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than this. I’ve been messed with on a con before. I know how to endure things. But it’s worse with him.
    “And you know what else?” he asks, studying me. “I think you’ll like it.”
    My body grows warm—humiliation? Fear? There’s something else too. Something hot and sensual, because I want West. I’ve always wanted him. And now it looks like I’ll have him.
    He stands and pulls his phone out. “It’s me. Send it down.”

Chapter Seven
    S hock renders me speechless. What is he having sent down? I could have been okay with what he did to me. Maybe. I would have been okay with him touching me if we’d been in a bed, both of us hot and willing. Being tied up turns me on, but it also makes my heart twist in fear. I don’t want him to be this man. I want him to be better than that, just like he believed I was better than a common thief.
    If he’s bringing down some other men to touch me, to use me, I won’t be able to endure that. Not the pain of their hands or cocks. Especially not the knowledge that it was West who forced this on me.
    My teeth are pressed together so hard, my whole body clenched tight against what might happen next. Tears burn their way down my cheeks. No no no.
    “Wait,” I say, close to begging. And then I am begging, whispering for him to stop please no.
    His expression turns soft with sympathy—the kind of implacable sympathy that means he’s going to do it anyway. He runs a hand over my head, pushing the black beanie off and stroking my hair. “It’s as soft as I thought it would be,” he says, almost to himself. “Softer. Like silk.”
    There’s a knock from the basement door, and then someone pushes it open. I can hear footsteps coming down the steps. Only one person as far as I can tell, but maybe there are more. Anyone other than West would be too much. Oh God.
    Someone reaches the bottom step and then comes into view.
    My heart gives a hard, angry kick. It’s Blue. He owns the security company the Grand uses. I know that he and West used to be in the military together, and sure enough, they clasp hands briefly in a gesture of masculine intimacy that makes my stomach pitch.
    Blue doesn’t look surprised to see me. He studies me, his expression unreadable. “She looks worried.”
    “She should be,” West says, his response fast and easy. That’s how they’re taking this, without shock or drama. Just a girl caught in their web, something to be eaten.
    Except that Blue is in a relationship with Hannah, one of the girls who used to work here. He wouldn’t fuck with me, would he? Not when he has a girl he’s into at home. But then I know as well as any girl here that commitment doesn’t mean much to a lot of men. When they come to the club, they don’t see us as women, as girlfriend material. We’re just warm bodies to grab and to fuck before they go home to the real women in their lives.
    Blue sighs. “Are you sure about this? We’d get in serious trouble if Ivan finds out.”
    Well, that’s a surprise. And a relief. Ivan will be mad if they touch me? I hadn’t figured he’d care, but I’ll use any excuse to get out of this now.
    West shakes his head, firm. “I’m handling this my way.”
    There’s a long pause while Blue considers me. “You know I owe you one,” he says finally. “Or two or three.”
    My heart sinks. Any hope I had dies a quick death. He’s going to let this happen.
    West smiles faintly. “That’s because you’re a crazy fucker. Always getting yourself into trouble.”
    “And you have my back every fucking time.”
    “Yeah,” West says, voice soft. “And you have mine.”
    The moment would be touching if I wasn’t terrified of what they were going to do to me. “I’m sorry,” I burst out. “I got—I got in over my head with something. I wasn’t going to take a lot. I would have put it back.”
    That’s only kind of a lie. I had some vague plans to send the money back, but it would have taken me forever to earn that