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“Think about what I'll do to you once I have you naked and all the time in the world to devote to worshipping you the way you deserve. Then we'll call it fair.”
I leaned in for another kiss, unable to stop myself.
“Go to work, Holly,” he said, nipping my bottom lip.
I slid across the back seat and lowered my feet to the sidewalk. Before I exited the car, I said, “Thank you.”
Before I had a chance to change my mind and spend all day in the back of a car seeing exactly how many orgasms he was capable of handing out, I hurried into the building on wobbly legs.
Chapter Twenty-One
Carlos
“Everything's on schedule.”
Eduardo’s reassurance confirmed he was the right man for the job. My brain shifted back into my native language with ease.
“Did you receive my package?” I'd paid a visit to Daniel's dentist, had my tooth removed, and overnighted it in a package of clothing.
“Yes. When would you like me to make the discovery?”
“Give it a few days. Buy some time. We'll leave the other one alone for now. Perhaps his fate is best left to speculation.” I was to meet with Donato Salvatore, a contact of Daniel’s, this evening when he returned from a trip out of town. Daniel had assured me he'd know the proper steps to take to ensure Muriella remained safe.
“It's been quiet on that front. Too quiet if you ask me,” Eduardo grumbled. “The rumor is he blew up his own house and disappeared. It's as if everyone is waiting to see what his next move will be. They don't want to act first and make a mistake.”
“That's okay for now. Lie low and keep working.”
“Will do.”
I hung up and checked my watch. It was nearly two o'clock. As I stood, the iPad Muriella left me began to ring and vibrate on the desk. Stone’s name flashed on the screen, and I swiped to answer.
But it wasn’t his face who appeared.
“You look antsy,” Muriella said.
I glanced at my face in the small window on the screen. Nothing was out of the ordinary. Hard lines around my eyes. A slight frown shaped my lips.
“It’s time to go pick up Gabriel from school.”
“You have plenty of time,” she said, smiling at my anticipation.
“I don't want to be late.”
She grinned, and I wondered exactly what she found so amusing. It was Gabriel's first day of school. He would be released at three o'clock, and I wanted to be there. I was anxious to find out how it had gone, but more than that, I'd missed him. How did Holly deal with leaving him every day? Not that she had a choice. She had to provide for her son. I saw exactly how much it tore at her when we’d dropped him off, though she put on a brave front.
Vivian’s face crowded next to my sister’s on the screen. “I see you haven’t burned the place down.”
I bristled, an image of the compound in flames flashing through my mind. She didn’t know, didn’t mean anything by it. Fortunately, I was centered in my reality now. No more incidents of losing my focus. The devil wouldn’t win.
“Not yet.” I responded with more conviction than the situation warranted.
“Did everything go smoothly with Gabriel this morning?” Muriella asked.
“He wasn’t scared at all.” He’d seemed happy, brave really, as he went into the new place.
“What are you going to do when you pick him up this afternoon?”
“Ooh, you should take him for milkshakes to celebrate the first day of school. M, send him directions to the place we like not far from Saint Pius.” Vivian nudged her, and in no time, an address popped up on my screen.
