Blackmailed For Love

"You are staying here?"

Kristian asked as he brought his car to a stop in front of the hotel I was staying in.

I had denied him dropping me but of course he had insisted.

I nodded.

"It seemed safe and close to the office."

He nodded thoughtfully and asked, "Safe? Did something happen in that shithole that you had to leave so suddenly?"

3 I bit down on the inside of my cheek and cursed myself for giving that titbit away.

I said, "Like you said, it was a shithole."

He lifted his hand and I closed my eyes on instinct and when I opened them back, he was glaring at me.

"Have I ever hit you in the past?"

I shook my head.

"Then fucking remember it."

I nodded, "I have a meeting that I need to attend.

Do I need to make sure that you are not lying and in fact live here?"

He gestured behind me at the hotel.

I replied, "I am not lying."

He nodded once.

"Good.

I'll meet you tonight.

Be ready."

"Okay…"

I said softly and as I turned around to open my side of the door, his fingers around my elbow.

stopped me.

I turned to look at him.

"Yes?"

"Come closer."

Even before he finished saying those words, I was leaning close to him.

His fingers slipped at the back of my nape and he pulled me closer as his lips pressed on mine.

I softened in his hold and let him take control of the kiss.

God, I had missed kissing him and I could do it all the time.

1 He ended the kiss with soft pulls at my lips and when he leaned back I saw the dark look in his eyes and I was embarrassed to admit I was panting and flushing for more of his kisses.

With a soft curve to his lips that told me that he knew it, he leaned back and said, "Go, before I decide to take you back to my place or to your new bedroom to christen it."

4 I flushed warm and fumbled with the door before I opened it and stepped out of it.

I could feel his dark gaze on me as I entered the hotel.

For some reason my lips wanted to smile wide, I chalked it up to the fact that I was almost giddy with the news I wanted to share with my Mom and daughter.

They both would be so happy.

They would have a home.

A place where they would be safe and I wouldn't have to worry about them being in danger of the unknown or that scary stalker.

1 When I reached my hotel room, I could hear the sound of TV coming from inside.

opened

the foyer and walked into the sitting area with the TV on the wall

angel was so engrossed in her cartoon that she gave out a shriek of surprise when I grabbed her from behind and pulled her up in the

laughed and she

That's cheating… We

said, laughing and kicking her

into me and nuzzled her neck before

"I won.

the last time you surprised me

wiggled to turn around in my arms and I let her so I could

little arms wrapped around my neck and her legs wrapped around my waist as she looked at me and

am

will be very

I chuckled.

never be scary,

kissing her on the

"What is going on?"

asked as she came out of her

when I got her by

time I

ached with so much

forward to sit on the

I had bought after getting money from Kaden had helped in just a short time, telling me how much my mother needed to be taken care

little angel on my lap now looking at me and waiting for what I had to say,

found an apartment

my nape where she

looked at me with a disappointing frown and asked, "Do

"Yes."

answered and

close and cupped her

swear you will love

me curiously, not believing that anything wanted to cry because if she had been with her

wouldn't have seen the insides of peeled off walls and old age

in my throat as

"Yes…"

answered, touching my cheek in

till

do you

for me, biting down on her

will have

it

1 "Cars!"

She squealed.

I could

"You can…"

touched my arm, when I met her gaze I saw the questions

said, "Go… Get me the menus we

order pizza

"Yay!"

that she ran

another benefit of your

asked as she looked

"No.

It's not."

gave her a smile as I said, "You don't have

Everything is fine."

you doing something that you

She asked.

I just looked at her, not understanding

realization dawned and I choked out a laugh-

didn't know the answer

from her perspective then yes, yes I was selling my body for everything Kristian would give me, a home, my mother's health and a safe

that,

give

and hatred was over he would give me a chance to explain myself and we

but hope, even when that hope scared me because I would have to reveal his daughter to him and there was a possibility that he would

"Elsa?"

My mother questioned.

advance on my salary and rented the apartment, so we wouldn't have to go