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I yank my cell out of my back pocket with a grumble that turns into a grin as I angle the screen toward Vaughn.
His whole demeanor shifts. “Answer it.”
I swipe the screen, answering with a cheery, “Hi, Mom!”
“I’m so happy to hear your voice, my love. Just a quick call to say I miss you.”
My brow furrows as I place the call on speakerphone. “I miss you, too, Mom.Sodamn much. Any news on Elliott’s recovery?”
“Elliott?” Her voice trembles slightly on his name before she swallows and clears her throat. “He’sfine. Umm…on the mend.”
Silence follows, and I frown, shifting my eyes to Vaughn, finding his brow mirroring my own. “Mom…are you okay?”
“I need to go, my love. I’ll check in again soon. Stay with Vau—”
The line goes dead as I shake my head. “That was so weird. She didn’t sound like herself at all.”
Vaughn’s jaw tics as he pulls his cell from the inside pocket of his suit jacket. “I need another meeting arranged, Ford.”
Whatever Ford responds with has Vaughn slamming his fist on the bar with a resounding echo. “I don’t care if Oscar’s was his only scheduled event this month.Dig. Deeper.I need answers, and I need them yesterday.”
He hangs up, breathing heavily as he grips the bar. I move closer and slide my arm around his waist. “Come on. You’re not ready to be back here today. We’ll try again tomorrow, okay?”
His head lifts, and his eyes find mine. Dark eyebrows are tightly drawn, those onyx orbs unwavering in their intensity. Our gazes lock for a long moment until he nods slowly, allowing me to lead him back upstairs.
Not another word is spoken as we lie on his bed, his arm snaking around my waist to tug me close against his chest, and within moments, his deep, even breathing lulls me into a dreamless sleep.
CHAPTER31
VAUGHN
“I can do the inventory, if you’d like?”
“I’ve been informed that Randolf is back today, so you can rest easy. No inventory.”
“Are yousureyou should be back to work so soon?”
Wren regards me with worried gray eyes, and I tug her close, pressing a kiss to her brow before palming her smooth cheeks. “I’mfine. I just got a little over-enthusiastic yesterday, that’s all.”
When she still doesn’t look convinced, I pinch her chin between my thumb and index finger. “I’ll be in my office all day. I won’t move from my desk unless it’s to visit that sexy little artist who works across the hall…”
I trail off, arching a pointed brow. “Maybe she’ll paint some more of those intimate scenes to match the one hanging in my office.”
She shrugs as she steps back out of my reach. “Shecould…if she wasn’t feeling so uninspired right now.”
She gives me her back, her lush ass swaying seductively as she strides toward the elevator. I follow after her, not bothering with a tie or jacket, too enthralled in the swish of those hips.
As she presses the button, she looks up at me, tugging her bottom lip between her teeth before letting it pop free. “She’s going through a particularly dry spell, you see.”
The elevator opens, and she steps on with me hot on her heels. I press the button for the ground floor as she watches me with wide, gray fuck-me eyes.
“She might just need to sort herself out, if you catch my meaning.”
My hand flies up to grip her throat, pinning her against the mirror at her back right as the doors open behind me.
“Your perfect body is mine.” I slide my free hand underneath her skirt, settling between her legs to cup her sex with my palm. “Your sweet cunt is mine. And every single one of your orgasms ismine, little bird. Don’t ever forget who owns you.”
Her nostrils flare as her lips turn up in a smirk. “Thereyou are. I’d begun to think you’d gone soft on me.”
