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With that ominous statement ringing in my ears, she returns her chair to its rightful place and quickly sets about tidying up, leaving me slumped there, lost in my own head.
“Please send her my love when you see her. I’m looking forward to having her back next week.”
“Next week?” I blurt.
“That’s what her last email said, yes.”
Unease rushes through my veins at the thought of her leaving Jodie and Toby’s flat. While she’s locked up with them, she’s safe. Protected. But once she’s out again in the wild, anything could happen. Anyone could happen. And I don’t just mean Brad the bellend.
I never put all that much thought into it before, but if the Italians are getting ready to strike, then they’ll be watching us like hawks. And the easiest way to disarm us is to use our girls.
The thought alone makes my stomach twist up until I’m sure I’m about to puke on the pristine carpet of this classroom.
But as much as I might want to bundle them all up in bubble wrap and keep them safe, I know I can’t. And if I ever stand a chance of Brianna talking to me again, I really need to take a step back. Smothering her with my fears and insecurities right now isn’t going to help.
“Th-thank you for… this,” I say, finally pushing to my feet and heading toward the door.
“Brianna is one in a million, Nico. Don’t let her get away. You’ll regret it.”
I have no words to respond to that, so I just nod and continue walking out of the classroom and then the school.
As I expect, Toby is sitting in his driver’s seat waiting for me.
“Hey, you had a good afternoon?” he asks innocently.
“Who is Mrs. Hendrix?” I bark.
“Umm… English teacher?”
“She’s Cirillo.”
“What?” he blurts, clearly not expecting those words to come out of my mouth.
“She knows about me and Brianna,” I confess. “Has done all along.”
“I have no idea. I can look into her, though.”
I nod despite thoughts of him snooping into her life not sitting quite right with me. More than anything, I need to know who Brianna is working with.
“I’m sure it’s nothing to worry about. We’d already know if it was.”
“I guess,” I mutter as he pulls the car out of the space.
“So,” he starts the second we’re off Knight’s Ridge grounds, “are you going to talk to her tonight?”
I rub my hands down my thighs. “I can’t,” I confess.
“Why the hell not? She misses you, man.”
“Does she though?”
“You know just as well as I do that she does.”
“That’s not the same thing,” I mutter, my cock swelling inside my trousers just thinking about what she really misses. I fucking do too. But I don’t want her just because she’s desperate for my cock.
I want…
I want more.
