Playing Dirty (Risky Business, #2)(96)

For it wasn’t Natalie in his arms, staring at him with a look of utter satisfaction on her face. It was Sage.

*

Ryker woke up with a start, sitting straight up in bed. A sheen of cold sweat covered him, but he didn’t notice. All he could see inside his head was Natalie and Sage, the thin, sharp blade of betrayal cutting him deep.

Getting up, he went into the kitchen, forgoing any lights. He knew his way in the dark. McClane padded beside him, his nails clicking on the floor as he trailed his owner.

Ryker absently filled a glass with water and took a deep swallow, letting the night air cool his sweat-slicked skin. Even now, years later, he remembered the horror of that night and the morning that had followed. The police had called with news that her car had been found in the river and they had sent in a recovery team to find the body.

He hadn’t spoken to Parker since that night until four months ago, when he’d walked into Parker’s office … and laid eyes on Sage.

Now he was on the brink of losing the woman he loved, again, to the same man who’d betrayed him all those years ago.

Ryker wasn’t going let that happen. He wouldn’t lose Sage to Parker, and he’d do anything to keep history from repeating itself.