Chapter Five
PRESENT DAY, LOCATION UNKNOWN
“What are you doing here?” I ask, raising my chin.
I hate that my voice is shaking and my hands are frantically clutching at the edges of my towel as if I were a virginal maiden.
Which I actually am. He’s ensured that.
The cruel curve of Alexei’s lips deepens, dark amusement dancing in the depths of his eyes. “It’s my boat.”
“I meant here in my cabin.” There, steadier now. Maybe I can still salvage this situation, buy myself a little more time.
He arches his eyebrows. “It’s my cabin also.”
My insides twist with fear and something far more unsettling. Simultaneously, my breathing picks up, my skin prickling with that dangerous heat I only ever feel around him. I’m acutely cognizant of his size and strength, of the way his thick muscles flex
