“I’m sorry,” I say as I place her in the middle of the bed and come over her.My cock is still buried in her wet pussy, and I move in and out slowly just to enjoy the feeling of it.
“For what?”Her face is sweaty, and her hair is stuck to her cheeks.I brush it out of the way, and she smiles.“That orgasm was nothing to apologize for.”
“You deserve better, but I’m too selfish to think of ever letting you go.”I kiss her softly and then look into her eyes.“You’re mine now, Jade, and I mean it.You’ll never be rid of me, but I swear to do anything to make you happy.”
“I know you will.”She reaches up and touches my cheek the same way I’m touching hers.“Because you love me.”
Hearing her say the words cracks something open in my chest, and I’m flooded with emotions.She’s right, I do love her, and it’s more than I ever thought I’d have.“When I lost my dad, I thought that was it for me, but since the moment you leapt out of my trunk, I knew you were mine.I love you, Jade.My sweet little mouse.”
She smiles, and I see tears in her eyes.“I love you too, Gray.So make sure you come back to me tonight.”
“Nothing could keep me away from you.”
“I wasn’t sure you’d show,” Keaton says to me when I walk through the door of JM Technologies.
“If I’m honest, I almost didn’t.”Tearing myself away from Jade was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do, but I know that this has to be finished because I don’t want anything hanging over us.
After tonight, there’s no question what I mean to her, and I won’t let that slip through my fingers.She was already becoming my reason to go on, and after making love to her, I can’t imagine a second in my life without her.Nor do I want to.The only reality that can exist is one where we’re together.That’s why tonight has to go according to plan so this will end forever.
“We’re meeting in the lab,” I say as we walk over to my private elevator, and I scan my card.It’s late, but I had security sneak in the FBI agents through a secret entrance.
“I think this is the point where you tell me the plan.”Keaton looks up and down the hallway as we exit the elevator, and I scan my pass again.
“Let’s do introductions first.”I push open the door at the far end of the wall, and waiting for us are the two agents who have been with me from the beginning.“Keaton Lone, this is Agent Slater and Agent Nelson.”
“I wasn’t sure if you were serious when you said you were bringing him along,” Slater says as he walks over to greet us.“Thanks for coming tonight.We’re hoping with your presence we can close out these Russian buyers for good.”
“Who’s to say someone won’t take their place?”Keaton asks, which is amusing because I’d asked the same question.
“The Bratva that controls this market is too volatile.They don’t have a clear hierarchy as some of the older families do.Those that are more established aren’t willing to take the risk with this kind of technology and stay clear of it.They know that this is monitored too closely, and they aren’t willing to risk what they’ve built in other areas of the black market.It’s just too much of a gamble for anyone with something to lose.These guys tonight have taken things too far, and it’s time to shut it down.All we need you to do is meet them at the drop-point here.”Slater points to a map that’s laid out on the table, and then he reaches over for a clear box.“These are your tracking devices.They’ll be undetectable, and we can trace you the entire time.”
“What will we do once we’re at the drop?”Keaton takes the tracking device, and Nelson helps him hide it under his shirt collar.It’s so small it might even be mistaken for a piece of lint.
“Dolohov will be there to make the exchange.He’s the current head of the organization after last week when he killed Dimitri.”Slater shrugs.“Like I said, volatile.”
“Why not just wait for them to implode on themselves?”I ask as Nelson comes over to me next.When they’d asked me to lure in the buyers, I was more than willing to help.They needed to get them in one location to pounce.But then I had nothing to lose.Now I have everything to lose.
“Who knows what will happen in that time or what else they’ve got their hands on already?We need to end this now.”Slater opens up a black briefcase in front of him and produces two handguns.“These are for in case things go to shit, but hopefully you don’t have to use them.”
I glance over at Keaton, and our eyes meet.If things go to shit, we’ve got more than just these guns in our arsenal, and I can tell by the look in his eyes he’s thinking the same thing.
“When are we meeting them?”he asks Nelson, who checks his watch.
“We need to get you on the road now.”He nods at Slater, who speaks to someone quietly on the phone.
As he speaks, we take the secret entrance out of the lab and to the parking deck below.I didn’t want to enter this way in case we were being followed.On the way, Nelson explains the plan on what happens after the drop is made.
“The driver will take you straight there and then straight back,” Slater says as he opens the back of the blacked-out town car.“Our teams will be nearby in case anything goes wrong.Good luck.”
“He makes it sound easy,” Keaton says and rolls his eyes.
“It’s supposed to be.”My knee bounces as the car pulls away from the curb, and I realize just how anxious I am.Not because I’m about to meet with the Russians but because I’m away from Jade.“Does it always feel like this for you?”
“Being away from Elsy?”he asks like he’s reading my mind.“Yeah, but I keep thinking it will probably get better over time.”
“I doubt it.”
“You’re probably right.”I see the edge of a smirk on his lips.“I’m okay with that.”