The fucker.
“Yeah, baby, we drugged you. I need to get you home.”
She whimpers. “I don’t want to go back. Please. Please don’t take me back home. He’ll hurt me. He sold me.”
She’s swaying, and I catch her in my arms as she finally passes out.
Who the fuck sold her? Her father?
“Who the hell are you, firefly?” I whisper, holding her close to me. She feels so right in my arms, which is only just keeping my fury at bay.
“You’re going to pay for drugging my girl,” I inform Mateo, who just smirks.
“It’s easier than pulling her out of there kicking and screaming,” he replies.
I carry her out of the bathroom and turn to Luke. “Pack up whatever she has here and meet me back at the penthouse.”
“Sure thing, boss.”
“What’s next?” Julian asks.
“I’m going to get her settled in my bed, and then I have some questions for the asshole in the cell.”
“Oh, good. I’m coming along.” Carson grins. “I have some new toys to play with.”
“You’re a sadistic son of a bitch.”
“I know.”
Fourteen
ROME
Mateo holds the door of my penthouse open so I can walk through with Lulu in my arms.
“How long will she be out?” I ask as I pass by.
“Let me do some math.” He winks one eye closed and looks at the ceiling. “She didn’t drink much. I’d say a couple more hours, probably.”
Hours? The fuck?What if she’d drunk more than a few sips? I turn and scowl again at Mateo.
He shrugs. “I had to think fast on my feet, man,” he argues.
“Fuck you. I’m putting her in my bed, then we’re going down to the cell.”
“Let’s hope Carson hasn’t killed him already when we get there.”
“He knows better,” I say over my shoulder as I climb the stairs.
I’ve never enjoyed holding women. I’m not asnuggler. But havingthiswoman in my arms, against me, feels like nothing I’ve ever experienced.
I want to feel her. I want to hold her. Yes, I want to fuck her until we’re both unconscious, but it’s more than that.
I want her.
And now, she’s mine.
Gently, I lay her on top of my bed and cover her with a spare blanket. I felt their glances. Thankfully, they were wise enough not to say anything … to my face. They all know I fuck women. Often. But I never bring women here. I’ve never let a woman come into my bedroom and certainly have never had one sleep or fuck here.
