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… And now I want to give everything back to her.
“Is that bacon?”
Her voice drifts over my shoulder like a summer breeze.
When I turn around, I can’t help but smirk, no matter how hard I try to hide it.
She’s wearing one of my t-shirts. It’s practically a dress on her, and not a very revealing one at that—the bottom wanders far below her knees—still, it’s the sexiest thing I’ve ever fucking seen.
She’s the sexiest thing I’ve ever fucking seen.
“Don’t you like bacon?” I ask, leaning back against the marble counter.
“Sure, I do… but look,” she points a finger over my shoulder and I follow her gaze towards the French windows at the back wall. They peer out onto the Manhattan skyline, which has turned a stunning shade of orange and purple. “The sun is setting…” Before she can finish her thought, she loses herself in the sight.
I guess she hasn’t seen the outside world in a while now. It must be mesmerizing.
This is a particularly pretty sunset, especially as it sinks between the buildings across the street, but I only have one view I give a shit about right now.
Her.
“Beautiful, isn’t it?” I say, training my gaze back onto my pretty little captive.
She just nods.
“Maybe we can eat on the rooftop patio…”
My casual suggestion snaps her attention back to me. “You’d let me go outside? After what my men did to your city?”
“You had nothing to do with their crimes,” I grumble, remembering the chaos of this morning. I felt like such a failure. But now? Now, I’ve conquered the princess, and I feel like a fucking king again. Even my headache is gone.
“They did it to get me back,” Sophia whispers, her head dropping.
“Well, it isn’t going to work,” I say, walking over to her. With a gentle pinch, I take her soft chin between my fingers and force her gaze off of the floor and up onto me. “You’re mine, Sophia Xiphias. And I plan on keeping it that way.”
At first, her entire body seems to sink into me. But then the consequences of my declaration settle in, and a deep concern twists her pretty little face.
“They won’t stop.”
“Neither will I.”
Before we can share another word, a loud buzzing sound comes from back on the counter.
My fucking cell phone.
I take one last long look at Sophia before I release her chin and go to answer the call.
“Eat,” I order. Then I pick up my phone and walk around the corner for some privacy.
“Leonid?!”
It’s Valentina, she sounds panicked.
Immediately, the warm satisfaction washing through my body evaporates. My hackles rise.
“What is it?”
“Are you alright?”
