Total pages in book: 69
Estimated words: 65039 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 325(@200wpm)___ 260(@250wpm)___ 217(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 65039 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 325(@200wpm)___ 260(@250wpm)___ 217(@300wpm)
"Mr. Lyon the boss said to come on up."
"Let's go."
Without waiting for an answer, he turned with me under his arm and Carol and his crew followed behind as we headed to the control room.
Jennifer of course yelled all the way there.
In the office the head of security greeted Colton like they were old friends, the way Colton acted and played it down made me a little suspicious but I couldn't quite put my finger on why that should be.
The crew refused to wait outside so we all squeezed into the room with the monitors.
"Okay, so I'm going to run the tape back so we can see what we're dealing with here."
He hit some buttons and we watched as just one of the screens went back while the others remained on current time.
On the screen we watched Jennifer's approach, you couldn't hear what was being said but the look on her face said it all.
Then there was me looking all smug and dare I say, smarmy myself.
Her slap came next and the head of security stopped the tape.
"As you can see, it clearly shows that you threw the first punch." He directed this to the still yelling Jennifer who had yet to shut up.
"Obviously you doctored it, everybody knows the Lyons own this mall and everything in it including you, so you'd say anything..."
"I'm willing to bet that those twenty or so cell phones down on that floor will tell the same story, what do you want to bet, now the question is, Miss?"
He turned to me.
"Sloan, Katarina Sloan."
"Miss Sloan, the question is, do you want to press charges?"
I looked to Colton for guidance but all I got was a squeeze and an 'it's your call babe' to which Jennifer huffed like a racehorse coming down the stretch.
What the hell was her problem anyway?
"No,no charges, just as long as Miss. Rossetti understands that if she comes near me again she'd get more of the same."
Don't ask what possessed me to do it, but I raised my fist and shook it at her, which made the guys laugh and Colton kiss my knuckles with a grin.
"We done here Dimitri?"
"We're done."
Colton left my side and walked over to Jennifer, my heart constricted painfully in my chest.
It's weird, although I knew there wasn't anything in the least bit romantic about his approach, I still hated it.
I didn't want him anywhere near her.
His words were loud enough for all of us to hear though he didn't raise his voice.
I know one thing, if I'd been on the receiving end of that I'd leave the state first chance I got.
"I warned you yeah! Told you what would happen if you touched her, you chose to ignore my warning, now you can reap the whirlwind.
The fact that Kat kicked your sorry ass does not in anyway negate what's coming your way,so not only did you suffer the humiliation of an ass whipping in front of witnesses, now I'm going to make you suffer even more.
You should've known better than to fuck with me and mine."
"Colton..." She reached for his arm but he evaded her touch even as I moved towards him to block her move.
I couldn't bear for her to touch him, in that moment I realized he was mine as much as I was his.
All those things he'd been saying to me, worked both ways, I owned him as much as he owned me, heart and soul.
The thought made me almost delirious and I forgot myself for a moment, threw myself into his arms and ignoring the slight pain from my sudden movements, laid one on him.
His hands came to rest on my ass as he angled his head, taking the kiss deeper.
"What the hell Angel?"
He whispered as he pulled back when we'd ran out of breath.
"What was that about, not that I'm complaining."
"I'm just happy you're here that's all."
He squeezed me gently before rubbing his nose against mine and turning to lead me from the room.
My face flamed bright red when I came face to face with my audience, crap, how could I forget them?
The guys were grinning and elbowing each other until Colton glowered at them and the snickers subsided. Barely.
I didn't even spare Jennifer a glance as we left.
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Chapter 17
It was only as we made our way through the mall that I really took a good look at Colton.
Holy shit, that's it, there's no point in wearing panties in this burg, then again I needed something to help stem the flow.
Black leather biker jacket, riding gloves, jeans that fit just right and then he flipped down his shades and that was it.
"Oooomph..."
"Babe seriously, cut that shit out we're in a mall."
He put his arm around me, my arm went around his waist and when he said 'mouth' with his usual growl and then kissed me as we continued walking I just said to hell with it and let the dam burst.