Chapter 9

RHIANNON

His weight against me didn’t let me move or so much as squirm, and I couldn’t bite his hand off my mouth because he had rubber gloves on. My hands were itching to claw at him, but they were also pinned in front of me, and I could barely see a damn thing.

“You… perplex me. In so many f*cking ways,” he muttered, making me groan. I hated the way the soft rumble against my ear sent a tingle through my entire body, sparking emotions to life inside me.

Damnit! Get yourself together, Ria.

Ashley had to be upstairs somewhere. I just had to make the slightest bit of noise that would trigger her awake and alert.

Suddenly, I was spun around, and before I had the chance to fight out of his grip, he beat me to it—pinning my hands above my head with one hand, holding the other over my mouth, and placing a knee right through my center, earning a gasp from me.

F*cking potatoes!

“You and I are gonna have a little talk,” he said. “You certainly alrea