Total pages in book: 15
Estimated words: 13411 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 67(@200wpm)___ 54(@250wpm)___ 45(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 13411 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 67(@200wpm)___ 54(@250wpm)___ 45(@300wpm)
I cocked my head to the side the slightest bit before smirking, even though she couldn’t see it behind my helmet. I’d let her stew until I got home. And then, I’d shoot her a text, inviting her over, which would leave the ball in her court.
It was clear what she wanted from me. We’d both been ready to kill last night, and only one of us had gotten the opportunity to do so. Now, I bet she had a lot of pent-up energy in her bloodstream that she needed to release, and I was all too fucking willing to let her use me.
Solace
I stared up at my bedroom ceiling, wondering if I’d made a mistake or made the right choice in letting Julian ride off back home. He was attractive as fuck, and he’d been so good to my mom tonight. And honestly, any man who had patience for her, especially when she asked so many questions and did everything in her power to paint him as a hero, was instantly a good man in my book.
Julian was a murderer—more than likely a serial murderer at this point in his life. He couldn’t take a fucking thing serious, and he wore that cocky ass smirk of his like it was painted onto his lips. But when he thought no one was paying attention, his mask slipped, and he looked as void and dead as I was sure his victims looked when he was done with them.
Why was I attracted to that? I should want someone that was emotionally available after how my father had treated my mother while I was growing up. But despite Julian’s lack of emotional development, I knew without a shred of doubt that he’d never hurt me like that. Even when I’d damn near almost killed him, he hadn’t harmed me. He’d simply put me in a chokehold, then tied me up. Fuck, when I came to while he was still upstairs, I was on the couch, and he’d even put a pillow beneath my head.
That meant he was considerate… right? I was probably reaching far and wide for reasons I should like him besides the fucked-up reasons I did, but I wanted him.
My phone buzzed beside me on the bed. Sighing and hoping it wasn’t Grim asking me to take on a job already, I grabbed my phone.
Julian’s name stared back at me.
Quickly, I unlocked my phone and opened his message.
Julian:
If you want me, come to me.
He’d included his address, his building code, and his apartment code. I had no doubt he’d change it by morning if I didn’t show. Hell, even if I did decide to show up, he’d change the codes anyway so his apartment wasn’t compromised.
Fuck, even I changed my codes weekly. No one in this business got too comfortable.
I reread his message again two more times before huffing and rolling out of bed. He’d put the ball in my court, and fuck it, I was taking it while I had the opportunity. If he intended for this to just be a one-night stand… well, we’d see about that.
If that was the case, he was going to find out it wasn’t so easy to get rid of me.
CHAPTER 9
Julian
Itilted my head back, letting the hot water from the shower run over my face. I’d sent my message to Solace an hour ago, and when she left me on read and didn’t respond, I took her silence for what it was.
She had no plans of showing.
That didn’t mean I would stop chasing her. I would just give her space tonight. I was a predator, and I was damn good at stalking my prey. I knew how to wait them out. It was literally what I got paid to do. Learn everything about them, then pounce when they least expected it.
And I had every intention of doing so to Solace Dukes.
Something about her had stuck out to me the moment I spotted her in Stewart’s office that day. I’d pushed her out of my mind because I had a job to do and figured I’d never see her again. But now, she had my number, her mom absolutely loved me, and she was tied to the Savage Crows MC for life.
There was nowhere for her to run. Because even if she did try to run, Grim and Copper would send me after her.
There was no escaping me. It was only a matter of time before I got what I wanted from her.
The shower door was suddenly pulled open, and I opened my eyes, turning my head to look at the naked beauty in front of me. Every single bit of her beautiful body was exposed. I licked my lips as I ran my eyes over her, reaching up to slick my drenched blonde hair back from my face. “Thought you weren’t coming,” I rasped.