Page 74 of Salvation
I take her hand and pull her to me, bringing her closer until she’s pressed against me from shoulder to toes, her body hot in mine and her skin soft as velvet.
“No, it will give me what I want.What I need.And when it comes to your father...He couldn’t beat you on his own, and he sure as hell can’t beat me.There’s no way in the universe he’ll beat the two of us together.Say you’ll marry me.Say you’ll finally, finally be mine.”
I don’t say anything to her about my father and his stupid plan, because the truth is, that doesn’t matter, either.Sure, he has a plan.
That’s not why I want her.
And it doesn’t have anything to do with what I”m asking her right now.
“Say it, Brooks,” I say again.“Please.”
She gives me the softest smile I’ve ever seen on her face, and it reaches all the way into her eyes, making them hazy and beautiful.“Yes,” she says simply.
Then she narrows her eyes a bit and the smile grows meaner.“But I’m still calling the Rossis.We need backup, and I don’t trust anyone in New Orleans.”
