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She’d meant to throw him off, make him hesitate and rethink if his plan was to force her to go with him.

A terrible, stark expression crossed his face, and Landon bent, putting his forehead against hers.

“I was fucking terrified something horrible had happened to you when you stopped responding.”

The raw vulnerability in his voice was heart wrenching.

“I’m sorry.” She stroked his cheek. “I had to stop, otherwise I never would.”

“Or you could have come back. You could have trusted me.” He straightened, but there was still something haunted in his eyes.

“It’s not about trust. I was trying to protect you.”

“I know. You made that clear in your email.”

“Then walk away, Landon.” She didn’t tell him that he’d have to walk away this time, because she was terribly afraid she wasn’t strong enough to do it a second time.

“I’ll walk out of here, as long as you’re with me.”

“Back to kidnapping?”

“No, you’re going to come with me. Willingly.”

“I am?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

Landon grinned. “Because I’ll fuck you as soon as I get you alone.” His hand slid deeper under her skirt, now cupping the side and back of her thigh. “And I think you desperately want, and need, to be fucked. And not just fucked. You need me to play with you and tease you and maybe even hurt you, just the right way, before you finally get to come.

Colette sucked in a breath, her pussy throbbing, her whole body aware of his hand splayed over her bare flesh. “That’s playing very dirty, Mr. Malik.”

“I make the rules for this game.” His gaze dipped to her breasts. “I make all the rules, don’t I, love?”

She bit her tongue to stop a submissive reply from escaping.

“The second reason you’re going to come with me is because without my business partner, the consulting firm will fall apart.”

Who was his… Oh.

“You want me to be a security consultant for museums?” She blinked. “Are we going to rob them after? Once we know all their security protocols?”

“Colette…” he growled.

“It’s actually a very good idea.”

“We’re not going to rob them.”

“Ah, too bad.”

“You are.”

Colette pursed her lips. “Have you hit your head recently?”

“We’ll offer to test their security, with legal frameworks in place ensuring that any actions that take place during the security test are not legally actionable.”

“That sounds very…official.”