PITCHBLACK by Vi Carter

Author:Vi Carter [Carter, Vi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CARTER BOOKS

CHAPTER TWENTY

WILLOW

Outside, the air is nice, but all I want to do is go back to Rian. Things feel strange, with Blitz walking beside me. Being away from Rian also allows me to clear my head and remember that I need to end things with him. Once I know he’s okay, I’ll start allowing that to sink into my system.

“So you and Rian?” Blitz asks.

“No, we aren’t together.”

Blitz nods while stuffing his huge hands in his pockets and extracting a pack of cigarettes. He lights one up and offers one to me. I’ve never smoked before, and I’m not about to start now.

“No, thanks.”

“You sure looked like you were together.” Laughter fills Blitz’s words.

“I thought you saw nothing,” I remind him while folding my arms across my chest.

He shrugs and smokes his cigarette. We walk around the building to the far side. Rian’s Bentley comes into view, and we stop near it.

“Should we check on him?” I ask, knowing I sound needy.

Blitz covers up a grin. “Nah, he’ll come out here when he’s ready.”

I take another look at Blitz. “How long have you been working for Rian?” I’m not sure he will answer me, but he surprises me.

“We met when we were kids. I was being bullied, and Rian beat the shit out the kids who hurt me.”

“You were bullied?” That is a hard pill to swallow.

“I wasn’t always this big. Rian protected me, and he has never stopped.”

“You don’t look like you need protecting anymore.” I’m trying to lighten the mood.

“Rian’s protection comes in many forms.”

I stop walking. “Like what?”

The door to the side of the building opens, and Rian steps out. His black clothing fits his large frame snuggly. I can’t stop the reaction that he sends through me. This isn’t good. The moment he steps up to me, he places a kiss on my lips like Blitz isn’t standing right beside us. It’s like he thinks we are a couple.

“I’m going to take Willow home. Fox is in the office.”

Blitz crushes the cigarette under his boot. “See you, Willow.”

I give him a tight smile before turning to Rian’s car. I need to put some distance between us.

“You need to rest,” I tell him the moment I get in and put on my seatbelt.

“I’d offer to drive; only I don’t know how.”

“You don’t drive?” This seems to surprise Rian.

“Never learned.” I quickly say before he asks why.

He starts the car, and I can’t look at him. He looks pale. “You need to rest.”

“Are you going to nurse me back to health?”

My body ignites at the thoughts of getting to see Rian naked again. I stare out the window knowing this isn’t going to go smoothly.

“What we did was a one-time thing. It won’t be happening again.” Silence fills the car, and I take a quick peek at Rian. His white bandage is turning red as he grips the steering wheel too hard.

“Rian, your hand.”

He loosens his grip, but he must have reopened the wounds. He doesn’t fight me, and I hate the disappointment that courses through me.

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