Taken by the Hitman: A Bad Boy Mafia Romance (Alexis Abbott's Hitmen Book 7) by Alexis Abbott & Alex Abbott

Author:Alexis Abbott & Alex Abbott [Abbott, Alexis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pathforgers Publishing
Published: 2016-12-02T23:00:00+00:00

12

Rosie

The night we arrived back home after the hotel heist, I was too pumped up on adrenaline to sleep, and luckily Konstantin dutifully obliged my enthusiastic chattering. We stayed up until the wee hours of morning, the Bull patiently listening to my ranting re-cap of the night’s action while I paced back and forth across the kitchen floor. Even in my state of post-danger high, I couldn’t help but pick up on his quiet amusement as he watched me, those gray eyes following my every movement with a twinge of warm fondness. I was still dumbstruck at the fact that we both just participated in an actual jewel heist of cinematic proportions, but Konstantin seemed much more interested in me.

It’s strange; as intimidating and dangerous a man as he is, I rarely feel even a hint of fear around him. I am a very intuitive person. I have learned how to read people’s moods and body language so well, I’m very nearly psychic at this point. I can sense trouble brewing a mile away, and my instincts have very rarely steered me wrong. I am pragmatic, sensible, and realistic about the world and what it has to offer me — which, in my experience, has not been a whole lot of good. And despite his enormous stature, his gun, his nickname, his vocation, and the dark circumstances under which we met, I find myself oddly at ease with him.

This is especially bizarre when I take into account how very rarely I am ever at ease, period. My life has been one long, serpentine path through hardship after hardship, and after everything I’ve been through, I don’t really ever… relax. I don’t allow myself the luxury. Living with the volatile whirlwind of capricious destruction that is my father, I have learned to sleep with one eye open, to constantly look over my shoulder. If not for my own sake, then to better protect Daisy and Sunny.

But with Konstantin, I don’t hear that usual alarm bell ringing in the back of my mind. I don’t clench my jaw and tense my shoulders. I don’t feel like I have to cushion my words and guard my true emotions to the same extent I usually do. I mean, I don’t think I will ever be able to fully relax around anyone, or even by myself. The things I have seen and suffered through for the past eight years, especially, have probably scarred me for the rest of my life. However, it does shock me just how quickly I am adjusting to being around the Bull. By all rights, I should fear him. I should despise him. After all, it is partially his fault that I’m stuck here instead of back at home taking care of my sisters. (Though, to be fair, most of the blame is firmly situated on the shoulders of Frank Barnes.)

Of course, the fact that Konstantin has given me space, freedom, and limitless resources to make myself more comfortable in my new environment certainly helps.

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