Page 36 of Reckless Roulette


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Kade watches me for a moment, and I realize that maybe I’m destroying his soul by being too familiar with him. Maybe domestic stuff hurts his very being, but if I’m getting stuck watching his ass, I’m not planning on starving while doing it.

“Okay.”

“Okay?” I ask.

He nods slowly. “Yeah. Okay. That… sounds… decent.”

I grin at him as I realize it’s killing him inside to be decent. “How do you feel? Do you feel better being a respectable human being?”

“Not in the slightest.”

“You like it, and you know it. Let’s get breakfast and head out, then.”

“What are you going to do?”

“I have a job,” I say.

Kade hesitates, his attention clearly caught on that. “What kind of job?”

“A job to kill a man.”

“How?”

“Does it… matter?” I ask.

He seems uncertain about this before looking away. “What happens if you get killed… and can’t help me?” he settles on.

I stare at him in disbelief. “Are you… are youworriedabout me?” Oh my god, this man haschanged. Is he… dare I even say that he’s beingcute?

“Not in the slightest, I have no idea what would give you that idea. I just need you around to complete this job for me. Harker told me to use the power of my penis to seduce you into saving me, so you need to get ready for that.”

He says it so deadpan that I immediately start laughing. “Oh my god. Of course Harker did. I love it. Okay... I’ll be prepared for this level of seduction.” Because last night… that wasn’t Kade trying to seduce me. No… the look he gave me… it was like I was driving him crazy, and why? I don’t even know what about me could when he’s so used to people who are nothing like me.

“Just… don’t die or it’ll be annoying for me.”

And he believes romance is dead. “I promise I’ll be careful. It’s an easy job. I’m shooting someone from very far away, and they have absolutely no idea I’m coming. I’ll be done and out within an hour or two. And you will stay put in the casino the entire time?”

“Yes, sir,” he says with a sarcastic undertone.

“No, that’s my pleasure name. You don’t use it outside of pleasure time.”

He steps up into me and places a finger under my chin. “I can make it pleasure time.”

I consider this for a moment, which is not what he was expecting. Clearly, he assumed I would dive right in, but it’s no fun if I don’t make him work for it a bit.

“With you?” I ask.

“Of course with me. Who the hell else?”

“Hmm… I just… I feel like it was only a day or two ago that you were… saying so much evil shit to me, you remember that?”

“Not at all,” he says, lips close to mine. “Did that even happen? I don’t think it did.”

“I’m positive it did. You called me nerdy, then ridiculed my clothes and my beautiful games.”

Kade seems to contemplate this, trying his absolute hardest to get me to cave while refusing to admit he’d done any of that. He thinks he’s going to getmeto kisshim, but I won’t. I like teasing him because really, isn’t the reward best when one has to work for it?

“Why do you drive me crazy?” he asks before taking the lead and pressing his lips against mine. I part my lips, giving him what he wants since I want it too. I need to feel more of him, but I also feel like this is too risky. He’s proven he’s not a complete dick, but could it be a show? Could he just want to use me for his own gain?

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