Total pages in book: 37
Estimated words: 32429 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 162(@200wpm)___ 130(@250wpm)___ 108(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 32429 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 162(@200wpm)___ 130(@250wpm)___ 108(@300wpm)
I don't respond, staring at the paved ground.
"You need to get your head back in the game," Saul says.
"My head will be firmly back in the game after I get my dick inside that girl," I mutter to myself, hoping he didn't hear me, but from his knowing glare, I know he did.
"What do you want us to do with her?" He asks next.
"Well, first of all, nobody can know I took her, and nobody can tell her who I am. She's going to spend her time here blindfolded and tied up, because I can risk her finding out I'm the one who has her. As far as Tallulah Gunn knows, I'm my brother."
"You're pretending to be Xander?" Saul asks incredulously.
"I thought it was the only way to do things right. You know I need to punish Tallulah for everything she's done, and it'll be easier for me if she believes I'm somebody else. I can't hurt her as myself and I can't hurt her when her eyes are staring up at me with all that hope and desire she still has left after everything I did to her. Can you make sure nobody finds out that she's here? And on top of that, can you also make sure that Tallulah doesn't realize she's still with me? We need to convince her she's with Xander."
Saul sighs, rubbing his temples warily.
"I don't know how much more shit I'm going to have to take because of this girl. But you know by now I can't say no to you, padron. I will do whatever is necessary to keep the girl in the dark about her whereabouts and who she's with."
"Thank you," I bark, pointing to the pickup truck. "She's in there. You can take her in now. Just make sure she doesn't hear your voice or see anything. You can put her in one of the bedrooms. I want her to be comfortable. But make sure to take out all the furniture. Leave only a bed and a mirror facing it so I can watch myself fucking her-"
Saul raises his eyebrows at me.
"So you're still planning on fucking her?"
"Of course," I chuckle darkly. "That's the whole reason I took her. You didn't think I was gonna let some other men have her, did you?"
He shakes his head with a hearty laugh.
"I never thought you could give her up. Even when I was convincing you that you should walk away from her, I knew you never would. And like I told you, I'm okay with that. As long as the work we need to get done gets done. And soon enough, Xavier, we'll have to talk about your brother for real. We'll have to talk about the fact that we still haven't found Ivette and we still haven't killed her. She was your one bargaining chip against your brother, wasn't she?"
I nod. I don't know what to tell him. Ivette was the one hope I had for getting back at Xander for everything he did to me. But I've been soft on him since Tallulah came along. I can feel it deep within me that I can't bring myself to hurt another woman.
Even though I promised myself I would bring Tallulah to justice, I know I'm unable to harm a member of the opposite sex. It's just too difficult to imagine her pale skin blooming with bruises I inflicted, not unless she enjoys it, and begged me to put them there. But these thoughts are something I can't put into words and Saul seems to understand I need some time to think.
"Why don't you go to your office?" he suggests. "We'll make sure Tallulah is situated. And once you've calmed down, had a drink, maybe a smoke, you can come and visit her. Until then, I'll keep a guard watching over her at all times. Someone she doesn't know. Definitely not Julio."
"Definitely not," I bark. "And make sure the guard is outside of her room. I don't want anybody looking at her. She's still naked."
"Do you want us to give her any clothes?"
"No," I bark out instantly. "I want her to stay naked. She's going to be naked for the remainder of her stay with me. And only at the end of that while I decide how I'll proceed. If she breaks appropriately, I might keep her as a little fun little toy for my dick. But if she doesn't... well, I might as well let Xander have her because then she'll be useless to me."
"You're more ruthless than I thought," Saul chuckles. "I thought you had a soft spot for that girl. That you wouldn't let anybody hurt her."
"I have a soft spot for her as long as she's obsessed with me," I admit. "I want her to be fully devoted to me, admitting her love, shouting it from the rooftops and begging to be returned to me once she realizes that she's with Xander. I'm going to show her a world of pain. So she'll regret every decision she made that alienated us from one another."