“This all has to be connected with Victor and his resignation. He’s set to step down next week. Suddenly two seats are opening up, and I have a feeling Benito Calvern is looking to have them filled. He’s got to be the head of this snake.” Gideon took out a cigar and rolled it between his fingers.
“I spoke with Solange, and she’s doing what you wanted and calling in all her favors, but even she doesn’t think it’ll be enough. Some big hitters are backing Calvern,” Alex informed us.
“What did you find out about Benito, Toni?” Gideon inquired.
“Not a lot. He’s been eerily quiet for the ten years he’s lived here. Loved in the community, big with charity. He comes from old money, so he has some powerful people who attend his galas and such. One being Senator Robins.”
Senator Steven Robins was the senior senator for this state while Lucy Mikens was the junior one. Neither were in Gideon’s pocket as he’d never had use for them.
“What about Lucy Mikens?” I asked.
Toni grunted. “She’s a fucking mess. Not sure how she became a senator—but then again, this is America. She’s easily manipulated, and rumor has it she’s having an affair with Robins.”
“Two senators knockin’ boots. Can we exploit this?” Gideon sat forward.
“Not sure. If Calvern has his talons in Robins and she’s sleeping with him, I’m guessing she’s team Benito, too.”
“Not if she thinks her world is about to implode.” Gideon grinned. “Get me proof of this affair. I want everything.”
Toni smiled. “You got it, Boss.”
“Danny, I want you staying connected with Yolanda. Anytime she knows shit, I want to know it.”
“No problem.”
“Alex, find out how this fucking sting happened and no one knew, and who ordered it…I want everything.”
“Yes, Boss.”
After they left Gideon’s office, he stared at me. It was the kind of look you gave someone when you had a lot to convey but didn’t want to get heavy.
“Just say it, Gideon.”
“If this gets ugly, dangerous, you have to promise me you’ll do what I ask of you.”
“As long as that doesn’t mean leaving your side, no problem.”
“Penn.”
“Gideon.” I lifted a brow.
“So stubborn,” he muttered and stood to walk to me. “I’m serious.”
“So am I. I won’t walk away from you, even if you argue that you have a hundred men at your back. Stop asking.”
“I’m not asking.”
My brows rose to my hairline. “Do you think you’re ordering me?”
He sighed and leaned against his desk mere inches from me. “I don’t want anything to happen to you, and if you’re with the kids, I know they’d be safe too.”
I hooked my finger in his belt loop and pulled him closer. “You’re thinking too much. Danny, Alex, and Toni are all off doing as you instructed and until they have answers for you, you’re sort of at a standstill.” Slowly, I unbuttoned and unzipped his pants. “Maybe I can help take your mind off it.”
“Think you can?”
I smirked and pulled his semihard cock out. “I know I can.”
I swirled my tongue over the head, earning me a hiss. His hand came up to rest by my cheek. He loved feeling his cock in my mouth and down my throat.
