“I’m coming. I can’t sit by and let my people get murdered.”
“I don’t like it.” Toru glowers. “You should stay here where–”
“No.” I shut that down. I’ve never been the sort of leader who could send his soldiers into battle and sit back to watch the carnage. I’d never ask them to do something I wouldn’t. It’s not in my nature, and it’s not how Hideo taught me to lead.
“Choose a dozen men, and at least two of them need to know how to pilot a boat.”
“We’re going fishing?” Toru rises and goes to the wide gun cabinet disguised behind my bookshelves.
“Something like that.” I glance at the ceiling. Mei should be out for the night. She came hard from nothing more than my fingers on her clit. My cock jumps at the memory. Her innocence is a goddamn beacon calling me to her. I want to wreck it, to fuck it right out of her. But with how sweet she is, I don’t think I ever will. Even so, I’m going to enjoy dirtying her up.
“Earth to Kaz?” Toru is standing in front of me.
I blink. “What?”
“Did Hideo tell you to break her in for her future husband? Some little boy with a trust fund and–”
Before I know what I’m doing, I grip his coat. “There isn’t going to be a future husband.” At least, not one who isn’t me.
He grins. “I knew it.”
“What?” I force myself to release him. I’ve never gone after Toru like this. Get your shit together, Kaz. Toru is like my brother, not an enemy.
“You’ve fallen for Hideo’s daughter.”
“I haven’t fallen.” I shrug it off.
“You sure? Then let me smell your fingers.”
I grip his coat again and shove him backwards. “Shut the fuck up.”
He doubles over, laughing. “Yeah, you’re done, Kaz.”
I flip him off. “You’re a dick, you know that?”
Straightening, he wipes at his eyes while still laughing. “You are so fucking done, boss. Had to happen sooner or later, I guess.”
I ignore him and choose my weapons, then march out to the garage. I don’t know why I’m irritated with him. After all, he’s right. I have fallen for the little rebel sleeping in my bed. It was so sudden that I barely even felt it, like a pin prick or a paper cut. But I can feel her now, residing in my heart, setting up shop and owning me more and more every second.
Maybe I can’t get a handle on all my feelings for her, but I can certainly commit various acts of vengeance to release the tension. I’ll start with Ito’s yacht, the one he bought for Rai’s twentieth birthday. It’ll be at the bottom of the bay before the night is through.
And then I’ll come home to Mei, to her sassy mouth and soft skin. To the warmth of her thighs and the heat between them. Mine. All mine.
10
Mei
What is this man up to? I hadn’t been able to hear what was said between Kazuo and Toru, but I know they’re leaving the house. When Kazuo picked me up and carried me to his bed, even letting Kuzi come, I thought it was sweet. I’d expected him to crawl in with me. I was hoping I might get a cuddle or something. Or that we might end up doing more, but nope. He’d left.
It shouldn’t hurt my feelings. I mean, I’m planning on leaving, but still it stung. After the spanking that turned into something that felt like so much more, I was hoping things had changed between Kazuo and me. That he wasn’t only doing what my father ordered. I quickly reminded myself of what my father had said about my head being filled with fantasies. I need to keep my feet firmly planted on the ground.
That had been the plan, but I’m currently lying flat at the moment because I’m stowed away in a trunk. One that is getting hotter by the second. I’m not sure why I thought this was a good idea, but here I am.
I’m still wearing my skirt and only had time to slip on some shoes before I had to make my move. I knew I only had a small window of time to get into the trunk before they all got out to the garage. I wasn’t expecting there to be so many choices. It had been a gamble of which car to get into, but I’d picked right. I can hear Kazuo’s voice but not make out a freaking thing that was said. I’d know that voice anywhere.
I’ve always been good with sneaking around. I’m not sure if it’s a skill I got from my father or the fact that everyone was told to ignore me. It doesn’t hurt that I learned all kinds of things about picking locks on YouTube. When you don’t have a lot of friends and tons of time on your hands, there’s a lot you can learn off the Internet if you’re committed.