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“You’re pregnant.” I turn to Victor. “She’s pregnant. Make sure everything prepared for her is suitable for a pregnant woman. We’re going upstairs to regroup, and I’ll be down in an hour for the meeting. We’ll be here for a while, so I want to make sure we’re ready.” I scratch my jaw. Cosette stares. “We’ve got the doctor visits arranged. I want to be sure she has all the food she needs, proper hydration, her vitamins, and the remedies she needs for nausea. Finally, I want my brothers to know I’m here, but no one else.” I harden my voice. “Is that clear?No one.”
“Clear. Consider it done.”
We walk to the elevator as my staff hustles to make sure everything around us is done the way I asked. They know who I am and what I expect. I reward those who obey and punish those who don’t. Every member of my staff is loyal, dependable, and bulletproof.
I push the elevator button. It dings, ready for us.
“They justobeyyou,” she whispers, shaking her head. “Why? How? Even at Le Luxe, things were more like… peers. There was a different vibe. Here, though…”
“We only come here if we need top-notch security,” I explain. “We only come here if we’re in danger. So yeah, they do what I say.”
“Ahhhh. All of them?”
I give her a warning look. “Yeah, baby. All of them. There’s only one person who doesn’t. You know who that is?”
“Um,” she says with a sheepish little grin. “Me?”
“Very good. You get a gold star.”
I don’t tell her that it’s her refusal to obey me that initially intrigued me. I’d never met anyone who defied me so fearlessly as Cosette.
It really got to me. I had a hard time reconciling her willingness to serve in bed with her refusal to obey me outside of it.
I knew she’d pose a challenge, and I loved that.
I take her elbow to steady her as we step onto the elevator. She doesn’t need me to, but I can’t help but do it automatically.
She’s carrying my baby.This isn’t just us anymore. Her safety’s never been more important.
I know now why she did what she did. I know now that even though her actions were heinous and dangerous, she had good reason for doing what she did. I know now that my gut instinct about her when I first met her wasn’t off.
“Oh, wow. The elevator doesn’t make a sound. It just whirrs while you magically travel.”
I grunt in reply while I answer a text from Fabien and take Thayer’s voicemail.
Everyone’s safe.
Thayer wants to know what’s the status of our prisoner.
Thayer:
Have you found anything out?
Me:
Some, and I also understand her motives now
Thayer:
Don’t let that pretty face and her magical pussy sway you from what you have to do
Me:
Touché, brother. You underestimate me
Have I found anything out? You could say that.
When we enter the penthouse, Cosette goes from room to room, examining every little detail.
