Page 93 of Never Let Me Go

I shake my head. “That’s not going to happen. I remember you locking me in that bathroom.”

“Oh, God…. No, you don’t understand…”

“I understand perfectly, you played me and now you’re trying to kill me.”

“No, no, no… I would never hurt you, Jules. Never.”

I glance over at Blaze who motions for me to move on and I nod.

“Was this always about the money?”

He releases a breath. “No… I mean, it was… but…”

“Look, this is over. You know that so why don’t you just go. Leave me alone and I won’t press this further. You can have a second chance.”

“I… can’t do that.”

Sawyer pulls me down into his lap.

“Why not?”

He doesn’t respond right away and the silence stretches between us before he hisses a curse. “I need the money, Jules. It’s the only way.”

“I knew it,” I scoff. “How much?”

“Give me thirty million and you’ll never see me again.”

Rage boils in my blood as I stare at the wood grain of the table and nod. “I’ll get back to you.”

I hang up before he can say anything else and Blaze stops the recording as Sawyer turns to me with a smile but I shake my head and push off his lap. All of this pain, all of this suffering because of money and it makes me hate the life I’ve lived up until now.

It’s time to end this for good and then it’s time to make some changes because no amount of money is worth the people I love.

* * * *

“Are you nervous?” Sawyer asks, stepping up behind me as I inspect my reflection in the downstairs bathroom mirror. I twist to the side, trying to determine if there is any way to see the wire Rodriguez taped to my body before he left the clubhouse an hour ago. I sigh and turn around to face him as I lean back against the sink. “You don’t have to do this, you know.”

“Sawyer,” I whisper, gripping his upper arms as I close my eyes. Last night, after I had calmed down from my call with Gavin and in between rounds of earth shattering sex, Sawyer tried every way he could to convince me not to do this and as much as I love his protectiveness, there is no way in hell I am backing out now. Each time I think about my dad dying over his money or almost losing Sawyer over some damn money, I get so mad I see red. But it doesn’t matter how much I remind him that his life is in just as much danger as mine because his only concern is me.

I can’t keep going like this.

We can’t keep going like this.

Sighing, he holds his hand up. “Okay. I’m done.”

“Thank you.” I push up on my toes and press a kiss to his lips. He hums in approval as he wraps his arms around my waist and lifts me off the floor briefly before setting me back down. I smile as I pull back and look up at him. “I have an important question for you.”

“What?”

“Can you see the wire under my shirt?”

He glances down and shakes his head. “No. Maybe you should open it up a little bit more and I’ll check if I can see it, then.”

“And why would I do that?” I ask with a laugh. He grins.

“Because you love me.”

I shake my head as I playfully narrow my eyes at him. “Maybe later.”