Page 72 of Grace of Spades
"Same thing. But I don't know any mercenaries that will torture people do you?" She asks blandly.
"I know a few." Richard remarks with a shrug grabbing a bottle of water from the fridge for her.
"I need more of an answer than that, Grace," I demand feeling lost.
"I go by Ace at work." Well, fuck. Ace? Here I thought she was at worst a street fighter or something but this wasn't even on my radar. Ace has been in my contacts for years. I've had to use him once... er her. Am I sexist? Fuck, I don't even know anymore. But I wasn't there when she arrived. Richard was.
"But... but you... andyou.” I point to a chuckling Richard.
"Yes, I had hair the last time I met Ace. She was so small. I didn't recognize her when she arrived here but eventually, I did." He grins.
"When did you need me?" Grace asks with wide eyes.
"Two years ago. There was a loose-lipped informant in an MC." Richard recalls.
"Oh! I remember him! He was fun." She laughs. She turns to the others. "Big biker dude. Cried like a baby when he heard Ace was in the room." She cackles. Her...boyfriendslook so proud of her. "Okay! But back to the topic at hand. Who is this Ryan Oliver guy?"
"He's a runner for us," Jai explains.
"Us too." Liam nods with a frown.
"Yeah. Same with us." Christian says through a scowl. That can't be good.
"Shi... take mushrooms," Grace says hesitantly looking at Ruby who just laughs. "Okay... I'm going to wait for my contacts to get back to me and then I may need to meet with The Heads." She surmises with a nod. "Yeah, I think that's going to have to be theplan for now."
Liam
God, I am so glad she's okay!
That was the worst phone call of my life. "Grace is missing." The worst words I have ever heard. My heart still hasn't recovered. I am sure there will be nightmares just echoing those words.
I can't take it anymore. I storm over to her and wrap my arms around my beautiful Grace. I need to feel her. Make sure she's real and safe here with me. She melts into my embrace and I fall further in love with her.
"I'm glad you're okay. I was so worried." I whisper holding her to me.
"I'm okay. Just stressed out right now." She admits looking up into my eyes. Her gorgeous green eyes are soft as she smiles up at me. God, I am a lucky man.
"You sure?"
"I am. Thank you, though."
"Okay, Liam. My turn." Jai sounds off from behind me. I squeeze her to me once more before letting him take over. I watched him shake too when he got here and then we had to wait hours for word. I watch him now holding her so gently like she's a treasure. And she absolutely is.
Oddly, we can be like this with her. I should be jealous that my girl is in another man's arms, but I'm not. I just want her safe and taken care of. They can help me with that and they genuinely care about her. As I said, I am a lucky man.
I let them have their moment to reassure each other before Christian comes up for his time with her. Jai stands beside megiving them their privacy.
Christian takes her into a deep kiss and I hear a soft whimper come from her and it goes straight to my lower regions. Not the time but my dick doesn't agree. Anytime with Grace is a perfect time.
Thankfully, they are cut off by her phone ringing. I would hate to come in my jeans just from watching her kiss another dude. That is an unexpected kink, but it looks like I'm not alone. Both Kier and Jai are shifting and hiding their lower halves behind something. Huh. Maybe our arrangement will work out after all.
Grace picks up her phone.
"What do you have?" She demands her voice hard and it does not help my dick situation at all. She grabs a pen and notepad and starts scribbling furiously. "Good. And Marconi?... good. You know where to drop it off." She hangs up and scans her notes, and her proper phone rings. She takes a deep breath before answering.
"Yeah?... Well, I'm sorry. I was away from my phone... it's not like I can bring it in the pool, Ray... Okay, I get it... Well, it's probably for the best right now anyway... Okay, I'll fix it... Yes. Jeez, what crawled up your ass?... Fine. Okay, bye."
I can see the gears turning in her mind as she runs through everything she knows. All of a sudden, she straightens takes her phone to the sink and turns the water on, and starts picking apart her phone. She moves fast and finds what she's looking for with a growl and takes her shoe off and smashes it to pieces.
