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“I appreciate it,” she said, vehemently.
He looked into the depths of her green eyes. Her skin was smooth and even without makeup, reminding him of her all cozy and au naturel in his arms last night. “Why do you say it like that? It’s just a hotel, babe.”
She flitted her eyelashes as she rolled her eyes. “I’m not talking about the hotel. I’m talking about killing those men back at your cabin and getting us out safely.”
Pressure built in his chest. He’d managed to keep his composure for the remainder of the drive, but the confirmation that Lionsgate was involved was doing little to settle his mind and his nerves. This whole thing was so much bigger and deeper than he’d imagined.
He forced a smile. “Pretty sure you were the one driving.”
Very few people knew Lionsgate was still active. That meant that the process of finding the individual behind the attack on Savannah wouldn’t be clear-cut. Danny probably had a good idea who was after her, but knowing that Sinners Cartel had a mole made Toth want to stay far away until they had a better handle on the situation. He might have kept Savannah safe up until this point, but who knew how long it’d be before she could return to normal life. Beforehecould return.
Amusement flared in her eyes. “Slamming on the brake saved the day.”
He grinned. “Smart and beautiful.”
Her lips pursed again and then flattened. She stood slowly and moved close to his chair, brushing her fingers over his shoulder. A channel of fire blazed across his chest and down his abdomen to his ready-to-burst cock.
He was like a man starved. Her body was imprinted on his brain, the sweetness of her slick pussy blazed into his psyche, the memory of her urgent little cries of pleasure like a song on repeat in his goddamn head.
He needed help.
No, he needed her. For more than one round, like they should’ve had last night. Then he’d be able to think straight.
“I’m going to have a shower before the food gets here,” she said. Her husky voice drew his cock to its solid, hard length. “A long, hot one.”
Christ. Was that an invitation?
Her glossy lips begged him to follow her, but dammit he needed to talk to Cole. “All right.” His throat tightened on the words. “I’m just going to make a call.”
She shrugged. “Okay.” A minute later the bathroom door closed, and he wanted nothing more than to chuck his phone out the window and get lost in the plush bedsheets with Savannah from now until she begged him to stop.
With everything that had happened in the last few hours, he hadn’t gotten to do all the things to her that he’d wanted. He’d rectify that today.
When he heard the water turn on, he snatched his phone from the table.
Cole answered brusquely. “Yeah?”
“It’s me. We need to talk.”
“Damn right we do.”
Toth leaned forward, resting his elbow on his knee, his brother’s tone drawing his attention away from the sound of the water running off Savannah’s naked body. “Whaddya mean?”
“Dare did some digging. Jace wasn’t the only one neck-deep in Lionsgate’s drug division. There was another guy, Brett Schlueter. Word on the street is he fell off the face of the earth for a couple years—coulda been brought in on charges, who knows—but he resurfaced three months ago and is dealing meth. It’s possible he’s got beef with Danny and is coming to collect.”
Toth’s muscles seized. This was it. Had to be. “Sounds like he’s our fucking guy.”
CHAPTER 18
Savannah stood underthe warm spray in the glassed-in shower. Steam clouded around her, and she inhaled the thick, moist air. She’d managed to keep her shit together, but her system was stuck in fight-or-flight mode. Tension bunched all the muscles in her neck, making her upper back as stiff as a brick wall. The terror of standing in the garage, waiting while Toth went in to face murderers, was a terror she’d never shake. Not to mention she’d driven them out with shooters on their asses.
Tears lodged in her throat. She hated this. Hated that she’d been thrust into this turmoil. Hated that her survival had taken over Toth’s life too.
What a friggin’ mess.
The bathroom door opened and she watched through the fogged-up glass as Toth strode toward the shower door. A delicious sense of anticipation made her already wet parts that much wetter. She gulped down her anxiety and pushed open the door.
Toth’s shadowed gaze met her eyes. He opened his mouth to speak, but then his focus dropped to her bare breasts before traveling the rest of the way down her body and back up. He rubbed his knuckle along his chin.