Dying Commitment (Lucky Thirteen) by S.M. Butler

Author:S.M. Butler
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: military, new adult, contemporary romance, romantic suspense
Publisher: Soaring Phoenix Press
Published: 2014-08-12T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Cadence

Dylan was waiting for me outside with my jacket, but I had to pee so bad. I didn’t think I could walk home like that. So while he went outside, I went to the bathroom. But when I got out of the stall, strong hands grabbed me and pulled me back against a hard body.

“Miss me, sweet pea?”

I froze, only for a second, as I processed the sound of the male voice and the words he spoke. I thrashed, trying to get free of him, but his grip was like iron. Tears pricked at my eyes, but I refused to let them fall. Not with him. His hand covered my mouth, but I tried to bite it without success.

Then the glint of silver caught my eye and the cool length of a steel blade at my throat made me stop. “Calm down, Cady. You know you’d be dead if I wanted you to be.”

My chest heaved with exertion from fighting him. I breathed from my nose, angrily trying to catch my breath.

“Now, no screaming, but that’s not really your style, isn’t it, Cady baby?” His voice purred over me, deceptively soothing. “Let’s talk like civilized folks. I assume you know why I’m here?”

He slowly released my mouth but the knife stayed at my throat.

“You couldn’t break my encryption.” A sense of pride brought a smile to my face, even though Jack was holding me. He wouldn’t have come unless he needed me, and showing up himself was incredibly risky.

“You’ve gotten better. At least with the programming, you have. Your taste in men has gone downhill. Isn’t he a little young for you, Cady?” He laughed. “Your type was always older, wasn’t it?”

“You’re imagining things.” I pushed at his arm, but he didn’t budge. Damn it. Being smaller than most guys, I always had a rule that I couldn’t let them touch me, and yet, I’d ruined that by letting Jack sneak up on me. “He’s a good guy. Brave. Trustworthy. Unlike you.”

Jack chuckled again. “You’re still not learning. I had to do what I had to do. He will too. He’s one of those duty-bound types. You’ll always come second to him.”

I couldn’t reach my gun. It was tucked against my back. Still, I tried to talk to him so I could split his attention off from what I was doing. “Yeah, you never had that problem, did you? And yet, I still came in second. Or was it third? Do computer files count as your mistress?”

“Easy there, sweet pea. I’ll take that gun.” I wanted to curse up a storm as he lifted my gun from its hiding place. “Did you really think I wouldn’t know you’re armed?”

“Go to hell.”

“Cady, what you don’t get is that there’s a story behind everything.”

“Don’t justify yourself to me. I’d rather you killed me right here.”

“I could.”

“Yes, but you won’t. Because you need my decryption program. You stole my laptop, full of government secrets, and you can’t even read any of it.”

“Your first level was easy.

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