I don’t answer, grinning to myself as I down the rest of the beer. I check my watch and decide that I’m calling it. I’ve shown face here for long enough.
“You heading out already?” Mitchell knows the drill.
“I’ll say hi to Sabrina, then go.”
I’ll start our little meeting early. It’ll be so unfortunate if my girl isn’t asleep by the time I get there. She made a mistake. She needs to pay the price.
CHAPTER NINE
Leo
Well, isn’t this delightful thing a sight for sore eyes?
Her black hair fans around her in a makeshift halo that slips against the flannel sheets as the bed dips beneath my weight. Her wrist is bent beneath the crook of her jaw to make her look deceptively innocent. Beautifully, blissfully unaware of the monster she’s allowed into her bed.
Mina. My gorgeous disaster.
My stalker.
It’s truly such a shame the lighting is never in our favor at this time of night. No matter. We have a different goal tonight. Darkness won’t stop me from doling out what must be done.
Her soft breaths fill the quiet room as I creep closer, moving beneath the covers. I press my nose into her hair, breathing in her jasmine scent. God, I love the smell of her. It sends adangerous thrill down my spine. I’d die happy with her in my lungs.
The tips of my fingers skate over the smooth patch of skin beneath her shirt.Myshirt. The one this thief stole right from under my nose when she thought I didn’t know.
Oh, I know.
I know every little thing there is to know about her. Every depraved thought. The rules she’d make and break to get what she wants.Me.
She’s obsessed. Fortunate, really, since she’s become my obsession too. It’s always a pity that she leaves my bed before I arrive, but her scent remains, threaded into the fibers.
No matter. If she doesn’t want to wait for me in my bed, I’ll come to hers, and she’s always a goddamn fucking vision in hers.
It’s a miracle I haven’t left any marks on her yet despite all the nights I’ve spent in her bed without her knowing. She drives me completely and utterly insane, always knowing she’s within my reach, but I have to stay away.
Tonight, she’s mine for the taking. Bundled up beneath the blankets, surrounded by bags of clothing she thinks I have no idea about.
My hand spans over her stomach, pulling her back against my hardening cock, and my sweet little stalker breathes out the most delectable sound, somewhere between a sleepy moan and a silent gasp.
I grind my hips against her ass, and for the first time tonight, something akin to peace descends over me. A beast that settles in the darkest recesses of my soul. It stops clawing at its cage. Stops snarling. Stops thirsting for blood.
That’s what this woman does to me.
I’d have never known she was making frequent visits to my home if she wasn’t playing dress-up with my clothes. It’s cutethat she thinks I have no idea she’s having little outings to my place.
The first time I saw her in my shirt a month ago, I thought it was purely coincidental. Nothing was amiss at my house, so how could I possibly think that little ol’ Mina was making herself at home?
I thought I was delirious when I caught her scent in my sheets. After I saw her wearing my hoodie, with my shirt beneath it, I knew I had a thief on my hands. I was proud of her for helping herself inside because I didn’t like that she was sitting alone in her car for hours on end. It’s why her favorite snacks are now stocked inside one of my kitchen cupboards.
I’m only surprised it took her so long to do it.
It would have been irresponsible of me to leave my house unprotected after finding out about my uninvited guest. The only logical next step was to install cameras in every room in case anyone else ever decides to enter through the window in my spare bedroom.
As soon as Mina sets foot in the house, my phone pings with a notification. The moment she steps into my bedroom, the camera starts recording.
Her place, on the other hand? It’s a good thing I made a copy of her key since I’ve scared Joyce enough that she’s stopped jeopardizing my girl’s safety and locks the fucking door behind her.
Now I’m here more often than Mina will ever know.
