o

diating a potent, sexual energy. The closeness is suffocating, yet enticing, making my s

s forward and my nipples graze against his body, I find it hard

husky voice. A baritone voice that

mine, St

pell that trapped me in h

ies of our past romance floods in, and with tho

o create some distance between us. To my surprise, he allows himse

st is heaving with emot

l me that," I begin venom

rward with eyes

her?" I spit out the words, my tone dripping in disdain. "You're probably bored with her or maybe she's no longer pretty enough for

adness in Theodore's eyes but he quickly turns away and slow

more, but the deep sadness in his

take you back to the house," he says as he sits down and turns to face

at the convers

the elevator do I realize that, according to that contract I stupidly signed, I will have to deal w

iff, feeling vulnerable and out of place among the

g a hand reaches out from behind and d

nce, I look up, ready to confront whoever it is but my eyes widen in surprise when

her grip on my arm but she doesn't let go. Instead, her finge

ng to keep up with her pace but I am met wit

n unremarkable door marked 'storage

son sent those guards to bring you and I was worr

Xander opens the storage locker and shoves me insid

the dark space. I turn around about to bang on the door t

nded by cleaning supplies,

fucking snit

n to seeing your older broth

coming to lecture me about something," I say

been kidnapped by the rich fucker who owns this company." His tone is light,

ke the news. I at least thought I would have time to prepare him for it, but instead, now I have to f

drops to a whisper when I say, "I was em

y Theodore Thompson? The Theodore Thompson who bankrupted our fa

a dripping mess minutes ago really is. Shame washes me as I realise what

the fucking employer

fucking lang

self. "I didn't know he was the

lent as Kai stares at me skeptically.

p breath again. "I-I can't resign. I signed a

w m

ill only make things worse. "Mor

ng hel

I say unde

resolutely as he begins to walk out of the stor

Kai," I say firmly, trying to reason with him. "You can't

f he wasn't my brother. "If you didn't keep getting your

nore his reply and focus on stopping

what I do I won't be able to keep you ou

h of us lost in thoughts until a sly glint

ry about where this is

e access to

ve th

my reply, but he says nothing about my new

n find on Theodore Thompson's business dealings, and we'll se

his plan. "Kai, I'm not sure I

down together, Nova. We will