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There he is, standing in front of the display case. But I know which case the necklace was kept in—I assigned it to memory, the same way he clearly did.
Not on my watch.
Without pausing to think, I run toward him and leap onto his strong, muscular back, wrapping my forearms around his neck. I hike my legs around his waist for leverage, trying not to notice what it feels like to have the hard heat of his body pressed against me, my face up against his soft, slightly curly hair. His ear.
The adrenaline filling my body becomes slightly syrupy a second before I get a better look at the display case in front of him: empty.
So he already took the necklace. He works faster than I could have imagined, but I tell myself that’s okay. I caught him in the act. The necklace will be on his person somewhere, and everyone will know he was the one who took it. In fact…
My bare foot is pressed near his pants pocket—and I can feel that there’s something hard inside.
For a half a second, I wonder if he’s just happy to see me, but it feels cold through the fabric, not hot. The necklace.
It’s time for me to shout for help, to bring this whole engagement party into the room running, but for some reason I don’t. I’m not…ready. Maybe it’s because he’s not trying to shake me off or hurt me.
He attempts to say something, but my arms are too tightly wrapped around his throat for the words to be audible. He reaches up and wrenches one of them away—his grip firm but not punishing.
“Surprised to have been caught in the act?” I ask into his ear. It’s an int!mate thing to do, and we’re in an int!mate position, as closely pressed together as we were the other day, when I was cradled in his lap. My body pulses. It aches. It wants him without bothering to ask if that’s a sensible ask.
My body is a h0rny idiot, but at least my mind is functional.
“You’re too late,” he says, his voice resigned. Almost…broken. “The necklace is already gone.”
**From The Love Bandits, a bad boy, enem!es-to-lovers romcom coming July 18!**
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