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“That doesn’t make it better.” His voice holds a growl. “Ley, I’m serious. She’s my wife, and some crazy shit has been going down here. I need her protected.”
“What’s going on?” Did my cover get blown? Has my past figured out who I really am?
“I don’t know, but someone has tried hacking the system several times. We’ve had breaches in security and had to toss a couple of guys for counting cards. Andrei is looking into the runners who have been caught on the premises too.”
“Fuck. Okay. I’ll personally make sure she’s protected a bit more, but I can’t tell you anything else.” I’ll give him that, but it’s all I can do. Ryan had wanted me to personally handle Erika’s case, so now he’s getting what he wanted.
“I’m sending Riggs to you. You are closer to her, and he’s moping around without her.”
“She met Riggs?”
“Yeah. He took to her like I’ve never seen before.”
“Why is your wife here and you’re there? You need to decide what you want. From what I know, she has a very ingrained life here. She’s a part of the city.”
He says he’s considering leaving Vegas for this woman, and that’s how much I know he cares for her. He then tells me how Babushka met Erika and scared her off by assuming the wrong thing about her. I’ve seen Erika. She and her brother are similar in the number of tattoos they have, and Babushka is a bit old-fashioned.
Gray is getting worked up, and I hear a loud bang, like he slammed his hand on his desk.
“Calm down, big guy. I’ll help you with what I can. Murtaugh will love having Riggs here.” I wonder how much longer I’ll be able to hide where I’m at. Maybe I can send a private jet to bring Riggs here so he doesn’t know.
“Where are you again?” he asks the million-dollar question, and I decide to not lie about this to him. I know I should and not tell him, but I’m tired of hiding from my family. I miss my brothers and Babushka.
After a long pause, I sigh. “I’m in Eastport.”
“You’re there with her?”
“No. I’m in a business near hers. I can personally keep an eye on her for you, but she already has a detail. I have everything on her. Cameras, computer monitoring, and I’ll have a phone tap set up later today.”
We visit some more, and I hate that I’ve had to lie to him and Andrei for so long. It’s better for Franci and me if I don’t bring them into it. After we hang up, I send him the URL to watch the cameras for Erika and decide I need to figure out how I’m going to do this.
* * *
I’ve been following Erika for almost a month now, but tonight I have a detail on her while I take a needed session with Leif. My body is primed and ready for tonight. I need this more than I can breathe right now. I rush to get ready, only putting on a simple lingerie set under my trench coat. I arrive at the club with seconds to spare.
Just like every session before when he whips me, I orgasm, go into subspace, or both from the feelings overwhelming me, but this time it’s so much more different. I want more. I want to feel his skin against mine. I want to feel cherished. I know I shouldn’t, but I can’t stop the feelings. When he approaches me, I know he’s in a different place too. As always, he’s shirtless as he whips me. His sexy tattoos and single nipple piercing are on display for me to see. He saw mine a couple of weeks ago when I wore a more revealing negligee. Today I’m in a thong and a matching sheer red lounge bra set. Seeing him has caused me to change how I dress too. I wear colors other than black now.
He moves away from me for a quick moment, then he’s at my back. His hands gently rub across the whip marks. The balm is cool against my skin. I shudder from the feelings. He’s touching me. My nipples are so tight they hurt, and I feel my core softening.
I want him.
He pushes my hair back away and then he’s looking down at me. I’m completely spent. My body hangs from the cuffs and they pull on my shoulders that ache when it’s cold at times from the injuries to them. When he looks at me like this, I feel exposed. I nod, not sure if he notices at first, but then I watch as he reaches up and releases me. I fall back against him and into his arms. He’s so careful with me that it causes my heart to thump, and that wall that I always have up chips slightly.
I close my eyes because I worry he can see more than I want him to. When I feel his soft lips brush against my forehead, I almost sob. I pull away because I’m going to cry, and I can’t have him witness that.
I stand and move to my jacket. This time I can’t thank him as if he did me a service and that’s all that we are to each other. He watches me intensely with those eyes that bore into me. I lower my head and turn to walk away from him. Things are changing between us, and I need to decide how I feel about that and what I want next. I can’t go back to him not touching me, that much I know.
Four
RIDLEY
Watching Erika as she runs through the park, I decide it’s now or never if I want to meet her. I want to figure out if she deserves to be with my brother. I follow her as she runs. I have both dogs with me, and I’m dressed in workout gear. But I’m still armed to the teeth, just in case. I’ve spotted Ilya following her too. She’s not only protected by me but by the Bratva too.
When she stops and bends over, huffing for air, I let Riggs go do what he’s good at. He immediately goes to her, and I act like he got away from me.
“Sorry, he’s a bit of a fool. Come on, Riggs, leave her be,” I say, and realize she took Riggs being with me the wrong way. I jump for her as her eyes start to roll back.
“Hey, are you okay?” Fuck, Gray’s going to kill me for this if I hurt her or made her think there is something wrong. I dial 911 and get an ambulance to us as soon as possible.
