Hayes: Retribution Kings Book 3 by Ella Miles

Author:Ella Miles [Miles, Ella]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 16

Hayes

Time is running out. I need to find Ruby. I need to fulfill my part of our plan. I need to figure out my Titus problem. My phone is buzzing with relentless calls from Gage. And there’s a missed call from an unknown number, which I suspect was Lennox risking everything by calling me.

And instead of dealing with any of my problems, I’m showing Lilith a tour of the mansion I brought her to.

She looks suspiciously around every room, like she’s waiting to be surprised by a Retribution King I’ve kept hidden to attack her.

As strong and as capable as she is, she’s equally afraid. The skills she’s picked up are all a defense mechanism. It’s something to protect her from the constant fear and trauma coursing through her veins.

We stop in the kitchen, which has a full array of professional-grade appliances and pans that I’m dying to use.

“What can I make you to eat?” I ask.

She raises her eyebrow at me and looks around the room. “You don’t have a chef on staff?”

I chuckle at that. “No, I don’t. I don’t have any hired help.”

A bewildered look crosses her face. “You can’t be serious. How do you clean, and cook, and keep up with this house without help?”

“Cleaning isn’t hard when you only use one or two rooms, and cooking I enjoy.”

“I don’t believe that you can cook more than a grilled cheese.”

I give her a devious grin. “Sit down and watch the master work.”

Twenty minutes later, I’ve made her the best damn grilled cheese she’s ever had, complete with a side of tomato bisque soup.

“Holy shit,” she stares at me with instant love in her eyes.

I chuckle, but then I’m used to that reaction. It’s what I do well. I cook, I please people, I make them grin in their darkest moments.

“You really weren’t kidding. This is the best thing I’ve ever tasted.”

I nod, watching her as she takes another bite of her grilled cheese. A soft moan escapes her lips, making my cock harden.

I want her. I want her more than fucking anything. I want to tell her everything, but I can’t. And after spending a couple of days apart while I figured out how to buy her away from those monsters, I realized the truth. I realized our truth and how this is going to fucking end.

There is no hope for me. It doesn’t matter if I complete my mission or not. It doesn’t matter what Titus decides. It doesn’t matter even if I make her fall in love with me these next couple of days. She’s going to hate me in the end for all the lies. There is no amount of love that will overcome the pain she’ll feel when she learns the truth.

Yet, I can’t tell her. I can’t save us all the trouble now. I can’t stop my heart from clinging to the tiniest bit of hope that something will change between now and whenever she finds out.

“What are you thinking about, master?” she asks.

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