Tempt Me by Tara Wyatt
Author:Tara Wyatt [Wyatt, Tara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
17
WHITNEY
We drive the short distance from the coffee shop to the Kings of Hellâs Kitchen headquarters in complete silence, my mind swirling with everything thatâs happened over the past hour. My dad is a criminal, and a dangerous one, and apparently he means me some kind of harm. Killian is pretending to be my boyfriend to protect me, like Iâm a piece of property two men are competing over. I should like it, but I donât. I donât want pretend. I want the freedom to choose for myself.
It feels like a scenario out of a book, one Iâd very much like to read, with the brooding, sexy hitman protecting the heroine.
Living it, on the other handâ¦definitely not as great. I feel like Iâm caught in the middle with no voice. No say. I donât even understand what the hellâs going on.
We pull up to an Art Deco style high-rise on West 50th, and Killian turns down a small, almost unnoticeable alleyway right beside it. Thereâs a downward slope, and then suddenly, a sleek metal door is opening, and he takes us into the underground parking. The door slides shut behind us, and we arrive at another gate. Killian powers down his window and punches a long string of digits into the keypad nestled into the concrete wall, and the gate lifts, letting us through. He navigates through the labyrinthine space easily, parking and then coming around to open my door for me.
âItâs like Fort Knox in here,â I say, and I have this creeping sense of dread. Like Iâm about to be whisked into witness protection or something.
âAt least youâll be safe here.â
âAs opposed to?â
But he doesnât answer, intensifying that sense of dread making my stomach feel like itâs dropping to the ground.
I start to step down from the SUV, but my legs are shaky, and I stumble slightly. Killianâs there, sliding an arm around my waist, and it makes me think of the night we met. It feels like so long ago now.
âThanks,â I breathe, my heart shaking in my chest from the adrenaline.
âYou donât need to thank me,â he says, moving a little closer. His eyes are dark and hungry, and God, I want to feed him. âIn fact, if you knew the shit in my brain, you wouldnât.â
I slide my hand up his chest. I canât get enough of how solid and warm he is. How safe I feel surrounded by him. Itâs like coming home to something I didnât even know I was missing.
âWhatâs in your brain, Killian?â
He dips his head, his breath ghosting over my ear. âYou.â
I make a small whimpering sound, but then he pulls away and takes my hand, leading me to an elevator in the far back corner.
Killian scans his thumbprint to call the elevator, and it arrives soundlessly to whisk us up to the lobby. I realize then that the building doesnât have any front doors facing the street. Itâs sealed up tight, so that no one who isnât supposed to be here can get in.
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