Hate Fuck: part two (13 page)

The car jerked forward, turned right, and headed east for a few blocks before turning suddenly into a parking garage. “There’s a stand of cabs up one level, in front of a hotel side entrance.”

Drew clapped the driver on the shoulder and muttered a quick thanks under his breath. They tumbled out and ran for the stairs, not stopping until they were secure in another backseat, this time heading to a small airstrip northeast of the city. Annie glanced at him nervously when he gave that direction to the driver, but Drew just eased back on the seat and pulled her close against him. She gasped almost inaudibly but didn’t resist the tug. He laced one hand into her hair, ignoring how the slide of the dark brown strands against his fingers made his dick take notice, and brushed his lips against her ear. He kept his voice low, a whisper just for her. “This’ll be easier if we act like we’re on a spontaneous weekend getaway.”

She twisted in his arms, bringing her face in line with his. Her lower lip trembled almost imperceptibly, but steely conviction pulsed through her gaze. “You’re crazy.” Her tongue darted out of her mouth and left a glistening trail along the heart-shaped curve of her upper lip. He stared at that spot a beat longer than he should, and when he glanced back at her eyes, the heat there surprised him.
 

“We don’t need to...” he muttered gruffly, but his protest trailed off as she wiggled closer.

“It’s a good thing you’re cute,” she whispered against his mouth as she pressed her lips against his. She held the simple kiss long enough to make it look good, and it took all of his restraint not to take over, to open up and make her breathless for a whole other reason. She hummed a happy little noise and slid her lips along his jaw, taking her turn at the secretive whisper. “Because this would be a total chore otherwise.”

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acknowledgments—
 

All the early Goodreads reviewers who encouraged their friends to request part one on NetGalley. Thank you for taking a chance on me. Thank you for loving Cole and Hailey as much as I do.

Jessica A., Linsday B, and all the other Zoe fans who were early Ainsley fans and had to wait extra long for part two… thank you for your patience. Part three won’t be far behind.

The exploding Ainsley’s Angels group on FB. Thank you for being so excited about all the Horus Group guys!

My editing team: Rhonda Helms, Sadie Haller (ha! I know you won’t hang an editing shingle, but look, I’ve snuck you in here anyway), Dana Waganer. You guys rock. All remaining errors are mine, either from futzing or stubbornness or both.

The Chatzy crew. Elle Rush, Amity Lassiter, Kate Willoughby and others.
 

Other writer friends like Molly McLain, Gen Turner, Shari Slade…that list is endless!

All the LOL ladies who just
got
why I had to write this project and cheered me on
so
hard. Julia Kent, Daisy Prescott, Mimi Strong, Juliet Spenser, Harlow Nash, Deanna Roy, Melanie Marchande, Cassia Leo, Bria Quinlan, Brenna Aubrey.

YouTube, for delivering the awesomeness that Sylvia is to me — chapter twelve wouldn’t have been the same without the songs “If You Get The Notion” and “Sweet Stuff”. Probably iTunes deserves a nod on that front, too. And since I’m talking music, Nine Inch Nails…thank you for “Closer” and “Something I Can Never Have”, Kings of Leon for “Beautiful War”, and The Stone Foxes for “King Bee”.

And my family, always.

~ Ainsley

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