That Perry has Akila.
And Akila needs to come first.
He slides me down to the ground, perhaps feeling my body tense up with discomfort.
So while I can still feel him inside me, between my legs and in my heart, I am consumed by the guilt betrayal brings. Betraying Akila. By being here and risking her happiness for a moment of my own.
I can feel Bronson’s eyes on me as I quickly get dressed. As I pull the wedges on, I give them a subtle inspection. The heel is still in perfect shape, the stitching as it was. . .I think.He follows suit, pulling his clothes on and finally his suspenders. Around us stirs angry energy.
He grips my elbow, pulling me with him.
I near jog to keep up, my heels feeling strange, like the fate of our very lives rest within them. And I could swear the heel below my left foot slips, wanting to open and pour the diamonds out. I swallow hard, wishing I was ignorant of their presence, wishing I never asked about them. “Bronson.”
He ignores me as we enter the lounge again.
Bronson
Present day
My breathing ragesthrough my chest, but I hide it well. Hide it behind my epic grin. I wipe my sweaty palms down my thighs, feeling fire in my heart. I love the way the last twenty minutes made me feel.
It was a moment of rhapsody. Of acceptance. A moment where I thought she’d stopped fucking fightingus.
Then she fucking tensed up, seemingly regretful.Well, fuck. She hasn’t stopped fighting. And she is fucking lying to herself if thinks she can just shut me out.
I’m in her soul.
Been inside her in ways no one has.
And I’m not known for giving up what I want. Not when I felt our connection swallow her as she shuddered around my cock. It was fucking beautiful.
The hairs on the back of my neck stand on end, sensing her proximity and all the space around her
When we enter the lounge, I notice Jimmy’s dipshit friends have pissed off, which isn’t good. It’s barely ten; they normally stay late. Fire thrashes through my veins. My hands twitch in preparation.
I grin.
Reaching behind me, I touch the gun tucked into my pants, reminding myself it’s there, playing with the idea of ending it all now and putting a bullet into Jimmy Storm’s heart.
But I’d never make it out alive.
The Family would come for my brothers.
They would come for my girls.
For Kelly, Cassidy, Shoshanna. . . .
I glance back to see Shosh’s beautiful amber eyes dance around the room, the empty room seemingly unsettling her too.
Clever girl.
Don’t worry, baby. No one will touch you.
Realisation swarms me.
My spine steels.
Did he fucking find them?