Page 98 of Taunt Me (Dark Odyssey 2)

With a wide smile he scoops me up and I secure my arms around his neck.

I’m drained out with overindulgence in pleasure but I want whatever he has in store for me next.

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Gabe

She smiles a lot more now.

She was different after that night. Very different and more like her old self.

I didn’t want to take her over the edge but in my warped way of thinking I realized that was the only way I was going to get her to trust me.

Strange but it worked.

It seemed to have worked and we’ve been in this crazy bubble of bliss since. Two weeks pass with us inside it. It’s like we’re the modified version of the couple we used to be.

I’ve become the lovesick fool I was when I was hyped up on her years ago.

I go to work and I can’t wait to see her when I get home. I go to sleep and I can’t wait to wake up and see her because the dreamlike version doesn’t feel like her. I’ve had to live with the dream version for so long that while it may suffice for the dream world, it can’t hold a flame to the real Charlotte.

She’s different too… in a good way. A very good way. She seems healed in some ways.

It’s reason to be happy, but I can’t help but think of everything else that I’ve been pushing to the back of my mind.

And… yes, what I’ll do if she doesn’t choose me.

She’s happy with me and we’re happy together, but I know it could still happen. The two weeks brings us that much closer to the end of the month.

I’ve been thinking about it all morning and decided I’d step out of the office for a break and a walk.

I ended up at the coffeehouse nearby. It’s a little walk away from the docks and at the edge of town. It’s a good thinking spot.

I’ve been here for the last hour, brainstorming over everything.

I look like a man who has tons of problems on his mind, but realistically if I were to take Tobias out of the equation, things would look like they’re going good for me.

Plans are going well with the hotel deal, contracts have been signed and queries raised for St. Lucia.

It’s looking all good and looking like we’re about to dive into another billion dollar business deal. I’m about to become a very rich man and I don’t have to be the gangster I am and kill anybody for the money or steal it. I’m working legit with my brothers who are excited too.

It’s all good, but I want her.

I want the girl, the goddess, the queen.

We’re good now and she’ll always belong to me in every essence of the word, I just want to know what she’ll choose beyond the month.

To do that there’s stuff I know I have to take care of.

Stuff I’ve been told to leave alone.

Tobias Antonella is still a threat. The most we know is that he’s been released from hospital and is at his home somewhere here in Chicago. Barabbas Antonella hasn’t been seen again but that doesn’t mean the motherfucker isn’t around.

It doesn’t mean shit to me.

Tobias is the last part of the threat. Selfishness made me want to find him and kill him, shooting his dick off wasn’t enough because he’s still a fucking threat and as long as he’s alive, my girl won’t truly be able to put the nightmares behind her.

But what do I do?

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