18
MEGAN
I had to focus, but it was nearly impossible. I’d left Hayes handcuffed to my bed. I’d used the one thing that was a constant between us as a weapon. The one place where I’d let go completely, giving myself to someone in the most intimate of ways. I’d pushed him away. Over and over.
He’d proven he would stick. That he’d play by my rules.
Yet I’d just changed them.
To protect him. The i***t.
He didn’t belong on this job with me. If I got caught… well, I had before.
I was older now. Smarter. More skilled.
I was saving my father, but I wasn’t relying on him for support.
No. I was relying on myself, the only person I could trust.
Except… I could trust Hayes.
I cut across the open field and stumbled over a rock.
“Dammit,” I whispered. My mind wasn’t on the task.
The dark h
