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“Where are you going?” His tone has dropped, the sincerity in it moving over me as tenderly as the soft material as he cleans me.
“Checking out a location for the girls.”
“Get Enzo to send his men,” he says gruffly.
“I’m perfectly capable. Don’t keep me locked up, because I’ll only want to escape. Remember that.” I keep the warning in my words.
“Fine.”
I let out a long sigh. “I’m taking Kai and Jax.”
I can see the worry on his face.
“Don’t do that to me, Frankie. Trust me?” I tilt my head to the side and offer him a sweet smile.
“All I ask is don’t take unnecessary risks. Okay?” His hand dips under my top and splays on my stomach. “I can’t lose either of you, baby.”
These damn hormones have my eyes stinging. I wrap my arms around him and squeeze him tight. “You know I’ll do everything I can to keep us safe, Frankie. I promise you.”
“I know, angel,” he whispers into the top of my head.
I push my chin up and press a kiss to his neck. “When I’m home, can you tell me what happened with Romano? Why do you hate him so much? I feel like I’m missing a huge piece of the puzzle here.”
As his body goes stiff, his jaw ticks, and heaverts his eyes from me.
“There are things that are best left in the past.” The conflict flickers across his features as he looks into my eyes.
“Have a good day at work.” He kisses me softly, pulling away and running a hand through his hair as he walks out of the office, slamming the door behind him.
It leaves me standing in the middle of the room, staring at a closed door, wondering what the hell just happened.
I look in the rearview mirror as I pull up next to the curb. There was a silver Chevrolet tailing me for most of the journey over. I sit and wait, watching as Jax and Kai park their bikes behind me. Running my fingers through my hair, I shake my head.
I’m probably overthinking it.
I just can’t help thinking I’ve seen that damn car before. I jump as Jax taps on the window with a grin.
“You good?” He gestures for me to get out.
Blowing out a long breath, I nod to him and get out.
I look past them both and down the road; there are no signs of that car.
“What’s up?” Jax asks, concern etched across his face.
“Did you notice a silver Chevy tailing us on the way here?”
Jax turns to Kai, who shrugs and shakes his head.
“Want me to go check it out?” Kai asks.
“Yeah, just have a look down nearby roads. It’s probably nothing. Jax, you can stay with me. We can go scope out the road, see if our SWAT guy is home.”
“You got it, boss,” Jax says playfully.
I take off, wrapping my long black coat tighter around me. I can’t stop thinking about Frankie shutting down on me. Now, more than ever, I need to find out what happened. If he wants it all with me, he needs to tell me the damn truth.
As I approach the little picket fence around our target’s house, there isn’t a car in the driveway. I keep walking past, checking to see how many of the neighbors are in. I know I can’t break in, not in broad daylight.
