Time to hit the casino floor again. Tonight, the plan is to secure the deal with that creep from last night.

If I can get our contract down on paper, we at least have a chance of infiltrating the circle of spies who are trying to bring down Leo and my brother. If my family's name gets more of a bad rap because of stupid decisions I've made, then I'll feel awful and never be able to make it up to Jax.

And I can't even allow myself to think of how damaging this could be for Leo if I don't set them straight.

That means another evening with William. I look good in my black miniskirt and free-flowing top, but I don't look great. I don't want this guy to be too impressed. Anything to avoid him putting his hands all over me like last night.

I leave the apartment and grab the key Leo gave me. He's already downstairs tending to business and getting things set up so he can keep an eye on me. I wish I had his hand to grab because the prospect of doing this alone is daunting. 

Instead, I summon my courage and go to the elevator. My thoughts wander to the events of last night...that moment when he said he loves me. My heart skips a beat thinking of it.

My pussy clenches as I remember the way his hands held me down as he made me come and come all night long.

If this is what my future with Leo looks like, where do I sign up? He's got the sexual stamina of stallion and it's fucking awesome.

My head's in the clouds and I'm not paying attention to my surroundings, and that's how it happens. 

He grabs me from behind and muffles my cries with one gloved hand over my mouth. I kick and I yell and I attempt to bite the hand that's covering me. I put up a good fight but he's stronger than me.

He says in a lowered voice, "Shut the fuck up if you don't want to get hurt."

I freeze.

Wait a minute.

I know that voice.

It's William.

I'm wrestled into the service elevator. I try to see the man who's got me, just to confirm, but I'm positioned with my back towards him.

My heart beats furiously in my chest, blood pounding through my veins so loudly that I can hear the rush of it in my ears. Am I going to get out of this alive?

We arrive at the twentieth floor. He pushes me out of the elevator and down the hall. He's looking to see that we're clear.

Oh my God, please let someone see us. But fuck! No one's around.

I'm still trying to scream but it's no use. He pushes me against a wall and tapes my mouth shut, and it's hard to even breathe, much less scream my way out of this.

He smuggles me into a room, and as the door closes, I realize these might be my last few moments on earth. I panic. My ears are ringing and my vision is blurry as adrenaline courses through me.

It's crazy because even at this moment, all I can think of is how this will devastate Leo. We planned for everything tonight...except for this.

If I die, he’ll blame himself forever. What should be just the beginning of our amazing love story may end before we even have time to enjoy it.

And that's what I most regret.

He ties me to a chair and only when I'm well secured does he remove his mask and I see that I was right. Through my tears, I see him.

William, the guy from last night.

I was supposed to trap him in an escort agreement and now he's kidnapped me. How the hell did this happen?

Fear freezes up my heart and I think of anything I can say that will buy me a little more time, just until Leo realizes something's wrong. Surely he'll come. I have to hang on to that shred of hope.

William tells me, "Hush, or I'll put this tape back on."

At last, he removes it and I take in deep, heaving breaths, filling my deprived lungs as if I’ve been held underwater.

"Why are you doing this to me?" I’m thinking just clearly enough to realize I should try to get some answers from the man who might kill me.

"Well, first, I tried to blackmail your brother. But then you came into the picture and I realized not only could I completely ruin your family, but I could make some money while I was at it. I'll get a hefty ransom for you." He leans in and runs a finger over my cheek as he says it, and I can’t hide the shudder.

"My brother will never pay you." I spit out the words.

"Not him," he sneers. "The other one. Your boyfriend. He'll pay a pretty penny for you."

"No, he won't! We're not even dating."

"Don’t act like I’m stupid, girl,” he snarls.

“Do you even know who I am? I’m the person whose family you're father left destitute. The minute he shut down that mine was when I started planning. You think you can just bankrupt people without any consequences?"

I try to reason with the irrational man just to prolong my time.

"I wasn't part of any of that. None of us were. You know our family went bankrupt too? You think my father would do that to hurt people? You have it all wrong."

It's dawning on me that William is the man with the plan. He's the ringleader to all the informants. He's the one with a grudge to bear against my family.

I have the leader right here in the palm of my hand and yet there's nothing I can do.

And then things get really twisted...

"You know, I’ve had my eye on you for years. My family worked in your mine for generations. I grew up hearing about the beautiful Sienna, the senator's daughter, and now I finally have you."

The way he looks at me, half crazed, makes me more afraid than I’ve been yet.

My skin crawls. At this point, I'm hoping I make it out of here without this man getting his hands on me. What’s with his sick obsession? I don’t even know him.

"You were always too good for me. You acted like I was beneath you."

What the fuck is he talking about? I've never even laid eyes on him until last night. This is not happening. My life is not about to end at the hands of this psycho.

Please come, Leo. Please find me.

"Now it's all coming together." William laughs maniacally. "I'm going to destroy your family and your boyfriend. You will all die for what you did to me. This is almost over. Just as soon as I've had a taste of Sienna Reid's precious little cunt. Let's see if your reputation as a whore does you justice."