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He positioned himself between her legs. Impatient, Krista wrapped her legs around his waist, pulling her close. He rewarded her with one of those sexy laughs of his.

Then he entered her in one swift thrust. Krista gasped at the size of him. He started with slow strokes before increasing the speed. She found herself begging him to go faster, deeper.

Devlin did as she asked and Krista found herself meeting him for every push. Soon enough, he reduced them both to sweating and groaning animals.

Every time Devlin claimed her, it felt like a piece of her soul drifted out to touch hers. Krista had been with other men before, but none of them made her feel like this.

The pressure inside her threatened to burst open. Devlin switched the angle of his entry and Krista gasped, arching her back. He’d found her sweet spot.

Grinning down at her, Devlin kept going for the area repeatedly until Krista couldn’t take anymore. All her tense muscled relaxed. Her mind splintered and she soared in the air.

Chapter Five

Krista screamed out his name as she came over his dick, and that sounded like music to Devlin’s ears. He pumped in and out of her a couple more times, before climaxing and filling her with his seed.

Panting, he collapsed next to her on the gigantic sofa. He made a mental note to have the furniture cleaned. Galen, Carver, and he sometimes hung out here with beers during weekends to de-stress.

Then he looked at the woman who, unknowingly, posed a significant threat to him. Not because of her theft, but because Krista always had a way of worming her way into his heart. She made him weak, and weakness was unacceptable if one was the head of the Family.

“Screw it. This job isn’t worth my life,” Krista said. He studied her closely, and it seemed she meant her words.“Ask whatever you want.”

And Devlin did. Most of the time, he delegated jobs to others, but he was far from rusty when it came to asking the right questions. He didn’t even have to work hard at it. Krista gave him all the details he needed.

Her client was an ambitious member of a rival crime family. Devlin could easily deal with that man, but the hacker she worked with—Phantom—was the bigger threat.

Galen’s words came back to him. Could Phantom be the one leaking important info to their rivals? And if indeed it was Phantom, did that mean this hacker was still under his employ and loaning out his services to others on the dark web? A chill went down his spine at the thought.

“Devlin, what are you thinking?” Krista asked, reaching out to touch his cheek.

He caught her wrist before her fingers could make contact, his grip firm yet gentle.

“I’m thinking about the danger you’ve put yourself in,” he replied. “Do you have any idea what you’ve gotten yourself into?”

Krista’s eyes widened slightly, but she didn’t pull away.

“Explain it to me,” she said. It did genuinely seem that she took this job without realizing there might be something bigger at play.

Devlin didn’t tell her everything, only bits and pieces. Her eyes widened when he told her he suspected Phantom betrayed her.

“I considered that after the alarms went off,” she admitted.“I know it’s bad. I know you’re angry. But I needed the money.”

“This hacker could be a dangerous opponent,” Devlin pointed out, his mind racing.

Something else bugged him. If Phantom was as talented as Devlin presumed, then there was a possibility he had hired Krista for a specific reason—because the hacker knew about her past connection to Devlin.

“Devlin? I can see the wheels turning in your head,” Krista pointed out.

“If Phantom is as skilled as I think he is, he wouldn’t hire just anyone. He chose you for a reason. Maybe because he knows about us. About our history,” Devlin admitted. He still didn’t trust Krista but she deserved to know how much danger she was in.

Krista’s eyes widened.“You think he’s using me to get to you?”

“It’s possible,” Devlin said, his tone grim.

He cupped her face, forcing her to look at him. A surge of protectiveness filled him. He hated the thought of Krista being in danger, hated that she still had a hold on him, even now.

“Stay here, stay with me,” he commanded, his voice brooking no argument.“I’ll take care of this.”

Krista stared at him, flabbergasted. “That’s an unreasonable request. Devlin, we hardly know each other,” she blurted out.

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