Page 25 of Flash (Iron Thunder MC 2)
I was standing directly over her, staring down into her glorious blue eyes.
“You’re going nowhere till I let you leave.”
She rolled her eyes and looked away from me. “What are you going to do? Lock me up?”
I had to clench my fists to control the sizzling anger she’d ignited in me. I never let chicks get under my skin like this, but there was something about this one. She knew exactly how to push my buttons and which ones to play with.
Her little heart-shaped mouth was pursed firmly shut. Didn’t she realize I wanted to fuck her when she looked at me like that?
But everyone was looking. We were making a fuckin’ scene.
“So what is it going to be, Flash? Are you going to lock me up?” She was pushing it, further and further. I lunged for her and she squealed. Picking her up in one quick sweep, I slung her over my shoulder. She banged her fists on my back and thrashed her legs about, but it was going to be no trouble for me to keep her under control. I overpowered her easily.
“Maybe that’s exactly what you need,” I grunted, just loud enough for both of us to hear. I carried her out of the main bar and headed for the stairs. She didn’t stop shouting and squirming, trying to get out of my grip. But she was going nowhere.Allegra fought me the whole way up the stairs and to my room. She struggled in my arms, screaming for me to let her go. But I needed answers. I needed to know why she was dressed like this. What she was doing flirting with a prospect at the bar. Why didn’t she just wait for me?
I flung her down on the bed and that was when she finally stopped. She seemed out of breath but just lay still, staring up at me. I took a few steps away from her. By now, I’d managed to calm myself too. I wasn’t a raging wild bull anymore.
“What the fuck is going on with you, woman?” I growled. She gulped and then slowly started to sit up in bed.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. What makes you think you know anything about me? What makes you think you can dictate my actions?”
“You’re dressed like a fuckin’ stripper!” I snapped, raising my voice to her again. I didn’t want us to fight. I wanted this fuckin’ argument to end—but seeing her back there, with another man’s hands all over her—had given me a sudden new perspective.
It was like she was breathing fire.
“At least I’ve just dressed like one,” she replied.
“What is that supposed to mean?”
“I know what your reputation is here, Flash. I know exactly what you do.”
“What are you talking about?”
“You slept with Sophie. Not once but many times. And she’s not the only girl around here you’ve brought up to this bed.”
I glared at her with my brows furrowed. This stuff had nothing to do with her.
“So fuckin’ what?” I growled.
“So what? So you brought me back to this place. Gave me a key to your room and expected me to wait for you…when I mean…I am just another chick you’ve picked up for the night.”
“I am trying to keep you safe here.”
“Yes, thank you, for the favor. I will forever be grateful to you for saving my life.” She didn’t sound very grateful now.
I went toward her and she turned her face away from me.
“Well, you’re right. I didn’t bring you back here just to keep you safe from your ex. I want you in my bed.”
“I don’t want to be in this bed. This is the last place I want to be. I can’t stand the thought of you…with all those other women.”
I scooped her up in my arms again. I held her close to me. She searched my eyes but kept her mouth pursed close.
“So you did this to piss me off? Get my attention?” I asked. She didn’t reply. “Well congratulations. You have my attention.”
She was still burning with rage. I could see that. I knew I would need to do more to calm her down. I needed her to be calm.
“We don’t have to be in this bed tonight, if that’s not what you want,” I said.
“So where will we go?” she asked.
“I have an idea.”
“Have you taken the others there too?”
“Will you shut up and just let me surprise you?” I grunted and pinned her even tighter to myself.10AllegraI was still angry. I hadn’t forgiven him for the stuff Sophie had told me about him. Despite the fact that I only knew this man for a little more than a day and I had no claim on him, I couldn’t help but feel jealous of all the other women who had got to sleep with him.
