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Mateo shifted my body until his hands found the curve of my ass, lifting me until I was made to wrap my legs around his frame.

“I took out the trash there, it caused a mess.” His thumb covered where I knew a hickey to be, pressing into the skin there.

“So not bed bugs?” I eyed Kazi speculatively who had now joined us as Mateo marched up to the front door.

Twisting around, I found it was a metal padlocked iron door.

I let out an exasperated sigh. “Just take me to a spare room, and I need some clothes please.” I didn’t have the mental capacity to unwrap anything right now. It was nearing 5AM, and I was exhausted.

I needed some sleep, and then I needed to call Izzy.

Chapter 26

D

D’s precious angel had finally taken a misstep. Yara had kept D from her home for so long, but he had caught a break.

He hadn’t expected this to work. But here they were, in his car. Letting him chauffeur them to her home.

He was irritated to see the security measures, but he could work around that.

D considered for a moment just taking them both and driving off, but he didn’t want to deal with the man.Kazi.

He saw her new acquaintance step out of the house. The blood and knife were mildly startling, but he expected nothing less from the oaf.

When they were both out of the car, he snapped a few pictures already planning his next letter, except maybe it was time to try something new…

He was running out of patience. If she didn’t answer him soon?

Well, he would be forced to take action.

And now he knew exactly how to get to her.

Chapter 27

Yara

“Go away!” I shouted through the door for the thousandth time.

I had been working from this room for the last three weeks, and I had barely left it other than to eat.

Three weeks of hiding away and not acknowledging the shit storm I was in the midst of.

I had delegated all tasks as necessary to our team and was doing the bare minimum for work.

I was still at Mateo’s “house.”

It was nicer on the inside than I had expected. The spare room he had given me came equipped with a bathroom and Kazi had been kind enough to stock me up with clothes.

Both of the men checked on me often, but I had decided I needed time to figure out what the fuck I was going to do. And I was self-aware enough to admit that I was a chicken shit and didn’t want to deal with my expanding feelings for the three men that had taken my life by storm.

Kazi, Mateo, James.

James. I had dreamed every night of his hands on my body, of the way he made me feel.

Of the fact that he was my best friend’s dad.

I was trying to gain the courage to call Izzy to let her know who I found. What I had done.

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