All Chapters of I Want Her Bare, Always: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

CharlesI was finishing my last set when my phone rang.The sound cut through the steady rhythm of the gym downstairs, sharp and intrusive, and something in my chest tightened before I even reached for it. I wiped my hands on the towel, irritation already creeping in, and checked the screen.Jax.I frowned. She should have known that I trained at this hour. Even if I was vague in telling her where I was going, she at least knew that I didn’t like interruptions unless something was wrong.For some seconds, I stared at the phone, watching as it rang, the loud shrilling sound piercing through the room.I contemplated ignoring it. She wasn't anything special to me so I could simply act like I didn't notice it.I answered anyway, especially as I thought about how she would not have called me unless it was either urgent or important.“There was someone here,” she repeated, her voice tense, breath uneven. “Do you think they came after me?”The word snapped something awake in me.I straight

CharlesI sat at my desk, trying to work through the laundry list of e-mails I’d accumulated since leaving New York. I’ve got people for this but I’m pretty much heavy on confidentiality. I need every information cross-checked and sealed. The hums from the side made me turn, and there she was. Jaxen was standing at the bookshelves in my office, the hem of my T-shirt rising up her thigh and over the curve of her ass as she reached the third shelf.Damn it.“Hey,” she said causally, not even looking in my direction. Does she have any idea what could happen?I blinked and refocused on my computer screen, mentally hitting myself for letting her come in here. I didn’t want her to ask a bunch of questions about Ivan, my work, or the recent murders. She may not know it yet but that's confidential information that can get her killed.Just so she stays within earshot, I’d told her to hang out, grab a book, and read or work on the spare laptop if she needed.However, she’d quickly turned i

Charles“Fuck. We need to get you out of here!” Brad said. “This looks bad.”I know.My hands moved from my stomach straight to my arm where the blood was pumping from. I haven't been shot in three years and I almost forgot how the sharp pain feels like. I groaned, forcing one hand over my shoulder to stop the blood. “No. If we lose him now, we lose it.”The pain ripped through my arm, forcing me to groan. It burns like liquid fire, leaving me dizzy. “I need to kill that motherfucker.”“Yeah, but are you crazy?” Ivan added. “You can't do shit with a gun wound.”I'm about to prove him wrong. I've learned to suppress my pain all these years. I don't believe in sulking or healing. There's no time for that bullshit in our world. “Give me the fucking pills,” I said, ignoring everything else they've said. Ivan brought out a cup of morphine and I grabbed it from him, forcing it open. I put two tablets in my mouth, unsure of the prescribed dosage. “Brad, I need you to follow me. Ivan, y

Charles Am I crazy to have expected her call? Damn it. I opened my bottle of pills, tipped two out into my palm, then hesitated and added another two.This is literally an overdose but I don't care. I threw them into my mouth and dry swallowed them, grimacing at the sour, gritty flavor on my tongue and the acidity as they scraped down my throat.Fernandez should be here any minute but the pain has become unbearable that I do not think I can just sit around and wait for him. Anger twisted at my insides from the thoughts in my head. I had expected to feel a level of fulfilment but the emotion isn't there. It's almost as if it was replaced with the anger of knowing Jaxen DeLuca doesn't give a shit about me. What did I expect? For the same woman who I hate to call me and ask about me? I paced around my big, empty house like a dog unable to settle. It's been three hours since the incident and four hours since I got shot. I've been in a lot of pain and I can't even pretend that this s

CharlesI hate how audacious Jaxen can be. I walked straight to my office and slammed the door behind me. For a minute, I watched her eyes flicker with lust. Does she want me to fuck her?I’m certain she does. There’s no way she’d have stayed that calm with my fingers threatening to finger fuck her. A small grin formed on my mouth but I brushed it off immediately. I can’t get distracted from what she is.Leverage. But I can’t lie that I don’t obsess over her. Everyone around me can now see it even though I try to not admit it but the best part of this is that my obsession with her isn’t one-sided. Jaxen is l just as starved for me as I am for her.How dumb is she to think that using incognito mode on that phone I gave her would stop me from seeing what she was doing?Porn… She had typed and cleared it. I raised my brow waiting for her to finish the next search and my jaw clenched when I saw what she had searched. Hot pictures of Charles Wade. Woah. She does think I’m hot. Who