Page 76 of His Forbidden Obsession

I held up my hands. “It’s just me. I knocked and called you.”

She set the knife down and pointed to her ears. “Headphones.”

So she was fine. She just hadn’t heard me. “I came to see if you wanted some dinner.”

She shook her head. “I made myself a sandwich a little while ago.”

“Lorenzo is making stir-fry. It smells really good.”

“Hmm,” she said. “That sounds good, but maybe I’ll eat some later. I’m trying to hack into my father’s security cameras, and I’m close.”

“Wait, how did you learn to be a hacker?”

“Some connections I made back home, videos on the internet, a little bit of innate computer skills. I thought it would be a useful skill.”

“That’s incredible. You must be as good as a professional if you can break into your father’s cameras.”

She shrugged. “Maybe. If I could’ve figured out a way to get paid and my father not suspect anything, I would have. But no, so far, I’ve only done this for myself.”

I realized Lorenzo was standing behind me when he said, “If you’re that good, then we might have a job for you when all this is over.”

She smiled. “We’ll see what happens. Now, go. I’ll let you know if I get in.” She shooed us out of the room.

The stir-fry Lorenzo made with chicken, broccoli, and peppers was as delicious as it smelled, and I was thrilled at the idea of Lorenzo cooking for us in different circumstances. If things worked out. If we all survived. If Lorenzo didn’t die while trying to protect me.

“What’s wrong?” he asked.

“I’m just thinking about what’s going to happen when we leave here.”

“I’ll handle it.”

“But how?” I wanted to believe he would, but no one crossed Remington Theriot and lived to tell about it.

“Don’t worry about that right now. I need to clean up, but then we’ll have to find something to do.” His salacious smile told me he already knew what he wanted to do. I loved the idea of more time in bed with him, but I was exhausted.

“I’m still tired from before.”

“We’ll see if you revive.”

He’d already come twice. “What kind of stamina level do you have?”

“Around you? Superhuman.”

I insisted on helping Lorenzo clean the kitchen. He said if I was really too tired for anything else, we could watch a movie.

When we were seated on the couch, I reached out, took the remote from him, and set it back on the tiny coffee table.

“You said you chose to come here with me instead of staying. Does that mean Remington didn’t send you?”

“At first, he expected me to stay and attack Ivanov with him, but after Alina showed up, he decided it was actually better for me to go with you. Ultimately though, it was still my choice.”

“You could’ve stayed with your brothers. I know how much you worry about them.”

“I could have, but they insisted they don’t need me protecting them. And you do.”

I felt a flutter in my chest. He’d chosen me. “I do.”

We sat in silence for a few moments. I could tell Lorenzo wanted to say something, but he was hesitating. “What is it?”