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Aegis Group Dangerous Ladies Chapter 22: Haley
Haley didn't know what the big picture held for them, but she did know that tonight she wanted to indulge. To give in.Konstantin led her into his room. He stopped at the dresser and pulled out the middle drawer.Half of the drawer was taken up by a gun box.She placed her sidearm in the drawer next to the box.He shut the drawer and placed his phone on a charging pad near the door.Simple, routine actions. And yet, they felt like a precursor to something else. Something more.An arm snaked around her waist. Konstantin pulled her to him, his mouth once more devouring hers in the toe-curling kiss she was beginning to crave. She slid her hands up and over his shoulders, surrendering to the kiss. He turned them, pressing her against the dresser.This man and flat surfaces. It seemed to be a thing and she did not mind it one bit.Konstantin palmed her breast in a bold move. She groaned at the feel of someone other than herself touching her. It was such a delicious almost fo
Aegis Group Dangerous Ladies Chapter 23: Konstantin
Saturday. Lake House. VA.KONSTANTIN REMAINED PERFECTLY STILL. His internal alarm had woken him up first at five, at which point he'd realized that his highly sexual dreams hadn't been dreams at all.Haley was in his bed.She was still there, more than an hour later, and very much naked.Part of him couldn't accept what had happened as reality.How could he allow himself to slip up like that? Twice? And let it lead to this?He wasn't the only architect of this design. Haley had been there. She'd been more than an equal participant. And yet the responsibility was on him.Konstantin swallowed and stared up at the ceiling.From the day they'd met, he'd known they had chemistry. It was impossible to not feel it, see it reflected back in her eyes. But they'd drawn their boundaries and stayed away from each other.Until now.He stared down at the top of her head. She'd wrapped an arm and leg around him, choosing to use his shoulder as a pillow instead of the ridiculous
Aegis Group Dangerous Ladies Chapter 24: Haley
Saturday. Lake House. VA.HALEY WAS RATHER RELIEVED when Konstantin got a work call at eight on the dot. Being around him when he wasn't in boss mode or playing dad was...intoxicating. Having all that focus on her did things to her head, making it hard to think.She wanted to go outside, have a nice run, clear her head, but that went against their agreed upon guidelines. There was the gym downstairs, but she didn't feel like being cooped up.Restless, she grabbed her laptop and phone from her room then posted up at the dining table.She checked her messages first, smiling at the messages from Zasha yesterday. So far she didn't appear to know that anything was different.Haley scrolled through her girl chat, skimming the messages she'd missed.Her thumbs hovered over the keys, but she couldn't make herself say anything.It was one thing to tell the collective group that she'd kissed Konstantin, but an entirely different matter to sleep with him.Aegis Group didn't hav
Aegis Group Dangerous Ladies Chapter 25: Konstantin
Saturday. Lake House. Virginia.KONSTANTIN PUSHED TO HIS feet and strode to the windows before reminding himself that he couldn't open the curtains.Damn his mother. Damn her and whatever the hell plan this was."This isn't coincidental." He turned to face Haley. "She didn't just find out about me and decide to reconnect. This is her plan. She wants something. But what?"Haley looked back at him, her face grim. "Is it time to look at the pictures?""Yes." He grimaced.This wasn't a task he was looking forward to.Haley got up and he followed her out to the dining table. A small suitcase sat against the wall. She picked it up and placed it on the table, opened it and began handing him stacks of framed photographs."We'll have to take them out of the frames," he said."Want me to do that while you look at them?" she suggested."Sure."Haley pulled out a chair and patted it. "Sit."He did as directed, fully aware she'd switched to taking care of him. Guilt gnawe
Aegis Group Dangerous Ladies Chapter 26: Tasha
Saturday. Rose House. Arlington, VA.TASHA GLANCED AT THE phone. It had been one of the items brought to her after the job was finished.Konstantin's name flashed on the screen.She couldn't answer it. No one had been able to break the password on the phone yet, not that it mattered. It had served its purpose.Her son was calling his fed friends.Taking them out was just a stall tactic. She had no doubt that Konstantin had other contacts, but he was enough like his father that he'd follow a process. As a child he'd been an orderly, rule following sort of kid. All the other mothers had gushed over him, calling her lucky.If she was lucky, why did he make so much noise? Why was he a little tornado?She hadn't seen the merits then, but they benefitted her now.Tasha leaned back in her chair.She'd known better than to expect Konstantin to welcome her with open arms, but she had hoped for a warmer reception. Honestly, she'd have thought he'd have at least texted her si
Aegis Group Dangerous Ladies Chapter 27: Haley
Saturday. Lake House. VA.HALEY GLANCED FROM THE phone to Konstantin and back."What the fuck was that?" she asked."I don't know." He placed the phone on the table, still frowning at it."You aren't going to go. Are you?" To her it was obvious. You did not go into enemy territory knowing it was an ambush."I think I have to," he said slowly."What? Why? No. Konstantin, no."He glanced sideways at her, that cool, composed look of his firmly in place. "It's not your decision."Haley slouched back in her chair. "You know she wants something from you. You know she's not on your side in anything. It's likely she's setting you up for something. Why give her this meeting?""Because what other move do I have? We know roughly what she's been doing and who she's pretended to be, but there has to be more to this. And I don't think we're going to figure it out looking at a bunch of old pictures." He flicked the closest picture with his index finger."Then talk to her on the
Aegis Group Dangerous Ladies Chapter 28: Konstantin, Tasha
Saturday. Washington, DC.KONSTANTIN LOOKED ACROSS THE table at the woman who had birthed him and felt nothing. After all these years, he'd have expected to have intense feelings about her. Instead, he only had apathy.She hadn't been a good mother. There was no arguing the point. But she had brought Ivana into his life and she was more of a mother to him than Natasha could ever hope to be.That was why he would always forgive Ivana. She wasn't just an employee, she was family. And he would never turn his back on her. Especially not for continuing to love his mother.Natasha glanced up from her plate.It was coming...She daubed at her face with a napkin.He braced himself for her next comment or observation or humorous memory."You're even quiet like him," she said with a little smile.Konstantin took a drink from his water glass. He had no appetite for this food or company.He'd come to this dinner, ignoring Haley's advice, and for what? Hours of small talk.
Aegis Group Dangerous Ladies Chapter 29: Haley
Saturday. Lake House. VA.HALEY LISTENED TO THE silent house.She'd heard the garage open and close earlier, then someone on the stairs.Konstantin was back.The security cameras had told her that much.She wanted to know how the dinner had gone, if he'd learned anything, but she didn't feel like she could go to him and ask. Not with how they'd left things earlier. She'd walked on eggshells around him all afternoon until he left. He'd hardly said five words to her.This was why she'd stayed away from the mercurial man in the beginning. He tied her in knots without even trying.What the hell was wrong with her?Yes, she'd always given Konstantin a wide berth, but this was ridiculous.The man was her boss. Personal feelings aside, she needed to know how the situation had evolved.And deep down she wanted to see him again. Natasha Titov was the mother she wouldn't wish on her worst enemy. Haley couldn't imagine how seeing her again had messed with Konstantin's head.
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