What He Sacrifices (What He Wants, Book Fourteen) (An Alpha Billionaire Romance) by Ford Hannah

Author:Ford, Hannah [Ford, Hannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-07-09T05:00:00+00:00

Copyright 2015, Hannah Ford, all rights reserved. This book is a work of fiction, and any resemblance to any persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

CHARLOTTE

My head began to pound. The blood rushed through my body, faster and faster, becoming more intense with each beat of my heart. My veins expanded and pulsed, and my temples throbbed. The panic rolled in like a tide, threatening to overtake me, and I forced my mind to move faster in an attempt to stay ahead of it.

I felt completely disconnected from my body, like what was happening to me wasn’t real. For a brief second, I imagined myself as the heroine of a movie, caught in some twisted situation with the villain.

In the movie, I would be in danger, but I would get myself out of it.

In the movie, I would be okay.

In real life, I knew I was in deep, deep trouble.

Suddenly, inexplicably, a crazed-sounding giggle escaped my lips.

“You think this is funny?” Professor Worthington spit. His hands were wrapped around the wheel of his car as he zipped down back streets and weaved in and out of traffic, sideswiping cars as he moved through the dark alleys of the city.

“No.” I shook my head. I didn’t think it was funny. The panic was rising, trying its best to pull me under and drown me as the reality of my situation became horribly clear.

Think, I told myself. Think, Charlotte.

My eyes flicked to the window. I wondered if I could signal to someone outside that I needed help. But the car windows were tinted, which would make seeing inside the vehicle impossible. The professor was intentionally choosing streets that were dark and deserted, the kind of streets you saw in old gangster films about New York City, with steam coming up from the manholes and trucks blocking the view of the buildings.

I moved my gaze back inside the car.

I knew from the countless case studies I’d done that victims had a better chance of getting away from their captors if they tried to fight back. Either the perpetrator would decide it wasn’t worth the hassle, or the victim would escape. Once you allowed yourself to be taken to a different location, your chances for survival went down drastically.

“I’ve been watching you, you know,” Professor Worthington said. His tone was calm and smooth, the same tone he used when he was giving a lecture or leading a debate.

“What?” I asked, startled.

“Since the beginning of the semester. I’ve been watching you.” He glanced at me out of the corner of his eye, and I made sure to keep my gaze focused toward the front windshield. The last thing I wanted was for him to know I was searching the car for something that could help me.

“Watching me? Why?”

“I knew you were special.” He checked the rearview mirror, making sure no one was following us. The traffic was surprisingly light for this time of day, and I wondered where he was taking me. Did he have

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