Locke by Harper Sloan

Author:Harper Sloan [Sloan, Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Adult, Suspense
Goodreads: 18131119
Publisher: Harper Sloan
Published: 2014-09-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20—Emmy

I should have known that I would never be able to sleep with the thoughts that are spinning around in my head. Ultimately, I know which side will win. I still need to make sure that I’m ready to put myself out there, to take a blind chance, but then again if I don’t, then I will be proving to him that he was right all along. I’ll prove to him that the gift of his love means nothing to me.

And when it’s put that way, there is no way I can do that. I might regret it, giving him this last chance, but at least if I’m left without him in the end of it, I’ll know that I gave it my all.

He left a few hours ago, and after I was able to pull myself off the floor, I took a long and hot shower, using the time to get all my fears and hopes in order. If this works out, then everything I’ve known we could be together will be ours, and just the thought has me smiling.

Throwing back the covers, I take a look at the clock. Four in the morning. He’ll be here soon and I’m almost nervous to tell him that I’m ready. That, together, we will get through his darkness—and those damn demons he thinks are so prevalent that he has to keep others away.

A knock at the door has my head whipping around; of course he wouldn’t be able to stay away. I’m actually shocked he lasted the last six hours.

Straightening my tank top and making sure that my sleep shorts aren’t hanging off my ass, I walk to the door, taking a deep breath to calm my nerves.

Then I swing the door open with a smile—a smile that quickly dies when I see who is standing on the other side.

“Princess,” Shawn slurs. “Aren’t you a hard little bitch to track down.” His evil makes my skin crawl.

I can feel the bile in my stomach threatening to make its way up and I sway on my feet.

How did he find me? We were so careful from the beginning. When I first got away, Coop and Axel hid not only the trail, but every trace of me. I worked under the table. I had a credit and debit card under the company name. Even my apartment was in Coop’s name.

Holy shit! That’s when my own stupidity literally slaps me in the face. When I went back, I opened a bank account so I could get the hotel room, making it no secret where I was since they knew I was back.

And I didn’t touch it again…until last night.

Oh, God, why now? Why, when everything was starting to look up, does he have to show up?! Just when I started to believe that I could have it all.

“Have nothing to say to me? Well, I have to plenty to say to you, bitch.”

His heavy palm hits me between my breast first, knocking the wind from my lungs and my legs right out from under me.

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