Page 23 of The Billionaire's Classmate

Savanna said nothing however as she was carried deeper and deeper into the forest. Finally, after about five minutes he stopped, setting her down on a fallen tree. “Now… to get that thing off you…” Ronny looked nervous as he ran his fingers through his hair. “Headquarters didn’t answer, right?” Savanna shook her head.

“I could try again.” Ronny nodded and they waited with bated breath for someone to answer, but nothing happened.

“Fuck.” Ronny cursed as he paced around. He was a sniper. He had no experience with bombs.

Savanna could see the nervousness on his face. As much as she feared to put her life in his hands, what other choice did she have? Getting up, she grabbed his hands and kissed his lips. To her surprise, she liked it more than she would have imagined. It even continued longer than anticipated, until she pushed him up against a tree.

She would have kept kissing him, but the ticking of the bomb on her neck caught her attention. “I trust you,” she said breathlessly.

***

Ronny stared at her a moment. He couldn’t believe she had just kissed him. He tried to gather his thoughts, but the kiss had turned them into a scrambled mess. After a moment, she squeezed his hand, trying to get his attention. He looked down at her with a dazed expression. “Please…” She whispered, the fear finally breaking down her hard exterior.

Seeing her expression, Ronny nodded. He had to help her. He had to at least try. With that, he rummaged through his pockets, finding his army-mandated pocketknife. “It belonged to my best friend… hopefully, it can help me now…” He whispered as he opened it up, looking at the miniature tools, hoping one of them could be of some use.

Taking a deep breath, he moved her into a patch of moonlight to get a better view of what he was dealing with. Then he leaned in close to her, his breath on her neck as he looked at the little black box. There was an ominous red light blinking at him angrily, accompanied by an unnerving ticking noise. He took a moment before grabbing the flat head screwdriver and shimmying it into a small crack on the box.

With a bit of force, he was able to pop off the front panel. He was met by a plethora of tangled wires. “Fuck…”

“What…?” Savanna asked in a meek voice. She couldn’t see what he was doing and it was making her nervous. She imagined them both dying in a fiery explosion, any second now.

“Two things… one… there’s this little screen counting down… and two, there’s all of these wires…”

“What… what’s the number…?” Savanna asked, wanting to know how many seconds of life she had left.

“20… 19…”

“Don’t count down you idiot! Do something!” She yelled frantically, as her hands gripped his arms in desperation.

“Which wire do I cut?” He asked quickly as he grabbed the small pliers of the pocketknife.

“What are the options?” She asked, trying to calm herself down.

“Yellow… green… and blue…”

“What… no red...?” She asked.

“Yeah… no… 5… 4…”

“BLUE!”

With that he took the chance, snipping the blue wire in an instant. They both closed their eyes, expecting the worst, but after almost a minute they opened them once more.

“Did it work?” Savanna asked amazed, her heart pounding in her chest. Slowly, Ronny glanced at the little black box. The screen was now blank, the red light gone.

“It looks like it…” He whispered in disbelief. Had he actually saved Savanna from certain death? “Wow… I can’t believe it…” With that, Savanna slung her arms around him, crying in relief into his chest.

“I can’t believe…” Savanna muttered into his chest as her body began to shake. It seemed impossible that the playboy had saved her life and yet, that was exactly what he had done. Ronny leaned down and kissed the top of her head as his hand started to rub her back, trying to sooth her after the hectic experience.

“Shh… it’s okay. Let’s try and get this thing off you, okay?” Ronny whispered, before turning her around and moving her hair out of the way. Grabbing another tool from the pocketknife, he started to tinker with the lock that pinned the collar to the beautiful girl’s slender neck.

After a few minutes of fumbling, he managed to unlock it from her neck. It fell into his hand. Savanna sighed in relief like a huge weight had been lifted. Taking the device into his hand, Ronny chucked it as far as he could into the woods. Savanna watched it vanish from sight.

All of a sudden, she wrapped her arms around Ronny. Her lips smashed into his as she let all of her emotions come to the forefront. She couldn’t deny that she loved him any longer. She pushed him into a tree and kissed him harder and harder. Her passion flew from her lips to his.

Ronny was pleasantly surprised and after a few moments of initial shock, he started to return her sentiments as his hands rested on her hips and pulled her body closer to his own. He smiled into the kiss. He always knew that she had feelings for him; she just wasn’t letting them come to the surface. But now, as they continued to make out, there was no denying the chemistry that lingered between them.

Eagerly, Savanna started to tug at his clothes, desperate to have him naked before her. They were still in danger of being discovered by the enemy, but right now Savanna couldn’t control herself. She had suppressed her emotions for too long. She needed to show Ronny just how she felt in her heart. She shut off the part of her brain telling her to be more logical, as she pulled off his shirt and tossed it to the side.