Total pages in book: 155
Estimated words: 146417 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 732(@200wpm)___ 586(@250wpm)___ 488(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 146417 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 732(@200wpm)___ 586(@250wpm)___ 488(@300wpm)
How slow could she go? “I was surprised you didn’t clear out my accounts when you had the chance.”
“Beck blocked me. I’m sure he was planning on finding you and getting his hands on it. He went to your banks with a couple of lawyers and made sure the government wasn’t able to access the funds. But now I’ve lifted the freeze on your accounts, and we can march right down to the bank and transfer the funds. We’re going to need them for our new life.”
“In the Philippines.” The grip on her arm was starting to hurt. She wished she knew the land better. They were surrounded by trees. She was certain they were heading southeast, away from the lake. They couldn’t be far from the house. It hadn’t taken them more than ten minutes to walk down to the pier.
If she ran, would he kill her? She’d been perfectly willing to die seven years before when he’d had her in that limo. There had been a part of her that had been disappointed Beck had stopped her from finishing it. Her life had seemed like such a misery at the time.
She didn’t want to finish anything. She wanted to watch her son grow up, wanted her second or third or fourth chance with Beck.
“In the beginning we’ll stay there.” Levi stopped and forced her to look up at him. “I’ve got plans. Don’t think I can’t take care of you.”
“It sounds like I’ll be taking care of you.” She couldn’t let him get her in the car. She had to time this so they wouldn’t go back for Tasha, wouldn’t be close enough to the house to catch one of the kids. But she wanted her shot at surviving, and that meant delaying the moment when they got her to the road.
“I don’t think you’ll mind.” He actually had the balls—or the insanity—to brush her hair back. “I think we’re going to get along quite well this time around. This time Beck won’t be between us, and you won’t lie to me about anything.”
“Because you’re going to drug me and turn me into some kind of zombie?”
One side of his mouth kicked up in an arrogant grin. “Not at first. Remember when I said I wasn’t going to torture you? I changed my mind. You kept Ezra Fain from me for years. You hid that fucker when he was mine to deal with.”
“Ezra wasn’t a bad man. He was in trouble and you manipulated him.” It was what Levi did. He saw a weakness and used it to his own advantage.
“He chose to do the things he did, and I need you to understand that I can’t let him live.” He started walking again, his grip tightening. “You won’t mourn him. Like you won’t mourn Beck. Or that brat of a kid. I’m not stupid. I know you’re playing me for time. You’ve run out of it. I’m taking you back to my safe house where I’ll properly punish you for your infractions and then we’ll start our new life. You think I haven’t had to start over again? I’ve done it more than once and I always come out on top, Solo.”
“Don’t call her Solo,” a deep voice said. A familiar voice. A heavenly voice. Beck stepped out from behind a big oak, his SIG in his hand. “She’s not alone.”
Her breath caught as she realized she wasn’t. Beck hadn’t come alone. Somehow they’d moved in behind them. Rob and Tucker. Owen and Jax. Theo. They all moved out of the woods, surrounding Levi and the two mercenaries he’d brought with them.
“Lay it down and walk away.” Theo had his gun trained on the man flanking her right. “You should understand my brother is back at the lake holding his daughter. The only reason I’m letting you go is he’ll kill you, and the last thing he needs is more blood on his hands. You better be fucking happy you used a tranquilizer on her, and I would suggest you watch your back for the rest of your life.”
“And you,” Beck ordered. “My friends will escort you out of here and I better not see your faces again. That was my wife your boss was kidnapping.”
Both the mercenaries dropped their guns and held their hands up.
“Tell Taggart it was a job and we didn’t know it was him.” The man Owen was guarding had gone pale.
“We can tell him. Doesn’t mean he’ll believe it,” Owen replied. “Only reason you’re not going down is it’s harder to bury three bodies than one.”
Levi had pulled her close, putting his gun to her head. “I don’t think you’re burying anyone. Unless you want to put Solo in the ground with me. It would be fitting. You should know that I’ll have her in the afterlife, too, Beck. She was always meant for me.”