“You can’t just appear and disappear from her life whenever you want.” He shrugged. “It’s too confusing.”
“All I’m asking is a few days.”
“No.”
“Bas . . .” She held out a slender hand. “Please.”
Her soft, pleading expression didn’t touch him, he fiercely assured himself.
He was turning away and heading out of the room because he needed to check on Molly, not because he was trying to avoid the blatant yearning on her beautiful face.
And the strange emotion that was currently twisting his gut into tight knots wasn’t guilt.
Or regret.
No way.
“Lock the door on your way out,” he commanded, refusing to glance at her.
“I’ll return in the morning,” she said, the words soft but stubborn.
His steps never faltered. “You’re wasting your time.”
“It’s my time to waste,” she muttered. “I’ll be back.”
Bas had reached the end of the short hallway when he heard the sound of Myst’s retreating footsteps, followed by the closing of the door.
Coming to a sharp halt, he pulled out his phone and made a swift call to his security team.
“There’s a silver-haired woman leaving the building,” he said in clipped tones. “I want her followed.”
Keeping the phone in his hand, he quietly entered his daughter’s room, standing beside her bed to savor the sight of her tiny body curled beneath the blankets.
Usually he loved these moments. When the world was quiet and he could enjoy the knowledge his daughter was safe in his care.
But tonight his peace was disrupted by the lingering scent of honeysuckle that stirred sensations he hadn’t felt in far too long.
Damn Myst.
Damn her to hell.
His phone vibrated, and with long strides he headed out of the door and into his bedroom across the hallway that was decorated in shades of black and gold.
“You got her?” he demanded as he pressed the phone to his ear. He stiffened as the hunter Sentinel shared the bad news that Myst had somehow managed to slip past them unnoticed. “Shit.”
Throwing the phone across the room, Bas watched with satisfaction as it shattered in a spray of worthless technology.
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