Taken by the Billionaire (Deep Cover Book 1) by Sophia Reed

Author:Sophia Reed [Sophia Reed]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-19T16:00:00+00:00

23

Annie

I signed.

I wanted my life back. I didn't want to go back to fet. I'd never had an addiction before, except maybe coffee, and that wasn't something I was even serious about. I didn't like being dependent on something that I had to struggle to obtain. The idea that it was illegal was abhorrent because of its very addictive nature. To put human beings in such a catch-22 should be illegal. The manufacturers of such drugs had a duty to find the very thing Cole was searching for: Something to counteract the malignant aspects of the painkiller they'd created. So despite being in law enforcement, the illegality was more galling than morally upsetting. Plus, I didn't like risking my career and my relationships for an artificial pleasure.

There were other considerations as well. Buying fentanyl on the street meant the dosage changed, the strength, the purity. It could kill without any warning because one of those things changed. Because you got hold of something so much stronger than you expected. The people I had to buy from were the very people I was committed to putting away and that part of the moral quandary bothered me enormously.

Mostly, I hated being in thrall to anything. For the last several months, that had been fentanyl. For the time being, it would mean Cole St. Martin, at least until my life was no longer in danger.

My life was crap right now. I might have ruined my chances at a life with Mark. I might not even be certain that was what I wanted anymore. I'd become attached to the gang leader I'd gone undercover to take down and that messed with my head. My father, who was my hero, my role model, was having serious, life threatening health issues, with serious legal issues waiting in the sidelines.

Crap. But that didn't mean I didn't want it. A stubborn core inside me wanted to know how everything was going to turn out. Play out. How everything would change. Because it would. Nothing stays the same forever. Change is the only constant. When everything came around to the better side of the equation, I wanted to be there, functioning and healthy, to understand how and why it had changed and enjoy it.

I signed because I'd spent time looking for this man and even if I couldn't admit it to him, I was curious about everything he had to offer, and that didn't mean only the cure.

That might have been the scariest idea of all.

From the signing I was taken directly into one of the bigger houses on the compound. The short walk from the room where I'd met with Cole to the next building was in the sun, my feet scuffled on soft walkways that were warm from the sun.

It was pleasant. Until we got there.

Cole walked ahead of us. The men with guns walked behind me. I didn't see anyone else on my travels, but I had no doubt they were there. I also had no doubt that whoever they were, they were armed.

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