Taken as Collateral by Piper Stone

Author:Piper Stone [Stone, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stormy Night Publications
Published: 2019-09-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Francesca

Michael handed me a glass of wine seconds before he grabbed his phone, forcefully punching in his code. I watched him, the way his fingers pressed the screen, even memorizing his damn code. He was still angry, the silence on the ride creating a stagnant pool between us.

He’d taken a picture of a folded piece of paper seconds after coming into the house.

“Grinder. I’m texting you a picture. We need to find this asshole.” He paced, darting a look in my direction then rubbing his brow. “And I need to know more about the contract on Francesca’s life. Rattle every fuckin’ cage you can. I want information. And I want Saltori.”

Ending the call, he continued to pace, cursing under his breath.

“Contract? Are you going to talk to me, explain?” I’d been stunned by his words, shaken to the very core. Now I was numb. “I don’t understand.” He’d refused to talk to me until we were safely locked behind closed doors. He stood at the window, staring out at the pool, as if none of this should bother me. Just another freaking day at the office. I almost laughed at the concept.

He’d learned there was a contract. He’d hunted me in the middle of a freaking forest. He’d spanked me. Fucked me. Spoken words as close to love as I’d ever heard.

Now... silence.

Damn the man, stoic in all manners. I wanted nothing more than to shake him, screaming at him for keeping me in the dark. He obviously hadn’t explained the truth of what was going on. Everything must have escalated. Hell, maybe he didn’t even know anything and was just guessing. Was it a way to keep me under lock and key? How was I supposed to cope with utter silence?

“Michael,” I attempted.

No answer.

I wasn’t entirely certain he was going to talk to me at all. Exasperated, I sat down, staring at the glass of wine in front of me, the one he’d ceremoniously poured as if alcohol would calm my fears. My stomach was churning, not only from the news but from the vehemence of his emotions.

His desire.

His dark needs.

The hard fucking had been wonderful. Amazing. I couldn’t help brushing my fingers across my lips. Every kiss was more intense than the one before. Every time he shoved his cock inside my pussy or my ass, the action was brutal, desperate with longing. He was a man dying of thirst, in need of a fix.

I was his drug.

And he was mine.

He wasn’t blinking, was barely breathing. “I can’t stand this. I can’t. What contract? What are you talking about?” I heard the desperate exasperation in my voice. I was chilled to the bone, my fingers tingling from numbness. I knew exactly what he was talking about, but I needed to hear the ugly details from him. I deserved it. No, I should demand he talk to me. As if that would break the ice that had formed around his emotions.

And his blackened soul.

“On. Your. Life.”

“Why?” I managed, struggling to even mutter the single word.

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