by Locklyn Marx
There would be hard times, yes, but she’d get through it. People had been through much worse.
Of course, she’d still have to fly back to the city with Reid, she thought as she walked into the hotel lobby. She didn’t have any money for a plane ticket. But once she was back in New York, she’d get a new bank account and start forging her own life. It was time to stop being afraid.
“Excuse me?” the woman working the front desk called as Alexis walked by.
“Aren’t you staying in room 306?”
“Yes,” Alexis said, hoping she wasn’t going to be asked to pay for anything.
“I have a message for you,” the clerk said pleasantly, handing Alexis a slip of paper. “You activated the privacy feature on your phone, so we take the messages here at the desk.” Right. Reid had turned the privacy on in both of their rooms so that they could work last night without any interruptions.
Last night. God, it seemed like forever ago.
“Thank you,” Alexis said, taking the paper from the woman and heading for the elevators.
It was probably a message from Reid. Maybe he was calling to apologize, maybe he would want to talk when he got back from his meeting, maybe he –
Alexis froze.
The message wasn’t from
Reid. It was from Leo.
Sorry I missed you. ~L
Her palms started to sweat and her heartbeat accelerated. Her mouth went dry and the walls of the elevator felt like they were pushing in on her. She was somehow able to get to her room before the panic attack completely overtook her.
She sat down on the bed and tried to take deep breaths, but it didn’t help. The room was spinning, and she was afraid she was going to pass out. She didn’t know how, but Leo had found her. He would always find her, no matter how far away she managed to get.
He’d find her and he’d pull her back in, he’d make her stay with him no matter what. That’s how it had always been, and that’s how it would always be. Her skin felt itchy and hot, like she was breaking out in hives.
The room tilted.
Oh, God, she thought, please, not again. She lied down on the bed until finally, her breathing began to slow.
Leo had found her. And now that he had, he wouldn’t stop until he had her.
End Book Two
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
