4. Milo
Chapter 4
Milo
“If she only knew the power she held.”
M y little inked-up devil.
That’s how I think of her when I see her.
Why she hides herself away for that asshole and makes herself smaller when he’s around, I will never know.
“Give it back, Milo. Now .” She steps up closer to where I sit on my bike.
I shoved her book under my vest, close to my chest, for safekeeping. “Get on,” I tell her, tapping the back of the bike.
“Wh-what?” she stutters.
“Get the fuck on.” I hate to repeat myself.
She shakes her head and steps away.
“You have two choices. You either go home to your husband…” her lip twitches at my words, “… or you get on and come with us.”
Loud revving breaks through the air as the guys start their bikes.
I stare at her, waiting for her to decide.
Elizabeth Petal.
Probably the most stunning woman I will ever see in my life, yet she has no fucking clue how beautiful she is. This woman standing defiantly in front of me has long black hair that almost reaches her ass, and it falls around her heart-shaped face. And those long eyelashes flutter every time she speaks to me. Tattoos are scattered randomly up her arms. And like me, she always wears black. Tonight, she’s wearing black tights, with a crop top of the same color that shows her midriff, revealing the ink on her stomach that scrolls up toward her ribs.
And don’t even get me started on her lips.
Or those stormy green eyes.
When she gets mad, like she is right now, they take on a hint of gray.
“I can’t,” she whispers.
I lean a little closer to her. “Your husband won’t care. I’ll pay you for your time.”
“You only pay for me to read to you. Why change it?”
“Fucking hell, Elizabeth.” I shake my head, kick the bike off its stand, and start it up.
“My book,” she says, barely loud enough for me to hear over the bike’s engine.
“Fuck your book. It’s mine now,” I tell her. Then I drop the bag of food to the ground at her feet and take off. My bike is fishtailing, and my tires are squealing before I ride away.
And I leave her standing there, staring after me.