by Angel Steel
“A note and DVD,” she whispered.
“What did the note say?”
“It’s up there on the desk.”
Lifting her up off the floor with him, he moved over towards the chair at her desk and sat down with her still in his arms. She turned her head away, as he read the latest letter she got. She didn’t need to read it a second time, as she memorised what it said the first time around.
“Who are they talking about?” he growled, as he scrunched up the letter in his fist.
“Dom.”
“What did he do?”
“I really don’t want to say.”
“Ok, so you said you got a letter and DVD. What is on the disc, have you watched it?”
“Yeah, I watched it. But I can’t tell you.”
“Can I just watch it then, if you can’t tell me?”
“Only if you don’t judge me.”
He nodded and she got off his lap, and then sat on the spare couch in the office, as he played the DVD. It didn’t go for very long, snippets of what happened last night flashed across the screen. His fists were white, clenching the top of the desk as he watched, growling at what he had seen.
“Nate....” she whispered.
“Give me a second.”
She understood completely. After watching it herself, she had no words to say.
“Ok, so someone has filmed you with Dom. I know what he is into, and what you both do in your spare time is your own business. But someone has been in your house and filmed this, Chantal. You need to tell him about this, now. It’s not just you in that video. And for fuck’s sake, this is your fourth letter that has been sent, plus video of you two together and a fucking heart in a box! What is it going to take for you to tell him what is going on? You dead, is that it?”
“No, I can’t tell him now, he’s away on business and won’t be back till tomorrow. I’ll tell him then, I promise, I will do it. I can’t take much more of this anymore. Whoever it is knows where I live, and has been inside.”
“Call him and leave a message. He will ring you right back.”
“I don’t want to do it over the phone, Nate. Plus, I also don’t want to disrupt his business trip.”
“He won’t give a shit about the business trip. He cares for you, Chantal. He would drop anything he has going on and come back if he knew what the fuck was happening,” he growled.
“Let me do it when he gets back?”
“If I hear from him before he comes back, I’m telling him, Chantal. This has to stop, now. It’s not safe for you anymore. You need to stay somewhere other than here. What happens if they decide to come when you are actually in here or sound asleep? What are you going to do then?”
“I know, Nate. I don’t know what to do anymore.”
She slouched down on the couch further. She really had no clue as to what to do. Crap, I almost forgot about tonight.
“Shit, tonight I have a charity event I’m going to.”
“Cancel it.”
“I can’t, Nate. I already promised my mum I would go for her. Plus, Dad has arranged for two of his security team to arrive with me, and leave with me.”
“Well, that is a good thing, you won’t be alone.”
“I can’t stay here, Nate. Where am I going to stay?”
“Well you can’t stay with Skylar. She’s going to ask too many questions, and with the baby due in a couple of months, she can’t handle any more stress. I know your parents are out of the question, so that leaves only my place.”
“I can’t stay with you, what will Skylar think? And I don’t want to bring my problems to your house.”
“We’ll tell her something, ok. You’ll be safer at my place than here, Chantal, someone will always be close by if and when anything happens. If I’m not there, Craig is next door and Joey is only seconds away. It’s your best option.”
He was right. She had no better plan, and she needed someone close if something did happen. “Ok, I’ll stay with you. For the time being, I need to organise things for tonight.”
“You do that, pack a bag for a few days, and I’ll wait out in the lounge room for you until you’re ready to leave.”
“Thank you Nate, for everything.”
“You’re family, Chantal.” They hugged each other and he left the room, leaving her there to sort out what she needed.
After calling Gavin, letting him know that she would be getting picked up from Nate’s place, she relayed the same to Joel as to where to meet her. He asked why she was staying there and she quickly had to come up with an excuse. Happy with what she told him, she packed a bag, grabbed everything she needed for the night, and met Nate out in the lounge room.
“Ready?”
“Yeah.”
Nate grabbed all of her items off her and carried them to his truck. She jumped in, as he placed everything in the backseat. Once he was seated beside of her, he said, “Everything is going to work out, Chan. I won’t let anything happen to you. You’re safe.”
“I know, Nate, and thank you again for all of this.”
She wanted to believe him, but whoever it was would stop at nothing to get to her if that is exactly what they wanted. No matter who tried to keep her safe, wouldn’t the person after her go through them just to get to her, if they wanted her that badly? She was not going to allow that to happen. No one was going to get hurt just for her. If this sicko wanted her, they needed to come after her and only her, no one else. After tonight, she was going to flush this psychotic person out of their hole to come after her. No one was going to stand in her way to stop this mad person, end of story.
Chapter 42
Skylar sat at home, waiting for Nate to return from picking up Chantal. Something was going on. It wasn’t her car that had a problem, it was something much more than that. She could tell in her voice when she rung—she was scared. She understood that she didn’t tell her the truth straight up. She would have done the same thing if the roles were reversed, but they were best friends and should be able to tell each other anything...no matter what it was.
Whatever was going on with Chantal was serious. She wasn’t going to be upset that she hadn’t told her; she’d be there for her friend when she was ready to talk about the issue. Walking into the kitchen, she made lunch for herself. As she was sitting down at the table, eating, someone knocked and walked into her house.
“Hey, Sky.”
“Alex, what are you doing here?”
“Can’t I come over and see my girl?” He laughed as he hugged her.
“Of course you can, just thought you would be with Craig.”
“Craig had some business to do, then he is all mine,” he said with a wink.
She placed her plate in the sink, and they both walked out into the lounge room and sat across from each other.
“So, where is Nate? I thought I saw his truck parked out the front earlier.”
“Yeah, he was here. Chantal rung, she needed help with her car.”
“What’s wrong with her car?”
“I don’t think it was her car that is actually the problem.”
“What do you mean?”
“She was scared, something has happened and she won’t tell me. She should be able to talk to me, we’re friends. I know the whole baby thing is stressful, but I can handle whatever she needs to tell me.”
“Maybe she was just over it with her car?”
“No, it’s more than that, I could tell, Alex. She didn’t sound like herself at all.”
“Ok, when Nate gets back, we’ll ask. It’s probably nothing that bad, Sky.”
“I hope so.”
After chatting for over an hour, they both heard Nate’s truck pull up next door at his place. Sky walked over and looked out the window over at his place, and watched as he helped Chantal out of his truck and took her inside, before he came back out and grabbed bags from the back.
“Something is definitely going on,” Alex said beside her.
“See, I tol
d you. She looks pale, not her normal self. Maybe we should go over there and see how she is.”
“That might cheer her up.”
As they were making their way towards the back door, to go over, Nate opened the door, before them. “Where are you guys going?”
“Um, over to your place to see Chantal.”
“How do you know she is there?” Nate asked.
“We just seen you pull up and help her out of your truck, Nate. What’s going on?”
“She’s fine; her plumbing flooded the kitchen and rooms. They’re coming out to fix it, but she needed somewhere to stay for a couple of days, so I offered.”
“Why couldn’t she have stayed here? I have plenty of room.”
“I’m going to go and wait for Craig, while you guys talk it out,” Alex interjected.
She never looked away from Nate, and knew there was something going on now.
“She didn’t want to bring more stress on you. Can we please just drop it? Chantal is staying at my place for the next couple of days, that is it.”
“Does Dom know what’s going on?”
“Nope, he’s on a business trip, won’t be back till tomorrow.”
“He won’t like it that she is staying with you,” she whispered.
“I don’t care, Skylar; I’m helping her out. That is it. Don’t even think it, Skylar. I can see the wheels spinning in your head. She is a friend, nothing more. I would bloody never do that to you!”
“Sorry, it’s just hard with what you have done, Nate.”
“I will tell you again. That will never happen, ever. You are the only one I want to be with, no one else. I can’t picture myself with anyone but you, baby. Plus, Chantal is a handful. I have enough with just you.” He laughed as she slapped him on the arm.
“Now, can we talk about something else, or maybe do something. I’m sure I can come up with some ideas on what to do.” He waggled his eyebrows towards her.
“I swear that is the only thing you think of, Nate.”
“You love it, baby. Every single inch of it,” he teased, while rubbing over his growing erection.
Damn, why did he have to go and do that? Her eyes never left his jeans as his hand started undoing the button. Swallowing, she backed away from him. If he wanted it, he had to come and get it from her.
“We playing like that, are we, sweetheart?”
The way he growled ‘sweetheart’ to her sent her pulse into overdrive. She would never get enough of him; if she could, she would have him every second of the day and more.
She walked backwards towards her room as he stalked her, ripping his shirt off of his body in the process. Then, his jeans were pushed down his legs as they made it into her room. She was still standing there fully clothed with him only in his underwear, which was a shock since he rarely wore them.
He stood before her, stroking his erection through his underwear, as he glanced over her body. She was ready to melt, right there on the spot, as his eyes slowly devoured her body.
“Now, are we going to do this the easy way or the hard way, baby?” She gulped as he moved towards her. “Skylar? Are you going to make it easy from me or not, sweetheart?”
Grinning, she sat down on the edge of the bed, staring at him.
“Take off your clothes, Sky.”
She closed her eyes, but she couldn’t do it. Her hands were shaking too much for her to do anything right then.
She felt Nate stop in front of her and as she opened her eyes slightly, his erection was right there, in range. Her hand shot out, wrapping around him. Groaning, she pulled his underwear down, and lightly kissed up his thigh towards his cock.
Before she could even get her mouth on him, he pushed her back onto the bed, covering her body as best he could. His hands were everywhere. She did not even know that he had managed to get her top off until his mouth was covering her breast.
“Oh, God,” she moaned as he bit her nipple.
“I fuckin’ love your breasts, baby,” he mumbled.
His hand started moving down her body, over her belly, and down between her legs, where he rubbed lightly over her pussy. Her hips started moving with him; her panties were soaked more than what they were before they came into the room.
“Please, Nate, I can’t take anymore,” she panted.
He was off her that quick, pulling her pants down and turning her over. Gasping for breath, she looked back at him as he moved behind her. I bloody love this position. Rubbing his cock over her pussy, he grabbed a handful of her hair, pulling her back so she could look into his eyes.
“This is going to be quick, baby. I can’t seem to get enough of you. You ready?”
She inclined her head slightly and he slammed forwards, in one single thrust, burying himself completely. They both stayed still, enjoying the sensation: her of being filled, and him of being inside of her.
He moved, pulling back and slamming forward. Every time he drove forward, it sent her up the bed further, but he didn’t allow her to get too far away. Gripping her hips, he pumped into her, harder and as fast as he could go. She clenched around him, loving how he groaned her name just from that.
Her hands gripped the sheet, needing something to hold on to as her body kept shooting forward at his every thrust. His hands slid around her side, between her legs, and started pinching her clit. Screaming his name, she pushed back against him, driving him further into her.
Laying her head on the bed, she slid her hand down under her until she touched his balls. He hissed in a breath at the contact as she started to fondle them in her hand. Rolling them and tugging slightly, while he pounded into her.
“Nate.” She was so close. Her toes curled as he growled, gripped her hips harder and really pumped into her.
“Let go now, Skylar,” he ground out.
She screamed out his name into the pillow as her orgasm washed over her. Losing her grip on the sheet, he held her in place as he kept moving behind her.
“Damn, baby,” he groaned.
It was never ending, coming down from that orgasm. Another was building, and quickly. Before she could even say anything to him, the next one came out of her. It happened so quickly she was shocked. She screamed his name a second time while he shouted hers as they came together.
They were both breathing heavy as they fell against the bed in one heap. “God, I love you, Skylar,” he said as he rubbed her back. Smiling, she rolled over and wrapped herself as much as she could around him.
“I love you, too, Nate,” she whispered. Before she got too comfortable, her stomach growled, and the baby decided to start kicking, straight into Nate’s side.
Laughing, he placed his hand over her belly. “Well, someone is awake and hungry. How about we have a quick shower, then I’ll make you something to eat while you relax? Sound good?” he offered as he sat up, pulling her onto his lap.
“I want to stay here for a little bit longer.”
“Ok, baby, whatever you want to do, is fine with me.”
They sat there for a very long time, not saying anything to each other, just cuddling, with his hand still covering her belly. She moved and laid down on the pillow as he moved down her body and started whispering against her belly, drawing little circles over it, where their child was kicking. Her eyes started to doze, the last thing she remembered hearing him say was, “I love both of you.” Then she fell into a deep, peaceful sleep.
Chapter 43
Chantal sat on the end of the bed in Nate’s spare room, ready for the night’s event. She had started getting ready hours before, and sitting there looking at the clock, it was barely 6:30p.m.. She needed to keep her mind off everything that had happened earlier. Nate had been over at Skylar’s for the last several hours. She had a feeling he was either giving her space or time to get ready, but she was going with the first.
Now, she was mulling over how she was going to tell Dominic about everything...the letters, the DVD and the box she had received. And the fact that the last gi
ft was sent to her own house. He was going to be pissed, maybe more than that, due to the fact she had not even told him about the first letter she had gotten.
She needed to have someone search her house and find that damn camera, and whatever else might be hidden there. She didn’t know anyone that was capable in finding things like that. She needed to have a chat with Nate and see whether he knew, or his brother, since he was in the army.
“Chantal.”
She jumped as his voice echoed into her room. She hated being so jumpy, being scared at everything around her. Taking a breath to calm her heartbeat, she called out, “I’m in here, Nate.”
He pushed the door open further and stood there. “You alright?”
“Sort of, I guess. It’s just hard to believe that someone is doing this.”
He walked over and sat down beside her. “Do you have any idea who would do this?”
“No. I have gone over everyone I know and keep coming up blank. Someone out there really doesn’t like me for being with him, Nate. What am I going to tell him?”
“You need to tell him everything, which you should have at the start.”
“I know,” she conceded.
“Everything will turn out fine, Chantal. Once you tell Dominic, he will figure this out, I know he will.”
“I don’t want him to figure this out, Nate. I don’t want him involved with whoever is doing this. I don’t want anyone else getting hurt because of me.”
“You know full well that he would get involved even if you two weren’t together, Chantal. You know him.”
She did know that about him, too well actually. Her phone beeped on the side table, making her jump.
“You don’t have to do this tonight, Chantal. Stay here.”
“No, I need to do this.” She walked over to her phone and read the text message that came through.
Joel: I’m here, ready?
“It’s Joel, he’s out front.”
“I’ll go let him in, then.”
As she sat back down, waiting for them both, her phone beeped again in her hands.
Dominic: God, I wish I had stayed home with u in my bed. This meeting is killing me. Miss u heaps, baby. Can’t wait to be back in that sexy body of urs. Love u, sweetheart!
