Andi’slipsareso soft and warm that I catch myself daydreaming of them as I play pool in the clubhouse. I want them pressed against mine as my hands run along the small of her back. I miss the sound of her laughter filling the room. It’s been a few nights since I’ve seen her, and my heart aches to see her again soon. My undercover work is ending. They could pull me at any moment, and I’m dreading it because I don’t want to leave her behind.
I am going to miss her body too much. Fuck, I would miss her too much. From her laugh, to the way she analyzes everything. I am going to miss the way she makes friends out of strangers at the bar and waking up to the smell of her mint-shampoo hair brushing against my nose.
It all comes back to, I shouldn’t have lied about who I was. Leave it to me to fuck up an undercover operation by falling in love with a girl. At least it wasn’t a criminal, or a woman involved with the MC.
“Colby.” A voice snaps from across the room and I look up to see who is calling me. Link peers out of his office. The dark-haired man pushes his arm out from behind the door and makes a waving motion for me to enter his office.
I place the cue stick back on the rack against the wall and head into Link’s office. I suck in a breath of air, knowing that this is the moment I’ve been waiting for. I’m being promoted from an errand boy and being given a task. Once I’m on a drug run, we can set up a drug buy, and the Revels will be busted. Then it’s back to my normal life.
My life before Andi, and before a woman, mattered so much to me. For the first time in ten months, I think I actually want the assignment to drag on. More time as Colby Monroe instead of Dominic Black means more time with my girl.
Fuck, I shouldn’t be calling her that.
I need to focus on the job. The quicker I lead the undercover department to a drug bust, the quicker I get this whole thing over with and get onto the SWAT team. That is my primary goal. My father was on a team and it’s his legacy I want to fulfill. I’ll be a shoe in, if I prove to everyone that I’m worthy of the job.
Everyone thinks I got to where I am because of nepotism, and maybe it holds some truth, but I deserve every step in my career. I am a damned good cop, and I work fucking hard.
Link sits down behind his desk and folds his hands against his belly. He smirks at me as I sit across from him, the large oak desk separating us. “Rooster tells me you collected the twelve K Ronnie Vega owed us. Good job, brother. I have a bonus for you.”
He opens the top drawer of his desk, and pulls out a wad of cash, and plops it onto the desktop. It lands with a thud in front of me, and I let out a sharp whistle to show him I’m impressed. I pick up the cash, fan it, then slide it inside my leather jacket.
It’s a shame this drug money is evidence. I’ll have to give it to Smitty the next time we meet for our weekly informative sessions. The ones where I tell him, I have no real updates, save for the cash I earn punching the lights out of the club’s customers, who owe too much, and are paying too little.
“Thanks, boss, I appreciate it.” I make sure that he knows I am ecstatic about the bonus.
“Jagger and a couple of others are getting the next shipment tomorrow night. Meet them here and they’ll show you the ropes.”
My eyes widen with false shock and false excitement. I knew this was coming, and I have to play the part. Act too excited, and Link will be suspicious. Act too unimpressed, and he will be doubly so. “Thanks, Link. I’m glad to prove myself to you.”
He gives me a grin and stands from his desk. “Just don’t fuck it up, kid, okay?”
I stand up, too, and head for the door to leave. “I won’t. Do you mind if I cut out early?”
“Go ahead, bud.”
Wow. What a kick in the nuts this was. Tomorrow, Andi and I were finally going to go to a nice restaurant as our first proper date. She is going to be so upset, but I don’t have a choice in this. I have to cancel. If I don’t show up for this job, it would cost me my life.
I leave the club and climb onto my bike. I want to call Andi now, but it has to wait. No one can overhear me on the phone with her. No one can know who she is, or that she means anything to me. It could be used against me, if they ever found out the truth.
I leave the lot and head towards my apartment, and I daydream again about my beautiful girl. It brings a smile to my face, and lightens my mood, and before I know it, I’m home.
Well, I have arrived at the temporary apartment that I call my home. I climb off my bike and walk up three flights of steps to my unit. I smile when I notice Andi sitting on the floor outside my door.
“Excuse me, ma’am? You should get inside. Didn’t you hear there is a dangerous man wandering around out here?” I ask playfully.
Andi looks up from her textbook, smiling. “I heard.” She stands up and waits for me to come to her. When I do, she wraps me in a hug, pressing her head to my shoulder. “I just think he’s sexy, so I was waiting for him to come and catch me.”
I chuckle and press my lips against the top of her head. Without leaving her embrace, I reach around her and unlock the door. “How was work?”
She follows me. “Good. Listen, I came by tonight because I have a work function tomorrow night. I have to cancel our dinner plans, I’m sorry.”
“That’s okay,” I promise. “Something came up for me too.”
“We can order Chinese tonight and snuggle on the couch.” She follows me down the hall and into my bedroom. She already knows that the first thing I do when I get home is strip out of my MC gear. I’m careful to slide out of my Revels’ cut and place it in my dresser with the cash inside before she can notice. I unbutton my jeans, and laugh when I catch her jumping onto the bed.
She is wearing a green sundress with thin straps, and blue and yellow flowers covering it. “Or we can snuggle naked in bed.” I suggest.
Andi rolls onto her side and rests her head on her hand, propping herself up on her elbow. Her crossed legs slowly open, knees spreading apart to tease me. “I don’t know. I’m told there is a dangerous man on the loose. What would he think if he caught me indecent?”
I snort, still grinning, and kick off my black riding boots. Her eyes drift to my dick as it slides out of my jeans. I fall onto my stomach, so our faces are practically touching, and rub my nose along her cheek. She shivers and kisses me. Her hair falls into my face as her hands press softly against my chest.I’m going to miss this the most. Having her to hold in bed is the highlight of my day.
“He would think that you have a tight ass.” I reach around to smack it. She yelps, then giggles into my mouth. “I need a shower, baby.”
“Okay,” she whispers.
I press my lips to her ear, then climb out of bed. “Get the food ordered. I have cash for when they get here.”
I shower quickly, and hurry to get back to her. Andi is curled up under the covers, asleep. I’ve only been gone for about fifteen minutes, and it is three in the afternoon. Leaning down, I kiss her forehead and wait until I hear the knock at the door for dinner.