Page 43 of Sinful Seduction

Beau sat up a bit.“Stop, Diego.”

His gaze turned to her.“Remember that spanking we talked about a couple of weeks ago?”

Jayla looked nervously between the men and nodded.

“You’re going to get one pretty damn soon, sweetness.”

“Don’t call me that,” she spat out and then took a step back when Beau stood to his full height.

“I know my hands are itching to redden your ass.I imagine Diego wants a shot at you, too.”

Jayla wiped angrily at a stray tear she hadn’t been able to pull back.“What do you want?”she yelled in a gruff tone.

“We want to know why you ran?”

Jayla’s mouth dropped open before snapping shut.“I ran?I didn’t see or hear from you guys for days.You’re the ones that ran, and now I need you to please leave.”

“Okay, what about the courthouse?You knew we were there.Why didn’t you wait for us?”Beau asked her.

“I’m not strong enough at the moment to deal with you guys.”

Diego stuck the knife back in the holder at his waist.“You’re really not going to ask where we’ve been?”

Jayla couldn’t say the words without losing it, so she just shook her head.

“Did you love us at all?”Beau asked.

“What?God, you guys are unbelievable.”She didn’t even try to stop the tears now.“Why are you making this my fault?Did you ever love me?You never said the words.”She tried to laugh and held up a hand.“No.You answered that question when you left without a word.”

Beau sat down on the mattress again.“We were in Central America.”

Her eyes widened in shock.“Why?”That was not what she expected.

“We had to finish something we started a few years ago, so we’d be free to be with you.”

Jayla took in a startled breath.

“We didn’t have time to get word to you, but dummy us, we thought you’d trust us enough to know we were coming back,” Diego said sarcastically.

Jayla sat down slowly on the only chair in the room and covered her face with her hands.She couldn’t look at the hurt on their faces anymore.Hurt she caused because of her insecurities.

Finally, she was able to raise her head.She lifted her shoulders.“I don’t know what to say.I thought you’d left.God, I really don’t know what to say except I’m sorry.”

A quiet, filled tension saturated the room.The men glanced at each other briefly, then back at her.She wiped more tears from her cheeks that refused to stop.Jayla stiffened when Beau smiled, a smile she didn’t trust at all, and Diego took a menacing step toward her.

Jayla stood and backed up until she hit the wall behind her, and her eyes widened the closer Diego got to her.She tried to take a step to the side, but both his hands landed on the Sheetrock on either side of her.

Diego bent forward until his mouth was pressed to her ear.“You know you’re going to have to pay for this, don’t you?”he whispered very softly.

Jayla shook her head a bit.“No, I don’t think I should.It was a misunderstanding.”

Diego raised his head but kept his eyes glued on her.“Beau, did you hear that?She said it was a misunderstanding.”

Jayla looked toward the bed to see that Beau had relaxed back against the headboard again, his hands on his stomach with his fingers interlaced together.

“Really?”he asked with a raised brow.

Diego growled.“Yeah.What do you think we should do to correct her misconception?”