Total pages in book: 90
Estimated words: 81977 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 410(@200wpm)___ 328(@250wpm)___ 273(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 81977 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 410(@200wpm)___ 328(@250wpm)___ 273(@300wpm)
"Pizza it is, what do you want on it?"
Her face scrunched up as though she didn't quite know how to answer.
"How about everything?" I ruffled her hair.
"Okay sounds good."
I lifted the phone and placed an order for five extra-large pies, which made her eyes pop out of her head, which in turn made me grin.
"Five pizzas?" She squealed after I hung up.
"My security team is downstairs."
"Is something wrong?" Instant fear. Will there ever be a time when she didn't show fear? When her first instinct wasn't danger? I know it's too soon, we've only just begun although it feels like we've known each other a lifetime. I hate every moment of insecurity she feels, it's like a stake through the heart.
Sitting next to her on the bed I brought her head to my shoulder while my hand went to her flat stomach where my son or daughter laid; an innocent just as she'd been.
I needed to make our world just a little safer for my child and I needed most of all to erase that fear and apprehension from my loves' eyes.
"There's nothing wrong, they're just going over the stuff we found earlier that’s all.
"Did you figure it out yet?"
"Not quite baby but we'll get it eventually."
"Maybe..." Her body trembled slightly as she broke off what she'd been about to say.
"Maybe what hon?" I kissed her softly in reassurance. She shrugged before answering me under her breath. "Perhaps my father might know something, I mean he knew them right, he must know what they were planning to do with me."
"I'm way ahead of you babe, we're going to question your father later but we need more first." I still wasn't telling her about the younger kids who'd been abducted. First because we needed concrete evidence that the two fuckers were involved though everything pointed to that fact already, and most importantly, I wasn't sure how she'd react to the news and with her pregnancy so new and already threatened I didn't want to take the chance.
"I don't want you thinking about this anymore for today okay, you just rest."
"But you said I could help."
"And you have love, and tomorrow I'll think of something else you can do to help, but no more today."
There's no way I'm going to have her in a room full of men, not while she was looking all vulnerable and sweet and...fuck I'm an ass. I didn't want anyone else near her, wasn't willing to share her just yet if ever and I didn't want to leave her up here on the computer where she might run across something by mistake.
I couldn't distract her the best way I knew how, not with a roomful of men downstairs waiting for me, neither was I too thrilled about leaving her up here awake.
"I'll tell you what babe, how about you watch some movies and have your pizza while I finish up with the guys and then I'll come up and..." I whispered just what I wanted to do to her in her ear.
Her face grew beet red and she clapped her hand over my mouth as if I was in danger of being overheard.
"Gideon..." She was blushing and chastising me but I noticed her breath was already short and her nipples were pebbled.
"The hell with it." I had her under me, still being careful of her injuries as I kissed the hell out of her. The ringing of the intercom from the doorman brought me back to reality.
"Fuck...you're dangerous little Blossom, you made me forget we're not alone, now be a good girl and give me a couple hours okay?"
She nodded her head and bit her lip, which made my cock twitch. I turned away before I lost my fucking head and took her guests or not. I took care of the pizza delivery and saw that she set up. Just as I was about to head back down to the office my phone went off in my pocket.
It was one of the guys I had on Lynn. She was supposed to be moved in a few days and I planned it so that everything went off without a hitch. I didn't want any trails, there was to be no escape for her ever.
"What's up Skinner?"
"She called a hit."
"She what?" What the fuck? I looked over at my wife who was too busy enjoying her pizza to pay me too much attention.
"Not to worry we took the call, her line goes directly to our switchboard."
"Who?"
"Your misses." Was this bitch psychotic? She was putting another hit out on Ashley? She was laid up in the hospital and already she was back to her shit, fine.
"Move to plan B."
"Yes boss."
GIDEON
With this new development although it was likely impossible that anyone could bypass the safeguards I had in place, I was not about to leave Blossom's side. I called down and had a private talk with Gage who assured me that they could handle things without me for now. I told him to send one of the guys up for the pizza and hung up.