Gabriel POVRiver caresses my hair as I sob holding her. I thought I was going to lose her completely. But here she is. In my arms. Holding me as I let myself get vulnerable. I decided that I will never let her go again. I will never let a woman look my way ever again. I can’t lose her. I can’t lose this.“Boss” - I hear and I lift my head as River plants a kiss on my forehead. “Yes” - I say“Ambulance is here” - I stand up and see them coming in. it is complicated to explain what happened. So Jason starts talking to them while they assist Mike. We can’t afford to have the cops sniffing before we handle the situation. We can make it go away anyway. I just didn’t want to be handling cops wh

Gabriel POVIt’s been three weeks since River is back in my life and I couldn’t be happier. River went back to work in Michael’s hotel. She missed having a life. As she put it out. She said working did good things to her and I’m not stopping her from doing whatever makes her happy. She resumed her training with my guys and she’s shootings a lot better. Not to mention she wants to fight me now. So here we are at the gym. I take my t-shirt off. I know she gets distracted by my muscled torso. I can see river going red and I smile walking to her while I adjusting my sweat pants lowering them so she can imagine the rest. She gulps and I place a kiss on her head.

Gabriel POVI leave River with mom and I walk to stand next to dad, Michael gets drinks for them and keeps an eye out for my woman. I don’t want her anywhere near the shit show that is about to happen. “How are we playing this?” - I ask grabbing a glass of whiskey from the waitress that passes in front of me.I drink the entire content and Amelia walks to us with Ethan.“All ready” - she saysI look at them and Ethan nods his head.“He brought the bitch” - Dad says“Good, I’ll end them both” - I say and Mel smiles“Just don’t forget she was her friend” - Mel says“The im