I shook my head. “I have no reason to kill you…yet.”
“Then what are you going to do with me?” she asked.
“I’m not sure,” I said, narrowing my eyes. I should kill her. It made sense. But killing cops was never a good idea. Kidnapping cops wasn’t a good idea either…
“Do you know where you are?”
Ellie shook her head. “Mexico, right?” I nodded. “I don’t know where. I know I was in that trailer for a fucking long time.” I nodded. Driving from Indiana to Mexico was a long fucking time. “Look, blindfold me, drug me…I don’t care. Just put me back over the border and I’ll leave you alone, I promise. I won’t say anything. I haven’t been gone long enough for anyone to notice I’m missing yet.”
I had to hand it to her, she was smart. “I don’t trust you,” I said and knelt down again. “I have no choice but to keep you with me. For a while,” I added.
“Then can you at least get me something to drink?” she asked pointedly.
“Diego!” I called. He stuck his head in the doorway. I told him to bring me a bottle of water. He hurried away and was back in a minute. I twisted off the cap and gave it to Ellie. She took it, awkwardly holding in in her bound hands, and drank the whole thing. I could hear her stomach grumble.
“Thanks,” she said, her voice breathy. She dropped the water bottle and looked up, as if she was surprised at herself for thanking me. Her cheeks, smeared with dirt and mascara, flushed.
“Are you hungry?” I asked.
She blinked. Her lashes were long. I leaned in. The light was dim in here, but I didn’t think she had on fake lashes like the whores I had hired only a few hours ago.
“I should be,” she said and curled her legs under her body. Blood crusted to her knees. She pushed her shoulders back and set her jaw. She reminded me of a wounded bird, beautiful but unable to fly. I had to clip her wings. I couldn’t let her escape and be free. I wasn’t risking my business like that.
She shifted her weight again, and I got a flash of her pussy. She was shaven, with day-old stubble showing along her panty line. My dick pulsed. She was so raw, so real.
I reached behind me and took my keys. I flicked open a pocketknife. Ellie flinched. I grabbed her hands and started sawing through the ropes that bound her.
“What are you doing?” she asked.
Yes, she was smart.
“Untying you.”
“I know that,” she stated. “Why?”
I sighed and continued cutting the ropes. “I can’t leave you here.” Her skin was soft under my fingers. She sucked in air when the knife popped through the rope. I pulled it, unwinding it from her wrists.
“Sorry,” I said again when I saw the blood. “They shouldn’t have done that.”
“No shit,” she mumbled.
I smiled and moved on to the ropes around her ankles. She straightened her legs and stretched out her arms. Just how long had she been tied up? The whole trip, most likely.
I tossed the ropes from her ankles to the side and stood. She looked at me, eyes narrowed.
“Come with me,” I said. Those three words could make a woman cream. But Ellie just started at me. I reached down to offer my hand. She jerked back.
“No.”
“I won’t hurt you if you listen,” I promised.
Ellie let out a snort of laughter. “Why the fuck won’t you? You kidnapped me, tied me up, and brought me to Mexico.”
Anger boiled inside of me. I didn’t like to be falsely accused. “I told you, that wasn’t me.”
“Well, you’re obviously the boss, Alejandro,” she said pointedly. I pushed my shoulders back, surprised she knew who I was. I hadn’t told her. I blinked away the shock. Right. She was a cop. She knew all about me…and the business.
“I have no choice but to take you back to the house with me. Well, you could stay here,” I said and looked around the closet. It was dark and damp, and the floor was dirty and gritty. “It gets colder than you’d think around here at night. Do what you wish.” I turned to leave.
“Fine,” Ellie said, and I turned back around. She ignored my offer to help her to her feet. She grabbed her heels and put them on. She bent over to pull on the straps. Her breasts hung free inside her dress. I watched her nipples graze against the material. The ropes that bound her were by her feet. Suddenly I wanted to tie her back up and have my way with her.
Blood rushed to my cock. I bit the inside of my cheek.
“You’re not going to get away with this,” she said, her voice venomous. She looked up, green eyes burning with anger. His distain turned me on even more. My dick began to get hard.