Page 70 of No Love Lost

Addy squirmed back into him, making him groan softly. “I’m feeling alive and happy and almost ready to face the day. How about you?”

He shifted his hand to cup her breast. “I’m feeling pretty alive and happy, too. But I’m not sure we should be?—”

She cut off his words with another squirm. “It’s all about being aware of the heart rate. Keeping it slow and easy.”

Heath growled into her ear and kept his hand moving, driving her up with no difficulty at all. By the time he reached behind him for a condom from the nightstand, she was trembling.

He lifted her leg to rest on his and slid into her from behind, and she had to turn her face into the pillow to keep her reaction muffled. Heath growled again. “You’re so damn sexy, Addy. I love watching you explode.”

And it wouldn’t take much with that gruff growl in her ear. She pushed back against him, and his hand reached down to find her clit.

Her orgasm sent her flying, and she was glad she’d buried her face in the pillow. Heath kept his body and his fingers moving, and impossibly, her body started to soar again.

“Fly, Addy, fly.”

She flew, and Heath followed her over, burying his face in her hair to muffle his own groan.

When their breathing slowed, Addy turned to smile at him over her shoulder. “That was a beautiful way to start a morning.”

He kissed her sweetly. “Let me grab my stuff and clean up the condom. I’ll jump in the shower before Nina gets up. Then Nina and I can make pancakes.”

Nina added blueberries to make smiley faces on the pancakes. Marcus arrived in time for her to make him a few of his own. “Thanks, Nina. Best breakfast ever.”

Heath insisted on cleaning up with Nina. Marcus motioned to the living room, but Addy shook her head. “Nina, I’m going to give my statement about what happened yesterday to Marcus. He’s probably going to ask some questions, and then he’ll tell us what he’s found out. Do you want to hear all of that, or would you rather not?”

Nina dried a bowl before answering. “Is it okay if I listen? I want to know, even if it’s scary.”

Addy hugged her. “Of course, it’s okay. But it’s also okay to change your mind anytime you want. I’ll tell you everything you want to know.”

Nina nodded and sat, pulling her chair close to Addy.

Marcus nodded. “Okay. Why don’t you start by telling us everything you remember?”

She told everything up to getting out of the car on the side of the road. “I knew something was wrong, but I couldn’t decide if it was smarter to stay in the car and wait or to head home. With my phone not working, it seemed smarter to move and give myself a chance to hide if I needed to. I grabbed the tire iron out of the trunk and took it with me.”

Deep breath. “It was freezing, but I was bundled up, and the scarf was warming the air before it got to my lungs. My inhaler was in my pocket if I needed it. I was almost home when I heard or felt someone behind me. I turned and swung my tool, but something hit me on the head. Twice, I think.”

“When I woke up, it was cold and dark. I felt like I’d had another asthma attack, and it took me a while to find my way out of the dibiki world.”

Nina leaned into her side at that. “It’s where she’s conscious but not really with it. It’s a good sign that her lungs are processing the air properly again, but it’s a little scary because she’s not herself yet.”

Addy tightened her arm around her daughter and hugged her. “Once I remembered that something had hit me on the head, the fog cleared. It was dark, but there wasn’t any wind, so I knew I wasn’t outside. I was trying to figure out where I was when the door at the top of the stairs opened, and I realized I was in a basement. I was looking for a weapon of some kind when he came down the stairs.”

She controlled the shudder. “I didn’t recognize his voice at first. He said once we straightened out the marriage arrangements, we could go upstairs and have tea to warm me up. He was Jonas, but he really wasn’t. I don’t know much about mental health issues, but I wonder if he’d had some kind of psychotic break.”

She had to stop and take a breath. “Anyway, he talked about how we were meant to be together when Heath came down the stairs and saved me.”

She smiled at Heath, and he shifted his chair so he could put his arm around both her and Nina.

Marcus nodded. “No need to go into that part. I was behind Heath, and I’ve got that recorded.”

Good, she wouldn’t have to recount that part in front of Nina.

Nina sat up to lean toward Marcus. “How did he mess with Mom’s cell phone? And her car?”

Addy squeezed Nina’s hand. “Good questions. I’ve been wondering that myself.”

Marcus nodded. “We had your car towed to Graham’s again. He found a cell phone jammer secured to the undercarriage and some additives put in the gas tank that would let the car run for a bit, but that would have you stopping after a mile or so.”

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