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or at least a phone so she could call a taxi and leave.
    Wandering around the mammoth house towards what she thought of as the front, she heard voices.
    “I’ve found my mate. Gather Michael and Jacob, it’s time. I need to up the guards. I want my best. I don’t trust the angels. They grow bold of late.”
    “I will fetch them myself, Lucifer.”
    “Good, Seth. I need you to find them and bring them home ASAP. Stay safe, brother.”
    Tessa waited until she didn’t hear the voices and stepped around the corner. She jumped as Lucian’s voice startled her. “You can come out of hiding now, Tessa. Seth has gone, although he was eager to meet you.”
    Straightening her shoulders, she stepped into his view. “I wasn’t hiding. I was waiting for you to be done talking to your friend...er, brother?”
    Lucian grinned at her, his dark hair falling just over his bright blue eyes as he strolled to her and gathered her into his embrace. She held herself stiff and unsure against him. “Seth is my youngest brother.”
    Tessa nodded, unsure of what Lucian wanted her to say. “How many brothers do you have?”
    “Five. I am the oldest.”
    Wow, six brothers. His poor mother. “Um…I didn’t know that. They must stay out of the public light.” Tessa definitely hadn’t heard about Lucian having brothers. It was strange.
    Lucian shrugged. “Over the years we have gone our separate ways, it’s safer. All of them, bar Seth, live in different countries.”
    “Oh, okay.” Tessa wasn’t sure what else she should say. His hands on her skin were like fire; her whole body came alive from the slightest touch from him. She needed to get away before she missed her chance. She’d already crossed a major no-no, sleeping with the big boss. She felt like an idiot. She needed this job so bad and she’d stuffed it up sleeping with Lucian. Maybe if she left and pretended this never happened he’d let her keep her job. “I, argh…”
     His lips came down to hers and he brushed them back and forth, sending delicious tingles coursing through her. “I was just going to come up and check on you. Would you like me to order breakfast for you?”
    Wriggling in his embrace, Tessa tested to see if she could get out of his hold, but he held her firm. “Um…ah…I came to find you to ask if you’d take me ho…” He shook his head and his eyes narrowed. “Well… You see I want to leave. Er… I mean…can I use your phone to call a taxi so I can go home?”
    “No.”
    Shocked at his abrupt no, she stared up into his blue eyes that swirled with black. Captivated, Tessa watched as a storm began to brew in them. Her inner radar was going off, telling her she needed to get away from Lucian. Something wasn’t right. She expected a billionaire playboy to be eccentric, but she thought he’d be keen to get rid of her. Lucian Samson wasn’t known for keeping women or having the same woman more than once.
    “What do you mean by no? I have to go home. I don’t normally sleep with men I don’t know. Actually, I never do what I did last night. I don’t know you, Lucian. You’re not my type. Well, I don’t know if I have a type. I’ve only ever been with one other person and he wasn’t very good.” She pushed at his chest to get out of his hold, but he wouldn’t let her go. His arms and body were like steel. “Lucian, last night was…unbelievable, but it’s time for me to go home. I can’t stay here. I don—”
    “Yes, you can. You’re mine, Tessa. You’re special. I want you.”
    Okay, Tessa needed to get away. Lucian was intense. The sex she’d had may have been amazing, and the way her body reacted to him was scary, but his possessive and strange ways now were freaking her out. She needed to get away. “I need to go home and get some clean clothes. I’m hungry, too, but I need clothes to go anywhere to eat. Where are my clothes?”
    Lucian released her and held her hand. “Come. I‘ll take you home to get some clothes and