Lu rolls her eyes.“Don’t make me regret telling you shit because I never share anything with anyone.I came here to...I don’t know why I came here.I should leave.”
A knock on the door breaks our discussion.
Elric bellows from the hallway, “VP, a limo just pulled up and Livi’s bio dad got out.How do you wanna proceed?”
I glance at Luella and she murmurs, “Maybe I should sneak out through the window.”
“No,” I grit, not liking the whole situation, but the woman came to me when she was clearly struggling with the issues at hand.
Besides, what the actual fuck with her father arranging marriages for her?Twice.Loud curses are coming from the hallway and then I hear Holland’s voice bellowing his daughter’s name.
Thinking fast I step closer to her and snap, “Kiss me.”
Her eyes go wide.“What?”
Grinning, I tell her, “If I’m going to help you, I’m gonna need some kind of down payment.”
She tilts her head.“With or without tongue?”
By now her father is pounding his fist on my door as if the fucker is going to knock the thing down any second.
I slide my fingers around her throat and pull her close.“Just fucking kiss me, Lu.”
Her lips crash against mine and she eagerly licks her way inside to let our tongues collide in a sensual dance.Damn, this woman sets my cock on fire with a need that can only be extinguished by fucking her hard enough to shower her with cum.
Pulling back, I give her throat a gentle squeeze.“Careful.A kiss like that feels like you just threw your soul at me, darlin’.”
She snorts.“I don’t have a soul.”
Deciding not to get into this debatable discussion with her being an assassin, I walk to the door and open it.Holland doesn’t step inside but is shooting daggers at me and then at Lu.
“Let’s go,” Holland grits, keeping his eyes locked on Luella.
I step to the side to block his sight.“She’s not going anywhere she doesn’t want to go.”
Holland narrows his eyes.I couldn’t give two fucks about the fact that this man is a kingpin.The government hasn’t been able to tie anything to him because the fucker is smart, but everyone knows how deadly he is.Just like his daughter he trained to be just like him.
“Don’t interfere,” he dismisses me and grits, “Now, Luella.We have shit to deal with, and we both know you’re responsible for creating it in the first place.”
I glance over my shoulder.“You can stay here with me or I’m coming with you, your choice.”Facing Holland, I let the fucker know, “She hired me as her personal bodyguard.”
Holland barks out a laugh.“You’re insane.First of all, she doesn’t need a bodyguard.Secondly?I won’t allow it.”
I shrug.“You’re not the boss of me, she is.A grown woman who can make her own decisions.”I lean in to make sure my words are only meant for his ears when I add, “So, don’t fucking force her into marrying another man ever again.”
His voice is hard and sharp as a knife when he fires back, “She’s my daughter.”
As if that gives him all the rights in the fucking world.We’re locked in a staring match when Lu touches my arm.
“Macsen is coming with me,” Lu states.“I hired him because I don’t trust you anymore.”
If I thought the man was pissed a mere second ago?He’s possessed by the devil himself now with the accusation Lu just threw at him.
