I pondered for a minute about how to handle the situation with Greyson, and then replied to him on WhatsApp. The last thing I was going to do was return his phone call. [I’m exhausted. I’m going to rest, and we can talk in a few days, okay?]
I had to be careful with Greyson, had to make sure not to upset him in any way. If he told anyone about my plan to kill Roman at the hotel that night, I was screwed.
Sure, Roman wasn’t an issue currently, what with being in the hospital still, but I would rather not take any unnecessary chances.
If Greyson was unhappy and decided to expose me, Roman would find a way to deal with me. And Roman “dealing with me” wasn’t how I wanted to di e.
I didn’t intend to see Greyson again, but I still needed to mollify him to make sure he kept quiet.
After sending the message, I turned off my phone, took out my car keys, and opened the car door.
Just as I was about to get into the car, a Bugatti stopped in front of me.
The car window slowly rolled down, revealing the side of a man’s face in the dim light.
When I saw who it was, my heart skipped a beat. Why was he stopping here? He’d told me he never wanted to see me again, yet he was everywhere.
Not wanting to make Griffon mad at the sight of me, I turned around and hurried to open my car door to get inside and out of his view, my nerves causing me to fumble with the door handle.
A low, growling voice came from behind me. “Get in the car.”
I froze.
Why would he want me to get in his car?
Surely, he meant for me to get in MY car, right?
I stared at the man in the car, while he only glanced at me.
“I said, get in the car.”
Power and anger radiated off him. If I were a wolf, it would have had a much larger effect on me, but somehow, I still managed to feel his wrath coming at me in waves.
It was as if he would strangle me to death if I didn’t obey him.
He definitely meant for me to get in HIS car, not mine.
I struggled for a moment before walking toward the Bugatti.
I wanted to sit in the back seat, but the door was locked, and I couldn’t open it. Only the door of the pa*senger seat was unlocked.
Just. Great.
I was afraid to be so close to him, but I didn’t dare to defy him. Even a human like me could tell that his wolf was in dangerous territory right now.
Gritting my teeth, I opened the front pa*senger door and got in.
After I fastened my seat belt, he drove out of the parking garage.
It was the first time I’d ever been in his car. Before, he’d always had one of his people pick me up, or he’d had me follow behind him in my car. I’d never been in his personal car.
He ll, most of my memories of us were when we were in bed, and we didn’t say much during those times.
Our “relationship” had been me coming to him when he wanted me, him using me, and then him sending me on my way. And definitely not being seen together by anyone, ever.
If it didn’t make me so sad, I’d find the whole thing funny. Now that he’d ended our contract and told me he never wanted to see me again…here he was. Looking for me.
I didn’t know where he was taking me, and I didn’t dare ask, didn’t dare speak without an indication that he wanted me to. I would rather not poke the bear. Er, wolf.
Griffon dr o ve to the lake.
The car stopped at a dark intersection. There wasn’t even a single streetlamp anywhere near us.
The lake was vast, endlessly stretching out to the horizon. If you didn’t know better, you’d think it was the ocean. The only thing missing was the scent of saltwater.
Griffon didn’t get out of the car, didn’t say anything. He just rolled down the window and let the breeze in.
He lowered his eyes and played with his lighter.
The whole thing was strange, and I couldn’t help but stare at him.
At first glance, I noticed that the corners of his eyes were scarlet as if he were trying his best to hold back something, and his eyes were the amber color of his wolf’s.
My stomach twisted. Something was wrong with him.
I grabbed the seat belt tightly, gathered all the courage I could manage, and asked in a whispered voice, “Alpha Knight, what’s wrong?”
When I spoke, I realized I’d made a mistake.
Griffon’s expression changed, and his demeanor darkened even more.
I didn’t dare to speak again.
Then I noticed the faint scent of alcohol in the car. My nose couldn’t detect wolfs bane, but I could definitely smell the whiskey.
And Griffon wouldn’t be drinking alcohol unless it had wolfs bane in it.
No wonder he’d taken the initiative to seek me out. He had liquid courage on his side. Or…liquid anger? I wasn’t sure.
Since he wouldn’t speak to me and tell me what he wanted.
I sighed.
While I was lost in my thoughts, Griffon startled me by tossing the lighter he was playing with against the dashboard and looked over at me.
“Did you sleep with Jackson last night?”
His eyes were a darker amber than I’d ever seen them before. I’d seen him in his wolf form a couple of times, and even then, his eyes weren’t this…deadly.
I stared into his eyes, trying to find something else in them, but there was nothing.
Suddenly this all felt more than a little ridiculous. “Did you drive me all the way out here just to ask me that? Couldn’t you have asked this in the parking garage?”
His lethal gaze bored into my soul. “Answer me,” he growled.
This was all…exhausting. It was exhausting to be constantly misunderstood, constantly questioned about doing things I hadn’t done.
When I didn’t answer, Griffon pinched my chin between his thumb and forefinger and snarled, “Speak!”
His grip hurt, and his nails had started to turn into claws. His wolf was just below the surface, and I knew just how hard he was trying to keep it in check. I’d seen this side of him before.
But only in bed.
I took a deep breath before quietly saying, “Would you believe me if I denied sleeping with Jackson?”
He sneered. “You stayed in his presidential suite for the entire night and didn’t come out until the next evening. Why do you think I’d believe you?”
I nodded and bit my lower lip. “Since you already seem to know the answer, why are you asking me?”
He tightened his grip on my chin. “Did. You. Sleep. With. I Lim?”
F uck this.
“Yes,” I ground out.
His expression froze, and I couldn’t read it.
“Why should you sleep with him?”
“Because he’s handsome and rich, and he’s the Alpha of a powerful pack. And I want to be with someone handsome and rich and powerful.”
Griffon narrowed his eyes. “That’s what you said before.”
“What?” I didn’t understand.
“You lied to me like this last time. I investigated you and Roman, and he never touched you. Why did you lie to me? And how dare you lie again?”