After Him: An Enemies-To-Lovers Romance (Virgin Island Series Book 1) by L.L. James

Author:L.L. James [James, L.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: L.J. Publishing
Published: 2020-12-31T06:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

Marek knew what it felt like to want to kill a man. Sitting next to Landon in his small truck with the extended cab, Marek seethed with unspent desire. Landon maneuvered his white truck down the pencil thin drive and kept silent. An unusual event for him, for sure. Usually the man was full of bullshit, but right now he kept to himself.

Landon probably knew he’d die if he opened his mouth and was solely concerned with self-preservation. When Marek had tromped to the landing without a shirt on and with steam barreling out of his ears, his friend had busted into a fit of laughter. Oh, he’d known what he’d interrupted and didn’t feel the slightest bit remorseful. The bastard.

Marek scrubbed his hands over his face and pushed them up into his disheveled hair. He cracked a small half smile when he thought what Carm’s hands had done to his curls. Not that it was ever all that tamed, but she’d done a fine job of messing his hair up.

Damn, he wanted to go back home to her. If this excursion into town wasn’t so critical he would have thrown Landon out on his ass. But, the fact was that Marek had to grab this opportunity to speak with one of his old associates about the attack on Carm’s room.

Now, more than ever, he wanted to find those responsible for terrifying her. He would devote himself to it until he did.

One of the phone calls he’d made earlier had been to his managers, handing over the reins of the business for a short duration. He had complete faith in the competency of his employees and knew they could handle most everything. Not even for a minute would he waver from finding the assholes that threatened Carm. No one threatened his woman.

Just the thought of the terror in her voice during her frantic call to him sent fury blazing through him. His fists clenched hard, turning his knuckles white from tension. He’d never felt so scared before in his life as he had the moment he’d heard her broken voice.

His knees had almost given out on him when she’d walked down the hall at his parents’ place and he’d seen she was safe. The rush of relief had left him lightheaded and shaky. At the time he’d been too concerned with her to be worried about what it all meant, but after tonight he was afraid he knew.

And he didn’t like it. Not one fucking bit.

Landon finally spoke into the quiet cab, his voice a mixture of humor and apology. “Hey man, sorry about the piss poor timing. Nothing like a good case of blue balls to put a man in a fightin’ mood, right, bro? Yeah, I hate that. Glad to see you and the wife making nice, though. You guys admitted to each other you’re in love, yet?”

Marek turned icy eyes on his friend and snapped a nasty obscenity. He was getting kind of used to the idea of Carmen being his wife, but the use of the L-word made his gut clench tight and his ears ring.

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