로그인“He was sent to rehab, Rina.”
“Even then,” she pressed, her voice tight, “he contacted a few dealers in his first year of treatment. But never him. Never anybody associated with him. Except one.”
“When I told him – I didn’t know his history with that bastard then, but I knew it with you, and so did Kyle – he cut the guy off. Didn’t even complete the pick up after paying for the goods.”
“Are you trying to say he cared?” I asked. My voice was stable; it did not rise. No sin
“He was sent to rehab, Rina.”“Even then,” she pressed, her voice tight, “he contacted a few dealers in his first year of treatment. But never him. Never anybody associated with him. Except one.”“When I told him – I didn’t know his history with that bastard then, but I knew it with you, and so did Kyle – he cut the guy off. Didn’t even complete the pick up after paying for the goods.”“Are you trying to say he cared?” I asked. My voice was stable; it did not rise. No single inflection.“Are you implying that he felt bad or something?” I pushed, still neutral in my tone.“I’m saying that Kyle is a fuck up. He fucked up. You are a fighter. A winner. Don’t get sidelined now. I shared this with you so that fucker can’t use it against us. I can’t wipe it. He will know, and that will stir a hornet’s nest.”“These files were accessed recently; that’s why they popped up so fast. I’m sharing with you, my sweet. Do you hear me?”“I hear you, m
The ride back to the mainland, car and chopper, was peaceful for everyone. Bash was busy on a tablet device. Dexter seemed to have given Master Yanis and one of his brothers his phone number and was typing relentlessly.Adrian was updating Sir Sinclair on the site, all the way through. Answering a variety of questions from the elder.I kept my gaze on the land, the water, and the skies, my mind on a message I had received just before leaving the site.Rina had sent me a file. I had read it. Five times.I thought my mind would be in a spiral, in some sort of turmoil, but it was quiet.Had I gone so far off in my lifestyle and choices that something like this had not made me break down?Was I that lost to human emotion that I could be this stable?In between absolute nothingness, such thoughts came up, then dissipated.My body rocked. I glanced up. “See you this evening?” Bash was saying, eyeing me strangely.I smiled.
Bash laughed lightly. “Wait till you see what we’re building for them. Our man here,” he threw a large arm over my shoulders, shaking me heartily while slapping my chest, “did the building design. Me, I’m working with him on the interior for the Africa section.”His tiny eyes danced as he faced our guests.“This is a man-made island,” I remarked. “One of twenty. The owners want only the best to give them the best structures and ambience money can buy.”“The others you saw are engineers, landscapers, interior decorators, and inspectors, all here for the same thing we are: to check the structures and automated devices used to run everything from the room temperatures to the timer for watering the grass.”“For real?” Dexter gasped.I pushed Bash’s arm off gently, while smiling at Dexter. “Yes. Your father wanted me to show you what his rival is up to. Please take notes.”I turned to Adiran. “Your father let you join me on this trip. Come have a look at the other projects I’m running. If y
Not that I cared, but I wasn’t going to make waves where I could avoid them.I got in my car; my driver pulled off. A black Lexus slid behind us.Forty minutes later, past noon, I was knocking on a hotel door. Liam was standing beside me.“Yes. No. I heard you, Dad,” Adrian was saying as he opened the door. He was on the phone. The one I had given him.He didn’t look at me. Didn’t look at Liam. He walked to the sofa and dropped into it.“I’ll get a new one when I get back. Yes. Tomorrow.”The young man closed his eyes, rubbing his forehead with his index and middle fingers. There was a half-empty food tray on the table before the sofa.I sat in the single-seater on the side. Liam stood by the wall, behind his ward.“I got in late yesterday. I missed him this morning. Yes. No. Dad, I went to see Lee.”His face twisted slightly. He was silent for a while.“I know, Dad. I wasn’t –”He sighed. “Yes, Dad. Okay.”
Jayden Malroy consumed me.This man, on the contrary, was moving with me. Staying in step.I shivered.Dexter’s brow furrowed.I swallowed.“Faster?” I breathed.His face swelled. He turned away, but I didn’t let him make it.I gave him what he wanted, and his head snapped back to me.“Ah! Ah! Ha! Nngh! Ah! Ahhh!”I was riding him like he was the last bull on the farm. Still staying quiet, enjoying his pleasure even more than I was enjoying mine.Pushing everything and everyone that was not him out of my mind.“Ah! HA! AAHHH! Adrian!”I couldn’t stop. I couldn’t slow. I wanted more from him. I wanted everything he had to give.I tightened on him.“Oh! Ha! Nnnnngh! Adrian! Oh! Slow… Slow down! Loosen up. Ah! Sorry! I’m sorry! Slow down! Ah! Adrian! Ah –”I silenced him. I made him swallow his cries. I didn’t know who was outside his door. Who was in the next room, on the other flo
He was my height and about half my size, maybe a bit more than that; he should have been able to push me off, if he wanted to, but in that moment, he may as well have been a featherweight.I wasn’t blocking his movements either. I only wanted to kiss him.On his part, he wasn’t struggling, screaming, or trying to hit me.His hands were on the floor, on either side of his frame.His tongue flicked against mine, and I dove deeper. I loosened my hold, watching him. Waiting for him to pull away.He sank low. Still on the floor, and I followed.He made that cursed sound again, and my breath caught.I released his lips, inhaled, and dove back in. This time, my second hand was on his leg, making its way up his firm thigh.I hadn’t gotten a good look earlier, but at that moment, I massaged as I moved, feeling the muscles underneath.That was not the plan.At that point, my main arm was fully behind his head, cradling him.
How the fuck was Jay tied to someone with that type of money and access to the fucking government?I get that he’s loaded, a billionaire for fuck’s sake, but how could my guys, even the hackers I paid good money to, not be able to get me any real info on him?And more still, where w
I had waited for him, gone to battle for him, and here he was, without a worry. He had been fine. I had risked myself, my gang, for him, and what was he saying? What was he doing?Barry bellowed. Shaw cursed. He, my avatar, the only good thing in my world, silently took everything my men,
Jade’s father screamed as he shook the screen, and Jade’s head bowed. There was a quick, sharp movement on the man’s end, and the screen went black as the device he had been using smashed into the floor of whatever room he was in.Destroying his computer as completely as he had destroyed h
Barry didn’t ask where I was, what I was doing, or when I’d be back. He really wasn’t an idiot.He already knew he couldn’t trace my number. He already knew I had access to people and things that he didn’t want to know about. But he had checked, numerous times over the years, that I wasn’t a rat. An







