“You know I’ve been working with him for the past few weeks. Well, I hear and see things. I’m not positive, but I think he’s doing something that involves the TraPani’s.”
Kevin sat up in his chair and squinted at me. “What makes you think that? What has he been doing?”
I turned and looked out the window as I answered him. “It’s little things. I’ve heard him mention the name a number of times talking to people, even going as far as addressing someone by that name, or at least, that’s what I heard. Then he’s meeting with people on his own, and you and I both know we aren’t supposed to be doing that. He’s being secretive.” I turned and looked at him. “Do you know who Jackson Sawyer is?”
I could tell by his expression and quirked eyebrow that he did. “Where did you hear that name?”
“First tell me who he is.”
“He works for the TraPani’s. He’s their number one guy, kind of like how Paul is to Frank, or how you soon will be.”
Well, that was interesting. “He’s the one who was at the house last night. Where those guys were dropping off the weed. When they told Paul who was there, he got a troubled look on his face. Almost like he was surprised that this Jackson guy was there.” I shook my head. “I don’t know what that was about, but it seemed weird to me.”
Kevin was quiet. I assumed he was mulling over what I had just said, so I sat back and waited for his response.
He pulled out his phone and sent someone a text before looking up at me. “That might be something we can look into, but right now, we need to figure out how you’re going to get this information from Frank.”
“I don’t know how you expect me to do that,” I mocked him, running my hand down my face in irritation. “He keeps his house locked tight and he’s got his papers sealed in a safe in his office.”
“Then breaking in is the only option.”
I threw my head back and laughed. “Are you out of your fucking mind? I wouldn’t make it into the house. I’d probably be shot on the spot.”
“You’re too dramatic,” he huffed. “We’ll have to formulate a plan and do it when Frank isn’t around and his henchmen are out doing something. That way, the coast is clear and you can get in and out.”
I got up from my chair and walked around my desk to face him. “I might want to get the hell out of this shit, but you’re the one that needs the info to take him down. From the way I see it, we need to work together. I’m not doing this shit on my own.”
“Sit down, Kade,” he chuckled, shaking his head at me. “I didn’t expect you to do it on your own.”
Well, you could have fooled me.
“From what I’ve been hearing, Frank is happy with how you’ve been handling things and thinks you’re going to be a great asset. So we need to work with that. You need to tell Frank you want more responsibility. Tell him you want to work closer with him. That you are ready to learn more about the business. The closer you get to him, the closer we are to getting the information I need.”
I agreed that I needed to get closer to Frank. It was the only way I’d be able to get what we needed. This was going to get very dangerous, which was why Scarlett didn’t need to be involved.
“Okay, well that brings up another subject,” I stated. “You need to stay away from Scarlett. I’m not sure what the fuck is going on between you two, but she doesn’t need any more attention drawn to her.”
He looked at me with a smirk. “I’m not sure what you’re talking about, Kade.”
He might be her step-brother, but I could see the way he looked at her. “You know exactly what the fuck I’m talking about. I’m not stupid, Kevin, you can put on any act you want to when you’re around her, but I can see it.” He continued to smirk at me. “She doesn’t need to be involved in any of this.” I walked back to my chair and sat down, bracing my elbows on my desk. “I thought everything would be okay and I was stupid enough to think it would be, but now that I know they know that she is here, it changes things. So you need to stay the fuck away from her.”
He got a smug look on his face and sat forward in his chair. “Kade, you are the one that won’t be able to be around her. Not me. I’m the one who is going to look out for her. You are the one that needs to stay away from her. Just like you said, now that they know she is here, they will use her against you if something doesn’t work out like we want it. She trusts me. I’ll keep her safe.”
I wanted to jump over this desk and beat the shit out him. The idea of him keeping her safe made me feel sick to my stomach. But he was right. I couldn’t do it. Until this was over, she wasn’t safe. She probably wouldn’t be safe either way, but I would rather know that I was trying to keep her away from it, than dragging her right in the middle of it.
I slouched down in defeat. “I’m going to go talk to her tonight. If you are going to keep an eye on her, I want to know everything, Kevin.”
He stood up from his seat and stuck his phone into his pocket. “I’ve got this, Kade. I’ve got to get going. Let me know when you talk to Frank. This needs to be done soon.”
I nodded my head at him as he left my office. I didn’t like this one fucking bit.
My phone started ringing and I looked down to see Max calling me. I pressed ignore and put my phone on vibrate. I could only deal with one thing at a time. The guys would just have to wait.
When I knew Scarlett would be home, I sent her a text to see if I could go over. She told me that she had to run to the store, but would be home about thirty minutes later. That gave me enough time to take a shower and head over there.
On the way there, I contemplated on what I would say to her when I got there. I just didn’t want to fuck this up again. I arrived to her apartment forty minutes later and she opened her door with a smile. I could smell her as soon as she opened the door. She always smelled so fucking good.
“Hey, you trimmed up your beard,” she smiled at me as I walked by her.
“Yeah,” I said, giving her a sexy grin as I rubbed my hand down my chin. “I thought it was time. I was starting to look like a homeless guy.”
She closed the door and laughed. She walked up to me and put her arms around my neck. “You can look like a homeless guy anytime you want.”
She smiled then pulled my neck down to join our lips. She kissed me with such passion it took my breath away. I was convinced she had no idea the effect she had on me. Not in a physical sense, but an emotional one. She sparked so many feelings in me that I didn’t know existed. That was why she was so special.
I broke away from the kiss and looked into her eyes. They were light brown with splashes of dark brown all around her pupils, so beautiful. “Let’s go sit and talk for a minute before we get carried away,” I smiled down at her and kissed her on the forehead.
We walked into the living room and took a seat on the big sofa.
“Is something wrong?” She looked worried.
I huffed and shook my head. “Nothing is wrong, but we do have a problem and that’s why I wanted to come talk to you.”
She sat back and lifted her legs up on the couch. “Okay, what’s going on?”
“I found out last night that they know you are here. They’ve known since you moved. Which means they’ve been watching you or have had tabs on you one way or another. That also means they know I’ve been in contact with you.”
Her eyes grew big and she looked like she was about to freak out.
“Don’t freak out on me.” I grabbed her hand. “You have nothing to worry about.”
She snatched her hand away from me. “How do you know I have nothing to worry about? They’ve been watching me? Why would they be watching me? We haven’t seen each other in eight months.”
She was pissed and freaking out, not a good combination. “Beautiful, listen to me, okay? They know how I feel about you. That’s probably why they’ve kept an eye on you. I’m telling you that you have nothing to worry about because they would only try to use you against me if I didn’t do so
mething they wanted me to do. And that’s not going to happen. I will not give them an excuse to use you as a tool. But that brings me to what I came here for.”
“Are you leaving me again?”
I would give anything to not see the look on her face in that moment. “I’m not leaving you, Scarlett, but I do need to stay away for a while.”
“Why, they already know I’m here. What difference will it make? It makes no sense to me.”
I sighed. I knew this was going to be hard to explain. “I know it might not even make a difference, but I’ll know that I’m not dragging you into the middle of it.” I lifted my hands to either side of her face and brought her lips to mine, giving her a soft lingering kiss. “I don’t want to see you get hurt,” I whispered to her. I pulled back and looked into her eyes. “I don’t know how long it will be, but I’m going to be back. This is not me giving up. I told you we would make this work and I meant it. I have to focus on getting Frank to trust me, right now. I don’t want you to stress over any of this. Okay? I’ve talked to Kevin … Bryce, and he is going to keep an eye on you.”
“What do you mean keep an eye on me?”
“He’s going to keep tabs on you and make sure Paul and Frank’s other men don’t come near you. He’s the only one I can trust at the moment.”
She shook her head at me and a tear fell down her cheek. “I’m not going to lie, Kade, all of this freaks me out. And your uncle and Paul scare the shit out of me.”
I grabbed her and pulled her against me, wrapping my arm around her waist. “I will do everything I can to keep you safe, Scarlett.” I lifted a hand and rubbed it down her cheek, wiping tears away. “I’m not looking forward to staying away from you,” I said softly. I put my hand under her chin and lifted her face up to look at me. She looked sad and I hated that I put that look on her face.
I bent down and kissed her eyelids, wanting to kiss the tears away. Pulling back, she opened her eyes and looked up at me. “Do you have to leave anytime soon?” she asked, taking a deep breath as she wiped at her face. “Because if you don’t, I’d like one more night with you before you leave.”
“No … I’m all yours.”
I smiled as she got up from the couch, pulling me with her. Without a word, she walked back to her bedroom and slowly closed the door.
My heart rate sped up as she walked over to me and unbuttoned my jeans. I had been semi hard sitting in the living room with her, but with her hands on me, I was at full attention and I was sure that was why she had a smirk on her face. She could see I was straining against my zipper.
She slowly unzipped and pulled my jeans and boxers down, freeing my cock as I lifted my shirt over my head.
I couldn’t resist the urge to stroke myself, but she grabbed my hand and shook her head. “No touching,” she commanded.
Fuck me … she was turning me on even more. I was always the one with control in the bedroom, but letting her take over to do what she wanted, fuck, nothing was hotter.
I lifted my legs out of the clothes and she picked them up, tossing them out of the way. Dropping to her knees, she took hold of my throbbing cock and licked the head, sending tingling sensations down to my balls. It felt so fucking good. Slowly, she took me into her mouth and moaned as she took me in all the way down to her throat. It took everything I had not to grab ahold of her hair and pump into her mouth. She pushed up on my cock with her tongue making her mouth so fucking tight, I couldn’t’ help but grab onto her hair and slowly pump in and out. She moaned in approval and started massaging my balls. I could feel them getting tighter and I knew an orgasm was near. She used her other hand to pump up and down while her mouth followed. I started breathing heavier as her strokes got faster.
I knew I wasn’t going to last. I tried to push her away, but she resisted. “Fuck, babe, I’m going to come if you don’t stop.”
“Good,” she smirked before taking me into her mouth again.
Fuck … that was all I needed. I grabbed her hair and started pumping into her mouth as she gripped on to my ass with both hands. I watched as my cock went in and out of her luscious mouth. I could have probably held my orgasm back to enjoy the feeling of her lips on my cock, but I was ready to get my lips on her sweet pussy. Pumping a little faster into her mouth, my balls got tighter as the sensation grew stronger. Finally, I let out a long moan as I released into her mouth.
She moaned as she sucked every last drop and I watched in approval.
Fuck, that was sexy.
She pulled back and smiled up at me. “Fuck, beautiful, that was amazing.”
Standing up, she rubbed her hand against my chest. “It was my pleasure.”
I leaned down and captured her lips with mine. I could taste myself on her tongue and it only fueled my desire.
Pulling away, I reached down and grabbed onto the hem of her shirt. I pulled it over her head as she unhooked her dress pants and let them fall to the ground. She smiled up at me with lustful eyes as I reached behind her and unhooked her bra.
She was so fucking beautiful standing there in nothing but white lace panties. I wanted to devour her, but I’d take my time doing it.
Getting down on my knees, I grabbed her waist, pulling her toward me so I could suck on her hard pink nipple. Then I hooked my thumbs into her panties and pulled them down her legs, so I could run my fingers in between her pussy lips. We both let out moans as I switched nipples to give the other one some attention. She was so wet I could smell her musky scent; it made my mouth water.
I had to taste her.
I was going to make her come standing up, but with as many times as I wanted her to get off, there was no way she would be able to stand. We both knew this would be our last time together for a while, so I wanted to make sure she didn’t forget it and I was sure she felt the same way.
Letting go of her nipple, I kissed down to her stomach before I looked up at her.
“I’m going to make you come so many times that you will beg for me to stop,” I smirked at her as I stood up. Her skin was flushed and I watched as her tongue darted out to wet her bottom lip. I knew she was more than ready. Grabbing onto her arms, I walked her backwards toward the bed. “And when you beg me to stop, I’m going to make you come again.” I lowered my lips to her ear as the back of her legs hit the bed. “Then I’m going to fuck you with my tongue,” I whispered, as I ran my hands down her arms causing her to shudder. “I’m going to taste all of you and lick up every last drop. Then,” I pulled back to look into her eyes, “I’m going to make love to you, Scarlett.”
I noticed her breath hitch, and then she attacked my mouth, lifting her arms to run her fingers through my hair. She let out a series of moans as we tasted every inch of each other’s mouth.
I lifted my hands up and grabbed on to her arms, pulling them away as I broke our kiss. She looked up at me and bit her lip, holding back a smile as I pushed her down on the bed.
“Scoot back and lay your head on the pillow.” She complied as I crawled onto the bed.
Grabbing her knees I spread her legs further apart and dove right in, causing her to gasp and moan. She tasted so fucking good … sweet and musky.
She ran her fingers through my hair as she rocked her hips against my mouth. I loved when she moved her hips. She was eager to come and I wanted to give it to her.
Running my tongue over her clit, I inserted two fingers and pumped in and out. She fisted my hair, forcing my head down harder and rocked her hips, letting out breathy moans. She was close. I could feel her walls start to contract, so I bit down and sucked on her clit. Then I rolled my tongue around and around, until the dam broke and she was gushing onto my fingers. She yelled out my name and bucked her hips as I kept licking. I pulled out my fingers and fucked her with my tongue, wanting to taste all of it. I loved the taste of her when she came. It was such a fucking turn-on that I caught myself rocking my own hips against the bed. My cock was so hard I was ready to explode myself.
Pulling my head up, I
looked at her and watched as her chest rose and fell rapidly. She looked at me and giggled. “Oh my God, that was so good, Kade,” she said breathlessly. “I needed that.”
“Did you now?” I smiled at her. “Let’s see if we can do it again, shall we?”
And I did, two more times.
With a fist in my hair, she pulled my head up. “No more,” she moaned, “so sensitive.”
I chuckled as I looked up at her. I knew she couldn’t take anymore, so I kissed the inside of her thighs and worked my way up. Twirling my tongue around each nipple, then trailed kisses to her collarbone, and then up to her mouth.
She grabbed my face and kissed me passionately. Sucking on my lips, she moaned as she wrapped her legs around my waist. My cock was level with her wetness and I couldn’t help but rub against her, causing her to shudder as I hit her clit.
I pulled back and looked into her beautiful brown eyes, brushing hair away from her face. “You’re so beautiful, Scarlett,” I spoke softly. “You’ve changed me in ways I didn’t think possible. You balance me and make me want to be a better person. I can’t imagine you not being in my life.” I paused for a moment and looked into her eyes. She was my angel in this darkness and I was terrified I would end up losing her for good. “I love you,” I whispered, and watched as a tear fell from her eye. “I’ve loved you for so long and I don’t want to lose you.”
She shook her head and more tears fell from her eyes. “You won’t lose me,” she whispered, “because I love you too. I’m not going anywhere.”
I closed my eyes, brought my forehead down to hers, and slowly pushed into her. She moaned and grabbed on to my waist as I brought my lips down to hers once again.
I continued to rock back and forth as she brought her hips up to meet mine. She moaned into my mouth every time I hit her clit.
Pulling back from our kiss, I braced my weight on my hand and thrust into her and then ground my pelvic bone onto her clit. She pushed back on my chest in an attempt to push me away. I knew she was ultra-sensitive, but I wanted her to come one more time.
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