Page 63 of Claiming Charlotte

“I wish we could, Lottie, but we have responsibilities.” He placed the plate on the coffee table, doing the same with mine before pulling me in his lap and we sat there. It was a stupid idea anyway.

“If you can be patient, I have the ball rolling on a few projects, okay? And you will love them. I promise, but we can come here whenever you need.”

I placed my hands on his concentrated face, and I could tell he had a plan by the small smirk that appeared on his face.

“I love you.” I whispered before bringing my lips to his in a gentle, passionate kiss.

Rowan

“I don’t trust it,” I said, shaking my head. “If it wasn’t a setup, then why would he need everyone there, not to mention he wants to meet on Walker territory.”

I looked into the faces of the closest people to Charlotte in one room. I didn’t care who they were or what they thought they knew, I knew how the Walkers worked, and this spelled trap from a mile away; those who thought differently were idiots. I gave her a bewildered look, this was the problem, I needed her to see reason and trust her own judgment, and not make them based on what others thought she should do. Surprised was an understatement when she locked eyes with me and asked for my opinion.

“Roe, what do you suggest we do, in the event this is a trap?”

I sat back in my seat and my tongue prodded at the inside of my cheek, thinking about my answer carefully.

“First, we need to find out why he wants to meet up and figure out why he couldn’t do it as you did, not that I would want you in that manor anyway.” My voice drifted toward the end of the sentence. “Then find out who he's bringing, so we can choose who we bring accordingly.”

We only had a short amount of time to plan this out and I wanted to make sure she was ready, knowing them, it could end in a blood bath, and I wasn't too keen on losing her if that happened.

“Finally, you execute, I say we have a few good men on the rooftops keeping watch, alerting your connections within the police force, and maybe even have Arthur and his men sneak into the manor and free those captives. In the basement there's a grate, under a carpet, go down there, you will find what you're looking for. I can get you a layout if needed, but I won’t go back there.”

I sat up straight but stayed silent. I knew the information just given would raise a lot of questions, and it was possible Charlotte's judgment might be put into question as well. Thomas and Arthur were the only ones that knew of it, aside from Lottie. Of course, the Carrot had to be the one to speak up, I still didn’t fully trust his story, but Charlotte did; and I trusted her.

“So, how do you know all of this kid?”? The old man spoke up.

“Rowan,” Charlotte said quietly. “You don’t have to answer that.”

Charlie scoffed at her and stood up pointing at me, and I stood up smacking his hand out of my face.

“Because I used to work for them, now sit down and let me explain or get the fuck out.” He didn’t move keeping his eye on me, there was no reason for all this animosity; we all wanted the same thing. Lottie to be safe, and the sanctity of the business.

“Those bodies that have been turning up, Carrot! You can thank me, so sit the fuck down!” I yelled.

The blood rushed to my head and my temple throbbed, but I kept my eyes on him until he slunk down into his chair like a good little bitch.

“Like I was saying, if Joshua and Charlotte were only discussing territory, there is no reason to do so at the docks. There's an ulterior motive, and we need to figure it out.”

Charlotte crossed her legs and folded her hands at the head of the table and nodded. “Rowan’s right, we can't go into this blind, there's too many lives at risk. Start researching the docks, I want to know where we can place people, get in touch with Nikki, her family can help, she said she couldn’t make it today. Bring all information to me, in the meantime, I’ll accept the meeting and get a date from Joshua. Dismissed.”

Once everybody left, I planned to apologize, I should have kept my anger in check, I ran my hand over my face with a sigh as she moved to the door flipping the lock, and I swallowed nervously.

“Charlotte, I’m sorry I–”

“Quiet. You were bad today, weren't you?” She said seductively, appearing behind me to loosen my tie. Sliding the knot down past my torso and pulling it over my head before running her hand down my chest. A guttural moan left my lips as she used it to tie my hands around the back of the chair.

“Princess, I need to recover from a couple days ago.” I chuckled. “Don’t be naughty.”

She smiled devilishly making her way around to my front and said, “You created this monster, so you're going to take it. Do you know why?” she asked, lowering?the zipper of my pants, freeing my cock, and I shook my head bucking my hips to feel any sort of friction as her hand wrapped around me.

“Because deep down Rowan, you want to be controlled,” I gasped. She was using my own words against me, but it rang true. I’d let this woman completely dominate me just as she let me do to her.

“I’ll agree if you just touch me, please,” I begged feverishly. “Suck it, rub it, just please do something.”

Her tongue licked up my shaft, twirling around my tip. It wasn’t enough, I needed her whole mouth wrapped around me…fuck. Fuck.

“What do you say?” She said through her long eyelashes.

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