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Cole
Interrogating Adele had been even more fun than I’d anticipated. I could foresee us revisiting that particular role play on a regular basis once we were back home.
Perched on the bed beside her, I brushed a tangled lock of hair from her exquisite face. “I’m going to get you out of here, baby. You’ll never have to worry about that asshole ever again.”
A quiet snore was the only response to my declaration, and I couldn’t help but grin. Sprawled on her stomach, her ass bare and still bearing the welts from our play, she made a pretty perfect picture. It was tempting to see if I could rouse her again, maybe wring another orgasm or three from her before I let her go back to sleep.
But I had a job to do and the sooner I got it done, the sooner I could get the both of us out of Europe and back to the safety of the DeCosta estate. The family would be antsy for my return, and I’d already stayed away longer than I cared to.
Lifting her right hand, I carefully pressed her thumb into the soft clay from the kit Mikey had sent me. I made three impressions, as instructed, and prayed one of them would be good enough to open the gate.
When I had my samples, I slipped from the room to the small office on the other side of the apartment and closed the door. A few minutes later, I was seated in front of my laptop, grinning at Mikey’s scowling face.
“Did you get them?” he barked out the second the call connected.
“Hi, cuz. How’s Paris? It’s lovely, Mikey, thank you.”
Mikey rolled his eyes and I had to bite the inside of my cheek to keep from laughing at him. If there was one thing Mikey despised more than anything else, it was small talk.
“Yeah, yeah. Did you get the imprints or not?”
“I did. So how does this work?”
For the next half hour, he walked me through the process of creating thin, rubbery pads to place over my thumb which would mirror Adele’s fingerprint, or at least mimic it enough to bypass the security scanner at Giorgio’s compound.
I’d just finished carefully packing the pads up in the container he’d provided when a soft knock drew my attention to the door.
“Daddy? What are you doing?” Looking adorably rumpled in one of my t-shirts which was several sizes too large for her petite frame, Adele rubbed the sleep from her eyes and yawned widely. My heart thumped against my ribcage, and all I could think was: Mine.
“Just catching up with my cousin Mikey back home. What are you doing out of bed, sweetheart?”
“I woke and you were not there. I was worried.”
“Awww, baby. Come here.”
From the corner of my eye, I saw Mikey’s eyebrows raise up into his hairline, but I ignored him. If anyone could keep my secret until I was ready for the rest of the family to know, it was Mikey.
Rounding the desk, Adele settled on my lap, snuggling in with another wide yawn. “Hello, Mikey. It is nice to meet you.”
For a moment, he looked at a complete loss for words. But he quickly recovered enough to grunt out a response. “Uh, yeah. You too.”
“Mikey, can you give me five minutes to get her settled back in bed? I need to go over a few more things with you.”
“Sure, cuz. You’re the boss.”
“Daddy, it is the middle of the night,” Adele whined.
Chuckling, I pushed to my feet and scooped her up into my arms. “It’s not even dinner time back home. Say goodnight to Mikey, sweetheart.”
“Goodnight to Mikey, sweetheart,” she mumbled, her eyes fluttering closed.
Mikey’s surprised laughter followed us out of the room as I carried her back to my bed and tucked her back in under the covers. By the time I brushed a kiss across her forehead, she was snoring quietly once more.
Still grinning when I returned to my desk, Mikey waggled his eyebrows. “Daddy, huh?”
“Shut up,” I shot back without any heat. “I have another favor to ask.”
