Total pages in book: 156
Estimated words: 160192 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 801(@200wpm)___ 641(@250wpm)___ 534(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 160192 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 801(@200wpm)___ 641(@250wpm)___ 534(@300wpm)
God, that one was still her favorite.
She’d been the ruler of kingdoms, flown on unicorns, sailed the seven seas, and been grounded for forgetting to do her homework.
People would think it weird that the latter was the thing she’d longed for most.
And now she was here, behind an invisible shield that didn’t exist, making a fool of herself in front of two men that didn’t want her anymore.
“Can I go now?” she said quietly.
“Go? Go where?” Jared asked as he sat on his butt.
Shoot. Couldn’t he just arrange a taxi and then leave her alone?
“Leave.”
“You want to leave?” North asked.
“Now?” Jared added.
“Yes.”
They shared a look. Probably one of relief.
“Baby, why do you want to go now? Was it because of what happened? Did it scare you?” Jared asked.
“Why would it scare me?” she asked, puzzled.
“I don’t know,” Jared replied. “But that’s the only reason I can think of for you wanting to leave now.”
“I want to go before you tell me to go. Because leaving on my own terms is easier than dealing with being rejected. I hate being rejected.”
“Why would you think we’re rejecting you?” Jared asked.
This was an odd conversation. Shouldn’t they be jumping at the chance to get rid of her?
“Aren’t you?” she asked. “Don’t you want me to go? Isn’t that what you were discussing in the bathroom?”
“Someone likes to jump to conclusions. And run before she gets the full facts. That’s going to get her into trouble,” North said.
She glared up at him. “It will not.”
“Next time you run, you’re getting your butt warmed,” North told her.
“We actually feel the complete opposite,” Jared added. “See, baby girl, we’re keeping you. I know I said you could leave, but the fact is that I don’t want you to. And I always get what I want. So you now belong to us. You will stay here with us and I don’t want to hear any arguments. Am I clear?”
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North didn’t know why but when Jared grew all arrogant and bossy it always turned him on.
Or maybe you’re just perpetually turned on at the moment.
That could be it, too.
Angie seemed to have been struck quiet. He wondered if she found Jared’s arrogance a turn-on?
She’d stuck her fingers back into her mouth as Jared spoke, but there was fire in her gaze as she glared up at him.
“Umnhoihghsd,” she said around her fingers.
“What was that?” Jared asked with a raised eyebrow. “Either you pull your fingers out and use your words or you don’t speak at all.”
“I know which one I’d prefer,” North drawled.
“Not sure that sucking on your fingers is the most hygienic option,” Jared commented.
“We could get her a ball gag,” North suggested.
“I was thinking more along the lines of a pacifier.”
Huh.
Well, he guessed that made sense. North went to grab his phone from his pocket and realized he didn’t have it. He didn’t even have pockets since he’d only pulled his boxers on.
“I will look into it,” he said.
Jared crooked a finger at Angie. “Come here.”
She frowned.
“Come. Here. Angie.” Jared’s voice was firm and low. A clear command.
North waited to see what she would do. But she seemed unable to resist as Jared held out his hand.
Or perhaps she didn’t want to resist.
North understood that.
She took his hand and held onto her two toys with the other arm as he helped her out and onto his lap.
Then he wrapped her up in his arms.
“Happy, Your Lordship?” she asked.
“I am,” Jared replied.
It was time for him to leave. He was interfering in something that had nothing to do with him.
“Where do you think you’re going?” Jared asked as North turned and walked to the door.
He turned back. He had his cock firmly under control.
But only just.
That bastard was seconds away from getting hard again. North never needed much downtime. But seeing the two of them sitting on the floor, Jared in his naked glory and their girl in the pajamas North had bought for her . . . yep, he was close to getting hard again.
North stared down at them both. “I have some things to do.”
“Like what?” Jared challenged.
“I was going to order her a pacifier. Was there anything else?”
“That can wait,” Jared told him firmly. “From now on, no one is running. Got me?”
North wasn’t so easily commanded as the girl in his arms who seemed to be falling asleep. “I’m not the one that keeps running.”
“Aren’t you?”
“Looks like she needs to sleep and you know I don’t sleep with anyone. I’ll see you in the morning.”
Leaving them was one of the hardest things he’d ever had to do. And considering the shit he’d done in his life that was saying something.
What the fuck was he going to do?
He drew out his phone and stared at his messages to V, his handler.
They’d all gone unanswered.
Fuck.
That wasn’t good.