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He’d give her the truth—whether she could handle it or not

“The least you could do is come up with a good story,” Levi snapped, eyes blazing, before he could speak.

Seth hit the brakes, but it wasn’t until the car stopped that he looked over at her. She had the handcuffed hand braced against the seat, and she looked at him like he were a madman.

“You don’t get it, do you?” he ground out. “I don’t have to come up with any story. I was hired to bring you here. Let’s not kid ourselves. Someone took care of your bodyguards, someone blew up the cabin. I may be going out on a limb here but I think we were supposed to be inside it.”

“What are you saying?” She swallowed hard.

“That someone knows too much about you and me.

Someone who wants us both dead.’

“That’s ridiculous. I might have been kidnapped for money, but kill me? Why?” When he shook his head, she went on. “Don’t you know anything?”

“I might not be the knight in shining armor you hoped for, princess, but I’m all you’ve got.”

“What if I preferred to save myself instead of—”

He cut her off. “You wouldn’t last twenty-four hours on your own.”

Her eyes narrowed and pierced his. “How do I know I’ll last twenty-four hours with you?”