Where Darkness Lies by Bella Jewel

Author:Bella Jewel [Jewel, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Suspense, Adult, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781612184920
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2014-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

Hendrix leaves after we eat something together. I hold back the tears as he walks out the door, promising to keep tracking me. He’s placed a device on my phone that will allow him to follow me if he needs to get to me at any time. He’s given me a month to change his mind, otherwise he’s coming back in to take me out. No doubt Dimitri too.

I sit on the bed and lean against the soft pillows. My mind won’t sway from Dimitri, and my heart won’t stop aching. He hurt me. He doesn’t realize how much. I know I have to call him, though, because he will turn this city upside down trying to find me if I don’t. I pull out the phone and stare down at the thirty missed calls on the screen.

With a deep breath, I lift the phone and dial his number, pressing it to my ear.

“Where the fuck are you?” he barks the minute he answers.

“If you’re going to talk to me like that, I’m not telling you.”

He’s silent and takes a deep breath. “Jess, where are you?”

I give him the address for the hotel.

“How did you get into a hotel?”

I hesitate. Shit, I never even thought of that.

“I, um, knew my credit card details by heart. They accepted it.”

“Yeah,” he says hesitantly. “Well, I’ll be there in a bit.”

“Okay.”

I hang up the phone and place it beside me, then I lean back into the pillows. I honestly don’t know what I’ll feel when I see Dimitri. My chest is constricting, my heart is pounding, and my head is telling me Hendrix is right. I close my eyes and focus on taking a few deep breaths. It’s important I don’t break down, that I approach Dimitri right about all this.

Or I’ll fail—and failing isn’t an option.

“Jess!”

I jerk my eyes open, and it seems like half an hour has passed in a blur. I must have drifted off. I stumble out of the bed and hurry to the door, swinging it open. Dimitri is standing, wearing a pair of faded jeans, a tight black tee, and unlaced boots. It looks like he’s just thrown some clothes on and run out. I stare up at his face, and gasp. His eye is black and his jaw is bruising.

“You’re hurt.”

He shrugs. “It happens. Can I come in?”

I nod, pushing the door open. He steps in, glancing around the room before turning to me.

“We need to talk.”

“Yeah,” I whisper. “I know.”

I sit on the edge of the bed and he stands in front of me, shoving his hands into his pockets.

“I fucked up, Jess.”

I look up at him with wide eyes. “What?”

“I said I fucked up. I should have killed that son of a bitch without hesitation.”

I look away, feeling my cheeks heat. “Your revenge came first, Dimi.”

“Yeah, but I said I fucked up.”

I look up at him, and he stares right into my eyes. I can see the regret there. I sigh and rub my hands over my legs.

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