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“I’ll message you,” Chad says, giving me a half bow before turning and walking away. The second he disappears around the corner I sprint to the bathroom. Well, as fast as I can sprint in four-inch heels.
I stay in the bathroom for five minutes, giving Chad plenty of time to leave before exiting myself.
My phone buzzes as I take the back exit out of the restaurant, and I slip it out of my purse.
“Are you still alive?” Maddie asks the second I say hello.
“If I wasn’t, what would you do?”
“Burn the place down,” Maddie says immediately.
“Does Connor know you’re a bit of a pyro?”
“You know I’d do anything for you.”
“Good thing you don’t have to. The real Chad was as sweet as it gets. Now stop worrying and go make out with my brother or something.”
“Well, if you insist,” Maddie says.
“Gross. Bye!”
She hangs up and I shake my head. She had nothing to worry about. My date was attentive and kind. Everything I’ve ever wanted, yet way too good to be true. Which means it’s a lie. I’m not bitter. I’ve let go of the past Justin and I shared, but who's to say the next man I meet won’t lie to me too?
Somewhere down the line, the other shoe will drop. And I hope it doesn’t crush me when it falls.
I hear a scuffle behind me a split second before two beefy arms wrap around my middle and I’m smashed against a chest so solid it might as well be a wall.
“Help!” I shove against the wall holding me, dragging me deeper into the back alley. Whoever’s got me is severely mistaken if they think I’ll go easily. “Siri, call the police, The Rock is trying to kidna—”
A hand clamps over my mouth, right before I’m shoved into the back of a pitch-black van. I fall straight on my face in the darkness. My knees and cheekbone sting.
I think the other shoe just dropped.
Chapter 9
Amelia
Heavy footsteps follow me into the van and slam the door behind me. Before I can make a game plan for how to escape, a light bursts through the darkness and I’m momentarily blinded. But it wields no power over my mouth.
“Release me before I drop-kick you to the furthest planet. I hear the temperature on Pluto is…” My words die off when I register the man squatting in front of me.
It’s the detective. “You know Pluto’s not a planet anymore, right?”
“You shut your dirty rotten face.” I glare at him.
He shoots me a smug smile then stands.
It’s at this point that I notice the walls of the van.
The interior is completely black, except for one section which is made up almost entirely of screens. The opposite side holds a variety of weapons. A lot of weapons. Is he going to kill me? I don’t know how the government works behind the scenes, but I wouldn’t put it past them. Then again, he never said he was a cop. In fact, he said he wasn’t, even though he was armed with deadly weapons. His gun and his kisses.
He’s a spy.
No, an assassin sent to kill me. If I wasn’t terrified, I’d ask for an autograph. How many times in my life will I meet a real assassin?
The door to the van opens and I look over my shoulder in time to see a woman sneak inside. It’s her. The waitress who walked me to my car the night I kissed this man. Of course, she’s in on it. I knew she was trying to get rid of me.
“You.” I point at her. “You lied to me.”
