Page 52 of Affair
Ethan was still edgy, and Gene saw it.
“Baby, I need you to breathe and calm down. Where is Chris?” he asked because the man was supposed to be on Ethan duty.
Callen was in California working on his movie, so Chris was wrangling the man.
“He’s on the phone in the next room, dealing with some morgue things. I just feel edgy. Like the energy is off. Please be careful. He’s not well in the head, and I’m scared that I’m going to lose you.”
Gene knew he needed to defuse this.
So, he smiled warmly at him, and fought for Ethan and his sanity.
“Someone loves me.”
Ethan stared into his eyes.
“You have no idea how much I love you,” he admitted. “If anything happens to you, how do I tell Willa one of her fathers is gone?”
Gene understood that.
When they’d been fighting David Neives, he’d felt the same thing.
“You have nothing to worry about. When you see our daughter, you give her kisses from me, and tell her that Daddy loves and misses her. I’ll bring her something home from my trip.”
Ethan nodded.
“Okay, Babe,” he stated.
Then, Ethan went there.
“Where is my wife?” he asked. “Is she safe?”
Oh, there was no shock he’d be worried about her too. Ethan loved them both, and he stressed over their safety whenever he couldn’t be there.
Because he needed to be reassured, Gene turned the phone.
She smiled at him.
“We’re good, EJ. I won’t let anything happen to your love muffin. We’re going to get The Hunters working, and then handle the‘situation’. Then, before you know it, we’ll put this behind us, and move on.”
That’s what he wanted.
Only, there was one more thing he wanted equally as much.
Ethan wanted Thomas Bernard’s head on a silver platter if he touched either one of them.
There was no doubt in his mind that he’d handle it himself if Tommy kept coming at them. Ethan would die protecting his family.
So, he was to the point.
“If he touches either one of you, I will be handling this, Elizabeth. Don’t think I’m not irritated that you made me stay here, took my personal security with you and sicced Demeter on me. Demeter of all people,” he stated. “That’s the crazy train.”
She laughed.
Everyone knew that Demeter would do absolutely anything she asked him to. He listened to her, not Ivan. That wasEXACTLYwhy he was all over Ethan like tan on sexy Native man.
“I wouldn’t try to make a break for it. I told him to hold you down. He likes shit like that. He gets humpy.”
Gene laughed.
