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“Do you know what I’ve done to save you? To keep you safe, you ungrateful…” My jaw tightens as I work to keep my anger from getting the best of me. I reach into the shower and grip her wrist, tugging her up and out of the shower.
“Don’t touch me.”
I laugh derisively. “Not so long ago, you liked it when I touched you.”
She looks up at me, and this time, there isn’t fear. It’s more like confusion. Or disappointment. “What happened to you, Liam? Why are you part of the Mafia?—”
“Not anymore, sweetheart. I’m the Boss, and I deserve to be treated as such, especially in my own home. Especially after all I’ve given up to protect you.”
She shakes her head. “I never asked for your protection.”
“No. Niko did. On Elena’s behalf.”
“The FBI…”
“That’s gone now. This is who I am. You don’t have to like it. You can hate me all you want, Kate. But you will follow my orders.”
“Or what? You’re going to kill me just like you killed that man?”
“Which man? The man who kidnapped you? The man who drugged you. All the men who are looking for you now?”
She stares at me, and I hate how lost she looks. This is why I want to get her out and back into a normal life. She doesn’t belong here.
“How did this happen? How do I?—”
I hook my finger under the crook of her chin and lift it so she’s looking at me. “This isn’t your fault, but if you’re going to get out of this mess, you have to obey me. Do you understand?”
“Sometimes, I see you… the man I used to know.”
Alarms sound off in my head telling me to back away. I don’t want her to be afraid of me because that makes her do stupid things that put us all in danger. But I can’t have her looking at me like I’m her hero, either.
“The truth is, this is who I am. Whatever you thought I was, it was a lie. But I’m not here to hurt you. I’m here to protect you. You have to let me.”
She shakes her head. “No. You’re not a monster. Not deep down.” Her hand presses against my chest, and a longing so fierce fires inside me.
Back off, Liam. I can’t afford to succumb.
And yet, her scent… her heat… they’re like magnets, and I’m not strong enough to resist the pull.
My lips crush down on hers. An inferno erupts. The need to possess. The need to punish. The need for her to submit.
All of it collides as my mouth consumes hers. I expect her to fight me. I’m ready for it. I want it because I need something to make me stop.
But heaven help me, her fingers cling to my shirt and hold me to her. She moans against me, and that’s all it takes.
I maneuver her to the bed, my hands stripping her clothes off her. I’m not gentle. I don’t have enough control for that. I'm a starving man and she’s my feast.
I push her back on the bed as I tug my clothes off until I’m naked. My dick is hard, jutting out from my body like a fucking sword. There’s a moment when I look at her. It’s the moment that she can stop this. I will her to stop this.
But her gaze is on my dick. Passion flares in her eyes. The tether of my control finally snaps.
I crawl over her, holding her arms over her head as I straddle her body, holding her down. “You can’t defy me anymore, Kate. I won’t have it.”
“I’m not fighting now.”
Her words are an invitation. My heart squeezes tight, and I have a moment to rethink this whole thing. I should be gentle and giving. I should show some finesse. But to do that would be to acknowledge the storm of emotion raging inside me.
“Do you want me to fuck that sweet pussy of yours?
