Love the Way You Lie by Skye Warren

Author:Skye Warren [Warren, Skye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: coming of age, relationships, mafia, mob, hero, alpha, dark romance
Publisher: Skye Warren
Published: 2015-03-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

It’s close to dawn when I climb down the fire escape, careful not to rattle the metal too much. I’ll have to hurry to make it back to Clara in time. That’s the excuse I have for leaving without waking him up. Okay, I’m not just leaving. I’m sneaking away. But Kip is asleep. I must have drifted off at some point too.

It will be easier for both of us if I’m gone when he wakes up. We aren’t going to run away together. This isn’t a fairy tale. I won’t make the same mistakes my mother did. I know better than to trust a man.

I know better than to love one.

Candy is leaning against the brick wall. She takes the cigarette from her lips and blows smoke in my direction. She looks me up and down, clearly unimpressed by what she sees. “Didn’t we tell you not to get involved with the customers?”

Of course they did—and the worst part is, they’re right. There’s no way this ends well for me. “I’m not involved,” I lie.

She laughs, low and bitter. “Doesn’t get more involved than fucking outside the club. Let me guess, he didn’t have to pay you for that one. That was just for fun.”

I flinch because I hadn’t even thought to ask for payment. What we did suddenly feels cheap. And that’s what it is…cheap. “Stop,” I whisper.

“Is that what you told him?” Her voice is taunting, her eyes whip-sharp. I’ve never seen her like this. I can only think I’ve earned her wrath for ignoring her advice. For keeping my secrets.

“We just talked.”

A roll of her pretty eyes. “I heard you up there.”

My face burns with embarrassment. I climaxed up there, not nearly quiet enough. I enjoyed myself up there, and maybe that’s the most embarrassing of all. I finally figured out how amazing sex could be, and it was on the roof of a strip club.

I hear the metal clang, and then Kip is working his way down. He’s got his shirt back on and his jeans and his boots, and damn does he look good in them.

Then I glance at Candy and realize she caught me checking him out. I blush, even though I think it’s bullshit. The men can ogle us all night long, but I’m not supposed to appreciate a fine masculine body?

He nods at Candy, his voice rough from sleep. “Morning.”

She snorts. “Get yourself a free fuck, did you?”

“That’s not how I would’ve put it, no,” he says, though he doesn’t seem surprised by her sharp words.

“I bet.”

“You have a problem with me?”

“Several, actually.” She smirks. “I know who you are.”

Her words sink in like ice through my skin. She knows something about Kip that I don’t. Unless she’s lying. But his expression goes completely blank, stripped of emotion. And I know it’s real.

“Good for you,” he says, just as flat.

Her gaze slides over to me, her eyes way too innocent to be real. “Does she know you’re related?”

“What are you talking about?” I ask.

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