Page 45 of Finding Ava

“Then he was murdered, and our superiors told us that it was our job to find out what he’d been selling them. They swore that you and Olivia had to know what your dad was doing.”

She shook her head mournfully. “We had no idea. If we had, we could have maybe saved his life. Better a life in prison than dead.”

“When he was killed, we knew they were coming after you. If our country thought you knew something, then of course, the Chinese and Russians thought it, too. Our commander wanted us to bring you both in. Then Olivia’s car blew up and we knew that we had to run with you or you’d be next.”

“But I ran on my own,” she supplied the next link in the chain.

He looked at her ruefully. “Yeah. You ran and kept running.”

Ava got up then and walked the two feet to his chair. He opened his arms and she sat down on his lap, facing him. “I heard him telling you to bring me in, and all I could think was that you’d betrayed me as surely as my father had betrayed his country.”

He lifted his hands and cupped her cheeks. “I resigned my commission immediately. So did Holland, Scope, Ray and Marshall. Do you have any idea what I went through not knowing where you were?”

“Probably as bad as I felt thinking you’d betrayed me.” She kissed his palm.

“I would never betray you,” Cap told her. “You’re my heart.”

She kissed him then, needing the contact. His hands settled on her hips, but he pulled away from her lips.

“I need to know,” he pled.

To know that this big man, who professed to love her, would plead with her for anything took her down a few notches.

“What do you need to know?” she asked. “Do I forgive you?” She kissed his chin. “The answer is yes. Do I know now you didn’t betray me?” She kissed his jaw. “The answer is yes.”

He growled at her then. “Tell me,” he demanded.

“Do I love you?” she continued. “You hit the trifecta…the answer is yes.”

He was on her then, mouth devouring hers, hands cupping any part of her he could reach. He stood up and took her with him before he placed her on her feet. “Take it off,” he demanded in a gruff voice that sent shivers through her.

Ava removed the t-shirt she’d put on after her shower earlier, then she shimmied out of her joggers. That left her in a pair of skimpy panties.

His gaze flared. And she wanted him more in that moment than she ever had before. “Come here,” he said and his voice was guttural.

She walked to him.

“Turn around,” he ordered her.

Her heart, which had hurt so badly earlier, now threatened to pound out of her chest.

He lifted an eyebrow at her when she didn’t move.

She turned around.

He walked her to the window and put her hands on the glass. “Hold on, it’s going to be quite a ride.”

His hands were everywhere then. He went to his haunches behind her, and she moaned.

“You’ve got the best legs and ass,” he whispered at her low back. Then he proceeded to drop kisses all on said ass and legs. He bit and licked and teased. “I want to see it bouncing on my cock.”

“Yes,” she hissed. The feel of the cold glass at her front and the warmth of his hands and mouth on her back was delicious.

“Do you want this?” He reached around and palmed her breasts, plucking at her nipples.

“Please,” she pled.

“Do you want this?” He reached between her legs from behind and rubbed a single finger along her slit.

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