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jabbed her finger on several buttons, cursing
when the doors didn’t open right away. Swinging around wildly, her gaze fell on
the door directly across from the elevator that led to the stairwell.
    “Wait!” he called out as if fully
expecting her to do his bidding, sounding more anxious than angry.
    Sophie ignored him, realizing she’d
be a fool for letting the opportunity to escape slip by. Swallowing the fear
lodged in her throat, she pulled her gown up and opened the stairwell door,
dashing down the stairs as fast as she could run.

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Chapter 3

 
    The elevator door opened and Brent
stepped into the hallway just in time to see Sophie disappearing behind the
stairwell door. Shooting Tom a look of disgust, he took off after her. If you
want something done right, do it yourself. All Tom had to do was escort her to the apartment across the hallway and hold her
there until he arrived. It was his fault for not taking into account that Tom’s
adventures were strictly limited to office work and not kidnapping.
    Brent knew he had to stop Sophie
before she reached the garage, and security. Senator Adams had spent nearly a
week just convincing him to help and now the whole plan was about to go up in
smoke. There was no way he was about to face his old friend this early in the
game with news of failure.
    He hit the door running, the force
sending it against the wall as he sprinted after her taking the stairs two at a
time. Her speed and determination surprised him; she was already a floor away.
Funny, she hadn’t struck him as a survivalist but more like a woman who’d be
helpless against someone kidnapping her. He’d taken her softness and pampered upbringing
for granted and should have remembered that looks could be deceiving.
    Just as she reached the third floor,
he heard her gasp; watching as she stumbled before releasing a cry he suspected
was from sheer frustration more than pain. Gaining on her, he reached out, his
fingertips just grazing the delicate bones of her shoulder. A scream of pure
fright echoed through the hollow stairwell almost breaking his eardrums. She
might as well have pulled the fire alarm. He swore. If the security guards
didn’t hear that and come running, it would be a miracle.
    His hand closed firmly over her
shoulder and he pushed her into a dark corner, entrapping her there with his
body. Sensing she was about to let out another scream, he quickly slapped his
hand over her mouth effectively cutting it off. “I’m not going to hurt you…damn
it!” he swore when she bit down on his hand. “Unless you do that again!” he
threatened, grating the words out as he shook his hand.
    Brent knew it was too dark for
Sophie to see him, but she had to know he wasn’t the same man who’d entered her
apartment. He and Tom were nowhere near the same height, or build. His hand
returned to her mouth as he pinned her against the wall. He realized his
mistake immediately. Everything about her assailed his senses, blinding him to
what his objectives were. The last thing he expected was his body’s betrayal by
responding to her nearness. The first thing he had to do was distance himself.
    “I’ll remove my hand, if you
promise…”
    Brent shouldn’t have reminded her
about his hand. The next thing he knew she was biting down on it a second time.
Adding insult to injury, she shoved him in the chest as hard as she could at
the same time, catching him unaware. Before he had a chance to recover, she
took advantage of the moment by pushing herself away from the wall and taking
flight.
    “Damn it!” Brent grunted in anger.
She managed to descend one-step before he tangled a hand in her hair and hauled
her back into his arms. A cry escaped her but Brent ignored it. He yanked her
roughly against him. “Bite me again and you’ll find out what it feels like,” he
muttered between his teeth.
    “Who are you?” she asked softly.
Brent felt her slight tremble and steeled