Chapter Forty-Six

DAWN. 

"Ryder, give it back, "

I scowl at Ryder, who only watches me with an amused expression, his lips twitching by the sides. 

"I told you, you won't be needing this anymore. Why would you want me to give it back?"

He raises his brows at me and I suddenly feel so small under his intense gaze as the room falls into silence; Ryder waiting for me to answer his question and me simply waiting for him to give me back my fucking pants! Seriously, he can't just do this.

"Princess. " He moves with a smirk dancing by the corners of his lips and I glare at him, trying to hide my smile. Ryder chuckles with a shake of his head before pulling me towards him, his left arm around my waist while the right rests on my breasts. 

"I need to get back to Washington. "

He suddenly says, and I stop squirming in his hold, raising my brows at him. He's heading back today? I thought he was gonna to stay at his hotel or something; well,