows not to bother me unless it’s life or death.
“The weekend deposits were short, big fucking time.” Motherfucking hell. Some stupid asshole has lost his ever-loving mind. Stealing from a Dante Arakas business is an excellent way to end up dead.
“By how much?” Our cash has been short a few other times, but the amounts have always been small. Most of the time, it’s an innocent mistake. The few times we’ve actually caught someone stealing, we took care of that shit quickly and permanently.
“A lot this time.” Great. Just fucking great. There goes the rest of my week off. “It was my weekend off, and I didn’t realize until this morning.” Some motherfucking asshole took advantage of Rick’s time off and my vacation. When I decided to head to my private cabin a few days early, I didn’t take into account that it was Rick’s weekend off, and it’s coming back to bite me in the ass. I don’t like being made to look like a fool, and I plan to make the fucker pay big time.
“I’ll get dressed and come down,” I tell Rick and hang up. My little getaway will just have to wait until I figure out who is fucking us over.
On the ten-minute drive to Silver Spoon Falls, I call Dimitri to fill him in on the issues at The King’s Castle. “We have money missing.”
“Son-of-a-bitch.” Dimitri hisses.
“I’m on my way to The King’s Castle to figure this shit out,” I tell him. I forget about the conversation when I notice a figure walking along the road. I blink several times, wondering if my tired mind is playing tricks on me or if that is my curvy little siren. “I’ll call you back.” I hang up on Dimitri and pull the car to the side of the road.
My water siren spins around when I screech to a halt a few feet behind her. My heart takes a direct hit when I realize she’s even more stunning than I’d remembered. Today, she’s wearing a fitted pink t-shirt and jean shorts that show off her curvy hips and tanned legs. The overwhelming urge to keep her hidden from every other man in the world overtakes my common sense.
Not giving her time to react, I hop out of the SUV and rush over to wrap my arms around her luscious curves. “What the heck?” she screeches as I throw her over my shoulder before racing back to my vehicle. “You have to be kidding me.” My girl pounds her fists on my back. “You can’t just kidnap me.” I ignore her indignant grumbles.
“I just did,” I growl and attempt to set her on her feet next to my SUV, but she swings her leg and nails me right in the balls with her knee. I see stars for a few seconds as my ability to father children flashes before my eyes. “Are you trying to finish the job that the fucking bear started yesterday?” I whimper pitifully, trying not to cry in front of my sassy little siren.
“What if I am?” she growls adorably and flings her head around, hitting me in the face with her fragrant bright red hair.
“I guess I need to convince you to keep me around.” I pull her curvy body close and lean over to gently bite her ear. “I’m sure I can come up with a way to do it.”
“Uh…….” Her mouth opens and closes repeatedly. Before she finds her arguments, I quickly set her in the passenger seat and reach across her bountiful curves to grab the seatbelt.
“I can’t believe I saved your life, and you’re repaying me by kidnapping me.” My little siren finally finds her words. “Jerk.”
“I’m not kidnapping you,” I lie. I’m totally fucking kidnapping her little ass. “I’m taking you back to my cabin so I can thank you properly.”
Her eyes widen as she bites her bottom lip and stares at me. “No, you aren’t,” she argues. “You could’ve just said thank you back there. You’re taking me to your cabin so no one will find my body.” My little siren crosses her arms over her ample chest, dragging my eyes along with the movement. My cock wakes up and grows rock-hard in my dress pants. Right, this second, I’m regretting my choice to go commando this morning.
My heart squeezes hard when I see the anxiety swirling in her dark green eyes. “I will never hurt you,” I promise her, hoping she can hear the sincerity in my voice. I plan to spend the rest of my life protecting her, but I keep that thought to myself. There will be a better time to discuss our future once she gets over her anger.