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“Fine,” Danny barked. “Mark,” he called, not taking his eyes off Toth.
A beat passed, and the dude from the hallway rushed into the room. “Yeah, boss?”
“Take Ms. Carrington to my car. I’ll have to make other arrangements for her.”
With one brisk nod, Mark advanced on Savannah. Her eyes widened and she pressed her back against her father’s desk, hands gripping the wood at her sides.
Mark didn’t slow. He snagged Savannah’s arm and towed her forward.
“Don’t touch me!”
A red hue tinted Toth’s vision. Danny was testing him—pushing him to a limit to see if he’d break. Regardless, Toth sure as shit wasn’t going to let this cocksucker touch Savannah.
He stepped forward, rage pulsing through his veins as he grabbed Mark’s forearm. Mark jerked, but Toth didn’t let go.
“Fuck off, man,” Mark snapped. “I’m following orders, since you’re too pussy.”
Toth tightened his grip, every furious cell in his body putting pressure on Mark’s arm.
Mark’s face contorted with pain. “Ah, shit. Boss!”
The silence in the room egged Toth on. He yanked Mark’s wrist to the side and something popped in the guy’s arm.
Mark crumpled to the Oriental carpet. “Sonofabitch! He broke my arm.”
Toth heaved a breath as he locked his gaze with Danny’s. Interest and a bit of amusement had smoothed the lines on Danny’s face. Toth locked his fists at his side, as if doing so would regulate his anger. Then he looked at Savannah and his heart rate slowed a fraction.
Her eyes were wide, her mouth slightly slack. No appreciation was evident on her face, only awe.
“I’m still on the job,” he said to Danny. In one swift movement he bent, swept his arm behind Savannah’s knees, and tipped her over his shoulder.
Her sharp gasp pierced his ears. “Put me down,” she hissed.
He turned his back on Danny and left the room while Savannah kicked and screamed obscenities at him.
He’d just sealed his fate.
CHAPTER 4
Indignation scorched Savannah’sskin. She delivered another blow to Toth’s meaty back. “Put me down, you asshole!” The beast didn’t even have the decency to flinch, his muscles as hard as steel beneath her fists. He stormed through the warehouse.
The curious gazes and snickering laughs coming from her father’s henchmen made her blood boil even more as embarrassment lit her nerves on fire. She’d worked hard to be the untouchable daughter of Danny Carrington. Even harder to prove she wasn’t some ditzy blond who had her daddy’s name to help her sail through life. More than that, she’d worked her ass off for respect.
Being a woman in this world of lawless men wasn’t easy. And Toth Holmes had just stripped her of any dignity she’d cultivated over the years.
Bastard.
To this day she hadn’t utilized her family name to harm another human being, but so help her god she’d make him pay for this. If she didn’t have the guts to kill him herself, she’d—
“Would you hold still?” he asked, as he pulled his gun from his waistband at the small of his back and shoved open the door to the warehouse. The cool breeze touched her exposed skin. “I’d prefer not to alert any of Red Eyez’ shooters if they’re around.”
She squirmed against the shoulder digging into her abdomen. “You’re going to be so fucking sorry,” she cried. “You humiliated me.”
There. He’d finally succeeded in making her lose her cool. No turning back.
His body tensed beneath hers as he strode across the small parking lot and opened the rear passenger door of his SUV. He caught her lower back and swung her inside the vehicle. As soon as her butt hit the seat, she kicked out her foot and caught his knee with her heel.
He grunted, pushed her legs inside, and shut the door. Once he was in the driver’s seat, the locks clicked into place.