Page 31 of Her Last Hope
She smiled sweetly. “You stay out of my way; I’ll stay out of yours.”
“We’ll stick with the original plan, but…” Fielding planted his hands on his hips, pushing his suit coat out. “If things go bad, this is on you, not me.”
“Let’s get this party started,” Logan said.
“Ready, hon?” Nick tugged at her arm.
“I’m not your hon,” she said.
“I think that hickey says you are.” Dylan slapped her shoulder as he breezed by.
“Welcome to the family,” Logan said with a smile.
“You people are really weird,” she muttered before turning her attention to Nick, who stood beside her with his arm still looped over her shoulders. “Next time I’m going to cover your neck in hickeys and see how you like it.”
“Is that a promise?” He winked.
She jabbed his gut. “Let’s go,hon, we’ve got work to do.”
6
Nick leaned against the tractor trailer parked in the back lot behind Ramos’ restoration and refurbishing warehouse, which is just one of the many businesses Ramos used to legitimize himself. More than half of the parking lot lights had burned out. Nick folded his arms across his chest, scanning the area, mentally picturing the exact location of every man he and his brothers had assembled.
They were the elite of the elite and capable of the impossible.
But if this was a set up, then Ramos would be expecting a raid.
“If this is what he uses as the Holding Tank, the outside perimeter isn’t very secure with one night guard at the gate and the few on the roof.” Logan sat on the wheel hood. Of all the Sarich boys, he’d been the most even-keeled, which made him the most like their father. His passing had affected all of them deeply, butLogan took on the role of protector of his little brothers. Even though Nick had been essentially an adult when his father died, and Logan less than two years older than him, Logan had been the one that held the family together.
He still did.
“I’ve detected four cameras so far on the outside.”
“Mia’s working on hacking into Ramos’ system to see what she can find out and get Dylan eyes on the inside, but since we don’t have wires, we have no idea where we stand on that, and she’s not answering my text.”
“She’ll let you know when she cracks it. Now we just need Ramos to show up.” Based on what he’d learned about Ramos and his operation, Nick didn’t feel confident that Ramos believed Nick and Leandra to be exactly who they pretended to be, which meant this plan wouldn’t go off without a hitch.
Though, Nick had never had an op go completely as planned.
The sound of the truck door closing echoed across the night sky.
Nick turned his head to see Leandra stepping onto the running boards before letting her feet hit the pavement.
“He’s late,” she said as she stood with her hands on her hips, looking at the building.
“He’s probably watching us.” Nick reached out, grabbing hold of her biceps, and pulled her to his chest. “My only concern right now is if he had more armedsecurity in places we didn’t know about.” He looped his arms around her sexy waist, letting his hand glide across the top of her ass.
“I’m sure Dylan’s got it covered,” Logan said.
“What are you doing?” she whispered, pressing her hands against his chest.
“Acting like a married couple.” He tilted his head, leaning in for a kiss.
“We’re not married. We’re not anything.” Her words might have indicated he should back off, but her body leaned against his as her fingers gently massaged his shoulders. Her tongue darted out of her mouth and licked her plump lips.
“Just killing time until Ramos shows his ugly face.” He sucked her bottom lip into his mouth before slipping his tongue between her lips, twirling it against hers in a slow dance that ignited a flame deep in his gut. A fierce wave of protectiveness rolled over him like a hurricane slamming into the coast. He pulled back, taking in a deep breath, then letting it out slowly as he got lost in her dark, smoldering eyes. “Stay close to me no matter what happens.”
She held his gaze for a long moment. “I’m a big girl. I can handle this.”
