Free Seductive Truths (Seductive Trilogy) by Becky Cairns Page B

leave me…? ’
         ‘ Yes. ’
         ‘ Why? ’
         ‘ Well I had to get your attention somehow. ’
         ‘ And you couldn’t have jumped straight to kidnapping me?  Instead you thought torture was your better option?  And there’s me thinking you were a clever man! ’
         ‘ Well I could hardly jump you in broad daylight now could I?  One, I would have been seen and two, you were always around people.  Plus I had to get you away from your darling fiancé.  By placing a note on your desk I knew sooner or later you’d show it to him and it would cause a rift between you two. Seems my plan worked. ’
         ‘ And what would you have done if I didn’t show it to him.  I could have kept it to myself.  Let it be my guilty pleasure. ’   Is it my imagination or did his eyes just darken at the last?
         ‘ Sooner or later you would have done, it was only a matter of time.  I was willing to wait. ’
         ‘ So how did you know I read it?  Showed it to William?  And why would you have thought it would cause a rift? ’
         ‘ Your friend, Zoe, kindly divulged your reason for being at her flat and I instinctively knew that your argument with lover-boy could have only been over one thing.  In regards to your last question, something like that I knew would get his blood boiled. ’   But how?  How could he know?
         ‘ And the text? ’
         ‘ Me.  Another means of gaining your attention. ’
         ‘ Oh believe me, you gained it alright.  Noon, night and day!  It was all I could think about!  If your reason was to scare me then, well, I can congratulate you on your success.  You had me thoroughly scared, still do! ’
         ‘ I do not wish to scare you, not anymore at least. ’
         ‘ Unfortunately I do not have the pleasure of granting that wish, because every time I hear your voice, get a whiff of that tobacco/whiskey mix that always seems to linger on you and seeing you staring at me with such intensity, like you are now, it scares me shitless.  I don’t know what to think, say, or do anymore!  But what scares me the most are the conflicting emotions you seem to flare up inside.  You…you are something different.  I can’t explain.  Zoe was right, you are dangerous. ’
         He frowns and a veil of sadness washes over him.  The blue of his eyes turns grey.  In the space of a second he goes from daunting beast to lost boy and my heartstrings are being tugged.  I want to reach out and cup his cheek, but the cold mask swiftly returns bringing back his black heart.
         ‘ She wasn’t exactly my type anyway.  She’s too weak, too…normal. ’
         ‘ Then why did you sleep with her?  Carry on seeing her? ’
         ‘ Well, after seeing you dressed in that little red number, swinging your hips to the thumping beat of the music, I needed an outlet for my frustration.  I’ve never been so hard in my life.  You were off limits, so I went to the next best thing.  Plus she turned out to be a valuable source of information. ’
         ‘ God you’re crass!  Womanising, crass bastard!  How could you do that to her?  How could you?  And use her in su ch a way?  What do you mean by “ valuable source of information ” ? ’
         ‘ Ways and means, Alex.  Ways and means. ’
         What is he going on about?  Think Alex, use your brain!  Why did he need Zoe to…oh, I see now .  ‘ What better way to gain information than through my best friend who knows absolutely everything about me.  And here’s me beginning to think you actually had a heart.  It appears my first instinct was correct. ’
         ‘ I’m not the man you think I am… ’
         ‘ You got that right!  I have no idea who you are!  You come crashing into my life, expecting me to trust you and saying you know the truth about my brother’s death!  How do you even know Thomas?  Your