Read Online Let Him In (Let Him Trilogy) by Sharon Davis - Free Book Online

descended the rest of the stairs. Perhaps I was wrong, Zane thought as she moved to stand in front of the door. She indicated the bakery box with a jut of her chin. “You don’t really think I’m going to accept that, do you?”
    And perhaps not.
    Zane frowned. “Why would you not?”
    Her eyebrows shot up. “Uh, how about because I learned a long time ago to never accept candy from strangers?”
    “Not candy, cake.”
    She rolled her eyes at his attempt at humor. “Still a stranger.”
    “Not completely,” Zane said, removing his sunglasses. “We met yesterday...sort of.”
    Brows dipping, she leaned forward until her nose almost touched the windowpane. Her eyes darted back and forth, up and down as she studied his face, and then widened in recognition. She took a small step back. “What do you want?”
    A little nibble here and there.
    “Just to welcome you to the neighborhood.”
    “Consider me welcomed.” Straightening her back, she crossed her arms over her chest. “And it not necessary to do so again.”
    Zane’s smile faltered a fraction as his hand twitched, itching to introduce itself to the little brat’s bare ass. She would lose her mouthiness along with the ability to sit for a week.
    “Very well then.” With a heavy sigh, Zane bowed his head. “I apologize for disturbing you.” He paused in mid-turn to fix her with a wounded yet hopeful gaze. “May I leave my gift?”
    The girl shook her head even as he heard her stomach rumble. Zane was surprised to feel more offended than angered by her unspoken accusation. “I assure you I am not the kind of monster you think I am.”
    He held up the bakery box with one hand, flipped the top with the other and then tilted it slightly. She eyed the cake as he tore off a large chunk and then followed his hand, her lips parting as he slipped the tasteless food into his mouth. He chewed slowly, swallowed. She licked her lips a moment before he did the same. 
    Zane smiled. “Please...accept my gift.”
    And then invite me in for a bite.
    The girl inhaled and exhaled a deep breath. “Fine—but just this once. Don’t bring me anything else.”
    Yes, definitely in need of a spanking...
    “Thank you,” he replied. “And I promise not to.”
    “Leave it beside the door.”
    ...a very hard one...
    Zane placed the box where she had instructed and then unhooked his sunglasses from his belt loop. “Enjoy,” he said, slipping them on.
    She did not thank him.
    ...with my goddamn belt.
    Zane wondered how courageous she would be without a piece of wood and glass separating them. Instead of kicking down the door and finding out, he returned to the van. After he climbed in, the front door creaked open. The girl grabbed the cake and then darted back inside without a glance in his direction.
    ‘Tis for the best, my child. That one—
    “Is not worth the effort,” Zane snarled, gently closing instead of slamming his door.
    He grabbed his cell off the passenger seat, pressed one. Barbie answered on the first ring with a surprised, “Zane!”
    He growled.
    “S-Sorry—Master. I meant Master.”
    “Call in tonight,” he ordered. “I have a much more satisfying punishment in mind for you.”
    “Yes, Ma—”
    He hung up, threw the cell back on the seat. After a not-so-calming breath, Zane started the engine and jerked the gear into reverse. He slowly backed down the driveway instead of shooting out of it in a cloud of flying gravel and dust like he wanted.
    Lacey gnawed on her not-much-left-of-it thumbnail as she stared out the kitchen window. The Man’s head turned in her direction as he shifted into drive. A smile followed by a raised hand.
    He knows I’m watching.
    The van lurched forward. His hidden gaze remained on the house as the vehicle crept down the road, eventually disappearing behind the trees. Lacey’s hand dropped, hitting the table as she looked down at the cake. Had the bite he’d taken been big enough to prove that it wasn’t poisoned? What