Jennifer shakes her head and meets my gaze. “Instead of bringing it to you, maybe I should bring you to it.”
I nod. “If it’s been safe all this time, then yes, that makes sense.”
“All right. Back to bed.” Jennifer stands and claps her hands. “I expect you to be at school in the morning when I wake up, Harper.”
We’re all going to be dragging in the morning. When we all stand and look at Harper, Jennifer rolls her eyes.
“Good night. Make sure the alarm is set.” She walks upstairs muttering to herself.
“Your mom is the best, kitten.” Eli steps into Harper and draws her into his arms for a hug.
“You think that was part of the plan?” Harper asks as she steps back.
Caden hugs her next, while Nico runs upstairs to grab his shoes and shirt. I wouldn’t put it past Jennifer to have noticed that Nico looks like he just climbed out of bed while Luke is dressed like he’s been outside.
“To blow up your relationship with your mother?” Caden kisses her hair. “Probably. They attacked our computers, which they could get to at any time while we’re in school.”
“Not unlocked they can’t.” I step forward to take my turn hugging Harper. “They wanted us panicked. Hoping one of us would slip up.”
I draw her into my arms and she wraps her arms around my waist, holding me tight against her. Her vanilla scent is mingled with Luke’s cologne from his sweatshirt.
“And I’m the one that fucked up.” Caden’s words catch my attention.
“Maybe, but I’ll be able to tell what they were looking for.” I release Harper and she steps into Nico’s arms. “No more naked time on the webcams.”
Harper gasps and looks back at me. Her frantic gaze darting to the stairs. I shake my head.
“I wasn’t that loud, sweetheart.”
She ducks her head against Nico as he holds her tight. “I was looking forward to waking you up in the morning, sunshine.”
Her cheeks are pink when she draws back. Luke shakes his head and pulls Harper back into him, wrapping an arm around her shoulders as they both watch us. “I’ll take care of our girl.”
“Not on webcam,” I remind him. Which sucks because that would be an excellent way to start the morning, watching Luke fuck Harper.
I walk over to the coffee table and toss the webcam to Luke. He catches it and raises an eyebrow. I smirk.
“It’s tamperproof and goes to my cloud storage, which is inaccessible to anyone who isn’t me.” I wink at Harper. “Put on a good show for me.”
“Do we have all our bases covered?” Luke asks. He strokes Harper’s shoulder. Her dark eyes lift to mine and I wish I could stay and be there in the morning.
“I hope so. I’ll see what I can find tonight before the trail goes cold.” Fuck, this is going to be a long night. I’ve got an energy drink waiting for me at home.
Luke
Morning comes way too soon, but I have Harper wrapped in my arms, snuggling into me. After everyone left, Harper led me to her room. I was too tired to argue and really didn’t relish the idea of sleeping in the other bedroom.
I could wake her and fuck her, or I could let her get a few more minutes of precious sleep. We’re all going to be dragging this morning.
I inhale her vanilla scent. Her face is soft in sleep, her lips slightly parted. She threw her leg over mine at some point during the night. There’s something right about the way she feels in my arms, in my bed, in my life.
Tonight I have to subject her to my father while Jack tries to figure out my father’s computer. Unless he’s already on to us.
It’s what kept me awake even as Harper fell asleep in my arms. Sidney and who she was helping. We had eyes on Zach’s people and Zach for that matter. It could have been an effort to lead us away from them.
But how did Zach change Harper’s mom’s schedule? That speaks of someone in power and authority. Which could be Sidney’s mom. She is on the board at the hospital, but my father loves to throw his weight around.
And the fact they were trying our computers...
