“Then we will grow together, McKenzie. We will learn how to trust and how to love to the fullest,” he promised her. “And we’ll do it in each others arms.”
“I will take you up on that, Byron Knight.”
McKenzie gasped when Byron lifted her into his arms. “What are you doing?”
“We’re going to celebrate somewhere a lot more private than this,” he said, carrying her down the hall and out of the building.
“Mmm, then hurry…”
She kissed his neck as he rushed to his car. After setting her inside, he circled around quickly, jumped into the driver’s seat, and he pulled her back to him.
“As long as you never stop doing that, Byron, I’ll be a very happy woman.”
“I can only promise forever,” he told her.
And forever is all that she would ask.
Epilogue
Come back to my bed,” Tyler said, reaching for her.
Elena turned and smiled. “Do you want me, Tyler?” she asked, moving a little closer.
“You know I do, baby,” he said, a smile in place as he threw off the blanket, showing her how much he wanted her with his thick arousal waiting.
“Good. Are you hurting?” she asked, giving him her most seductive smile.
“Oh yeah, baby. I’m hurting,” he said, his tongue coming out and wetting his lips.
“Good. Then you’re exactly where I want you to be,” she said.
He froze, his smile slowly fading at the change in her tone. Her friskiness was gone, and in its place all the hatred she could show was being directed at him.
“What in the world is going on?” Tyler asked.
“Are you confused?” she asked, enjoying her little game.
“Yeah, just a little,” he told her as he sat up, pulling the blanket back over him. That was too bad. She’d been enjoying the view.
“You see, Tyler, I know exactly who you are. You’re a spoiled, self-righteous little rich boy who thinks he can have anything he wants. Now, that I’ve got you all worked up, you can think about the fact that sometimes, you don’t get everything you want.”
Turning around, Elena smiled in victory. When she’d vowed to take Byron Knight down, she hadn’t realized how easy it would be. Men like him should pay, though they rarely did.
This time though, this time, he didn’t get what he wanted. She stepped into the bathroom and almost had the door shut when it was thrust back open. Standing there, looking far from pleased was Tyler in all his naked glory.
“Don’t even think for one second that you are going to make a comment like that and then just walk away,” he said as he took a menacing step toward her.
Elena’s heart lodged in her throat. This game had just taken a direction she hadn’t been planning on.