“Why would a stranger leave a wad of cash in your cupboard? Unless he knew he could come back by to get it whenever he wanted?”
“I don’t know,” I say, exhaling. “None of this makes sense.”
He releases me. “Put your coat on. We’re leaving.”
I scramble to pull my leggings up, but then hesitate to leave my bedroom. I know I shouldn’t go anywhere with him. Who knows what he has planned. Who knows if I’ll even make it back alive.
I shudder.
“Zoe, move it,” he orders.
And I do, because what choice do I have?
Chapter Four
Connor
Zoe sits next to me, huddled in a puffer coat, her long legs tucked to the side. She shifts in the seat. Is her ass sore? I was firm, but not brutal.
“Was that the first time you’ve been spanked?”
She turns her face to look at me. Her cheeks have lost their beautiful flush. When she was blushing and breathless I wanted to throw her on the bed and fuck her until she screamed my name. I held back because this is business, but my cock is still waiting for more of her.
“Yes, it was.” She pushes a runaway curl over her shoulder, then tucks it into the puffy band holding the rest back. “I take it that it wasn’t your first time doing the spanking.”
“No.”
“Is this what you do to everyone you want information from?”
My gaze slides to her. “I’m sure you know it’s not.”
“With guys, it’s a beating? There’s a guy from the neighborhood, Ray. There was a rumor that he robbed the corner store. A couple nights later someone found Ray unconscious and bloody in an alley. He was hospitalized. Just got out, in fact. Someone said that was C Crue.”
“The guy who robbed the corner store cold-cocked old Mr. Caulley who was working the register. The man’s eighty-two. The guy kicked him in the chest, breaking four of his ribs. Mr. Caulley ended up in the hospital for a couple nights too, but he’s doing all right. Getting around a little slower, but he’ll manage. So maybe whoever robbed that store had a beating coming.”
She nods. “We heard that Mr. Caulley fell down during the robbery. No one said he was kicked or that he had broken ribs.”
