CHAPTER 44

The clock hit nine, and Magnus waited for a knock at the door. Sunny stood in the doorway to her bedroom, ready to duck out of sight the second Tony arrived. Magnus was not going to have her anywhere near the man who thought he could control or take the woman he loved. She was his, and he’d prove it tonight.

“Mag, maybe we should call Tony and ask him to meet somewhere else…”

“Kitten, it’s too late now,” Magnus pointed out. “Besides, this is the right place to make that asshole understand that he played his last hand and lost. He could keep the money, but he would never again touch my woman.”

“Baby…”

“Sunshine, it won’t take long and it’s going to be alright. Trust me, okay?”

The briefcase filled with the payoff sat on the kitchen counter, and Magnus smirked. It was definitely more than the measly eighty grand plus ever-growing interest she owed the man.

The minutes ticked by and finally, at ten after, a fist pounded on the door. Magnus waved Sunny into h