Chapter 68. A Decoy

Alicia's POV

I don't make it to the library before the door opens and Ash comes striding out. One look at his face and I know he wants to smash someone's head against the wall. 

I'm being nice. 

I know he'd prefer to take a gun to someone's head and pull the trigger, then watch as the person's blood seeps out at an alarming rate while slugging back liqueur as he discusses business.

Yeah, I know - I've got an overactive imagination. 

Whatever the case may be, tacky-blonde cop must have said, or done something to make him get this way.

I bring one hand up and hook it at my waist as he comes to a stop in front of me. "What the fuck did that woman want with you, and why did you drag her into the library?"

His jaw clenches, a sign of his budding anger, but when he speaks, it comes out almost as a whisper. "Don't use that word when my baby is still inside of you."

I lift a brow as my second hand comes to rest