Chapter 181

Laila had no idea he even chased her until he was practically on top of her.

She whipped her gaze over her shoulder just as he hooked an arm around her waist and lifted her from the ground. He yanked her kicking, writhing form into his arms and against his body. Her flip-flops went flying.

“Let me go!”

“Nope.” He retrieved her shoes and shoved them in his pocket, despite her struggles.

She did her best to punch and kick him, even bit him once. But, as his mother would have said, bless her heart. Every attempt to get free was both ineffectual and pointless.

“You cannot keep me here against my will.”

That’s where she was wrong. EM Security Management was paying him for just that.

“I can,” he said as he headed back toward his house.

“My sister needs me.”

“Your sister has her own protection. We’ve ensured that, and you know it. That’s not why you’re trying to run, and you know I’m right.”

Laila went stubbornly mute—a response h