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I know I’ve reached that exact moment I’ve longed for when she finally says, “I love you, Dae.”

I crush her lips to mine before pulling back and telling her, “I love you, my little warrior.”

I kiss her again, needing to feel her lips against mine. She moans, and my dick instantly comes alive. I start to roll down the zipper at the back of her dress, but she stops me, then slithers away and goes to her knees on the floor.

I don’t have time to ask where she thinks she’s going before she’s unbuttoning my pants. When Kennedy pulls my cock out, there’s already a drop of precum at the tip.

I’m always ready for her.

Still, when her hot mouth covers the tip of my dick, my hips jerk upward, searching, demanding more. My little warrior obliges.

She takes all of me straight to the back of her throat.

“Fucck,” I groan. There’s nothing, save for being inside of her pussy, better than having Kennedy on her knees in front of me.

“Eyes on me,” I demand.

She obeys and meets my gaze. I almost come right there from watching her with my dick in her mouth.

She sucks me off like she was made for me. Because she was. Kennedy Townsend, my little warrior, was made only for me. As I come down her throat, and she swallows every drop, I know that I’ll move heaven and earth to keep her safe.

I will annihilate the ghosts of my past so they no longer hang a shadow over either one of our heads. Then, I will make her my wife.

CHAPTER 39

Kennedy

“This is good stuff,” James says as I sit in his office. He’s reading over all the evidence I’ve gathered about Blackmon and his company. He peers across the desk at me over the rim of his glasses. “How much longer until you link this child labor ring and the church?”

“Soon. I was able to speak with the police officers who were at the scene of the accident of Nicole’s boyfriend that night in the church van. Their report is one connection between the church and this ring.

“I’m waiting for Nicole to contact me again. She moved last month to get away from her ex. I’ve also contacted lawyers on the matter.”

I hold up a finger.

“I’ve also reached out to a few members of the church. I think I have a retired teacher who used to work for the church’s daycare who is on the cusp of talking.”

He nods approvingly.

“That son of a bitch,” James mumbles.

I feel his anger. However, I feel rage. It’s been three weeks since the night of the charity ball and over a month since I first saw those teens being carted like prisoners from that motel.

“Losing his French restaurant and dealing with the Global Group is only the beginning of his troubles,” I tell James.

I ran an article on Blackmon’s bribery two weeks ago. The Global Group rescinded its offer to partner with his company. The state Department of Health and Safety is investigating his restaurant, LaVie, and two critics have come out publicly for accepting bribes to run positive reviews.

It’s a start, but it’s not the vindication I’m looking for. The case of Erika Dalton still hangs in the air. I believe she was a part of this fucked-up child labor ring he has going on, and when the abuse and mistreatment reached its breaking point, she couldn’t take it anymore.

“I believe that’s why she ended her life,” I tell James. “She wanted out but couldn’t see a way to get there. From speaking with her mother, I know she was no help. Erika probably felt like death was her only option.”

A heaviness causes my shoulders to sink as I recall the night Dae told me about wanting to take his own life. The hopelessness that invaded his eyes as he talked about those awful memories.

I wanted to cry for him right there, but I knew he would see it as me pitying him. My heart still aches for him. For the scared boy who was all alone in this world and only saw one option.

That’s how Erika must’ve felt as well.

Unlike Dae, though, Erika never found something that made her want to hang on. That night, Dae never revealed what made him want to hang on. I surmised that it was his desire for revenge—to get Daniel Park, and by extension, his biological father, back for the pain they caused him.

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