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“Soon,” I tell him.
“You’re doing that weird smiling thing again.”
I can’t help but smile when I’m talking with my woman. Even if the circumstances are dark and we have a lot to worry about, it feels so natural.
Luca and I have another lead. We’re going to check it out now.
Aren’t you exhausted? You haven’t slept.
This is more important than sleep,I tell her.You’re more important, Scarlet.
Thank you. I hope I can repay you for all this one day.
I have to take a moment to calm myself down when I read this message. There are plenty of ways she could repay me. There’s so much my woman could do. My thoughts will never stop going there, no matter what’s happening. She’s just too damn addictive.
I made a promise, angel,I text.I want you to know… I’ve told Luca about you and me and our suspicions concerning Russel.
He’s your brother. You can trust him.
I’m glad you understand,I tell her.
It’s like you said, right? Family is the most important thing.
Always,I reply.
What I don’t tell her is thatourfamily is going to be the most important thing. I’m filled with so much heat, love, and protective instincts when I think of our future children.
I should get moving. I’ll see you later.
“Done texting your lover girl?” Luca says.
“Don’t belittle it,” I tell him.
He leans back, watching me with those shrewdly narrowed eyes. “I’m sorry,” he says. “Hell, you must really care about her.”
“I told you earlier,” I snap. “The minute I saw her, it was different.”
I haven’t told himeverythingabout how I feel. I haven’t told him about my dreams for the future. The electricity that sparked between us the first moment I saw her, but I’ve told him enough for him to know my feelings for her are serious.
“I spoke to Russel, by the way,” Luca says.
“What? When?”
“I texted him when we were driving out to the lead. He texted back when we were with our one-kneed friend.”
“And?”
“It was his idea to meet at that restaurant. Apparently, he had avery specialreason for wanting to meet there. He even saidLOLand put a winky face, which is fucking annoying.”
I smirk. “Since when are you so against texting?”
“I’m old-fashioned. I like to talk to people. Anyway, it’s looking like your lady’s theory might be right.”
“Russel chose that restaurant because he’s a sick freak and wanted to get closer to her, maybe to taunt her. Or maybe he thought we’d be impressed if he told us what he’d done.”
Luca shrugs. “Or maybe he and the Shanks are just drug-addled morons, and there’s no logic behind anything they do.”
“You’ve changed your thinking, then.”
