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Because they remind me I’ve missed out on her life.

She shifts away, and I grab her wrist, tugging her back over me. I press my lips to the tattoo. I hate that she marked herself without my knowing. Without my even knowing she wanted to.

I lace my fingers in hers, pulling her arms down so I can suck one of her nipples. Her back arches, pressing more of her perfect flesh against my mouth as she adjusts her hips across mine. Her wetness glides across my cock, teasing, and I growl.

“Any man who’s touched you? I can fuck him out of your head,” I promise. “Because I know you in here.” I thread my hand in her hair, brushing it back and stroking her temple with my thumb. “And here.” I press my other hand to her heart, the steady rhythm thudding beneath my palm.

I’m not angry—I’m determined. Committed.

“I didn’t come back for you, Harrison.”

Her words land like a blow I wasn’t prepared for.

I recover. “For Ash, then.”

She shakes her head. “I’m playing La Mer. I went to see Mischa.”

Every muscle in my body is tight. Hearing that name on her lips in my bed makes me flip her so fast the sheets get caught between us. “You did what?”

“He has a house in Ibiza. I took a meeting with him yesterday before you showed up.” She starts to slide out from under me.

No.

I pin her hands next to her head, locking her hips under mine. The expression on her face is irritation, not fear, and that makes me angrier.

How the fuck could she think to just walk in and speak to him?

Everything I’ve been working toward is a path to ending Ivanov—not to avenge my parents, the way I’d always intended, but to preserve my future. And if I accomplish that, I hope it can be Rae’s future too.

Raegan won’t have a future if she puts herself in harm’s way.

“He’s dangerous,” I say.

“I understand.”

“Clearly you don’t. How am I just finding this out now?”

“I should’ve told you before or after we fucked in the bathroom?” She shifts out of bed and grabs one of my shirts from the closet. “You should probably get dressed. Unless you’re hoping Barney will fix that situation for you“—a nod at my cock—“because I’m not going to.”

Raegan buttons the shirt and slips out of the room, leaving the door ajar and me speechless.

RAE

“Señorita!” Natalia declares as I come down the stairs, showered and dressed in denim shorts and a flowy black shirt.

“It’s so good to see you.” I’m not big on gestures, but when the housekeeper hugs me, I can’t help returning the squeeze a little.

“Nothing for me?” Ash drawls as he comes down the stairs after me.

Natalia shakes a fist at him. “You made Toro lose money betting on your team.”

“You should’ve bet on the other team,” Harrison comments from the kitchen.

“We can’t. You’re family.”

The three of us enter the kitchen, where Harrison is barefoot and drinking an espresso from the machine.

“Lose the French press?” I quip as I get a glass for water.