Total pages in book: 95
Estimated words: 90252 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 451(@200wpm)___ 361(@250wpm)___ 301(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 90252 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 451(@200wpm)___ 361(@250wpm)___ 301(@300wpm)
Tiernan tosses me onto the bed. I huff out a breath as I begin to sit up. Okay, I totally deserved that. He stands in front of me in sweatpants and a shirt.
“Morning,” I chirp, giving him a giant smile.
He shakes his head at me. “It’s afternoon.”
“What?”
“You must have needed sleep. I’m sure it’s exhausting placing a target on your head.”
“What does that mean?” I throw my legs over the side of the bed.
“I don’t know. Maybe it has something to do with your name being on every news channel.”
“I had to do that.” I raise my chin. I don’t have any regrets about what I did. Those men needed to be exposed. I couldn’t live with myself if I hadn’t released what I’d found. I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
“I know, but it’s not only that. I’ve only known you a few days. First you show up, trespassing on our land. You had no fucking idea what you were getting yourself into in the middle of nowhere. Then you start going through someone's stuff—someone you already know is a killer. You have no regard for your own safety. I’m shocked you’ve lived this long. I’m sure there’s a million other things to add to the list that you’ve done before now.” His face grows serious as he talks about my safety.
I don’t say anything. He runs a hand down his face, looking frustrated.
“Why do you care anyway? I’m not really your responsibility, and when I leave here I definitely won’t be.”
“You need to be someone’s,” he throws back.
“I have one father; I don’t need another.” I grab a pillow off the bed and hit him with it before I storm out of his room. I don’t make it far down the hallway before my feet are leaving the floor again. Tiernan tosses me over his shoulder.
“Is everything okay here?” I hear Aurora ask.
“He’s a brute!” I shout.
“Yeah, they all kind of are. It’s their thing. You two have fun.”
“Help me,” I shout. “Put me down.”
“Don’t fight it. It’s easier to give in.” I think it’s Clover I hear next.
A hand comes down on my ass, making me scream.
“Put me down.” I wiggle. I grab the back of his sweatpants, intending to give him the world's worst wedgie, but once again I’m tossed back onto the bed.
“You’re not going out there dressed like that.” I look down at myself. I’m in a sports bra and running shorts.
“These are my workout clothes.”
“Not anymore.” He folds his arms over his chest.
I sit up. “There you go again trying to be my daddy.” I glare at him.
The look he gives me has me swallowing hard. I lick my lips and tell myself he wouldn't hurt me. But there is something else that crackles through the air between us like a live wire. It’s the same pull there always is when we’re in a room together.
“I think that might be the problem with you. Lack of a daddy.” His hand wraps around my ankle as he starts to pull me down the bed. I roll over and try to get away, but it’s useless. He continues to pull me down the bed until my legs dangle over the side. My chest is pressed to the mattress.
I look over my shoulder at him. “You better not.” I glare at him.
He lifts his eyebrows. “Are you going to change?”
“No,” I snap. My breath picks up, and I’m thankful that my chest is on the mattress. My nipples are so hard he’d be able to see them. My clit throbs. I lick my lips, waiting for his hand to come down on my ass.
Oh God. I bite the inside of my cheek. The throb worsens along with my breathing. My body is screaming for him to do it. To give me some sort of release. What is wrong with me? What the hell is happening?
“Just do it already!”
He drops his arm slowly. His hand comes to my ass. I look away, not wanting him to see my face and how turned on I am right now. I wait with bated breath for his palm to come down hard on my ass, but the bite of pain never comes. Disappointment fills me as his fingers only trace down the curve of my ass. The urge to scream almost overwhelms me, but I won’t give him the satisfaction.
Then I feel him come down over me. His body presses me more into the mattress. “You don’t tell me what to do. Got it, Red?” His lips are against my ear, his erection pressed to my ass.
I nod my understanding, his body so hot and hard on mine. Oh my God, I’ve fallen into a porny dream, and I am here for it.
“Good girl.” Those are his last words before he’s gone, taking his heat with him. Then his hand comes hard down on my ass, causing me to let out a yelp. “You can’t use the gym in those clothes,” he says before turning to walk toward the door. I take my shoe off and throw it across the room. He turns just in time to catch it before it can hit him. “You’ll have to try harder than that.”