Page 22 of Severance

Zipping the bag closed, Kai puts it on the floor and sits down next to me. “That’s when we run. I have it covered, with my private jet and pilot on standby.”

Staring at him, I feel like I’m looking at a man that I don’t even know. “And you have that always? As a fucking precautionary measure for what?”

“For when shit hits the fan… whether it be with the business and the millions of dollars that are being embezzled or for when something like this happened, because it was bound to happen one day.”

Jesus Christ.

I thought I had everything planned, wanting these fuckers dead.

This whole time Kai had a plan for the bigger picture, a much bigger picture.

“How do we get to them?” I ask him as I slip out of my shoes and tuck them underneath me.

“We’re going to need help.”

“From who?”

Kai’s jaw clenches and he takes a deep breath. “Anthony.”

Kai

“It has nothing to do with Aliana, before you start overthinking shit.”

Dahlia cuts her eyes at me and stares at me hard as her cheeks become flushed. “I wasn’t fucking going to.”

“I’m not going to go into the specifics, because it’s not important anymore. He was supposed to keep you safe, so long as I stayed away. I fucked up, so he doesn’t have to uphold his end of the deal. He can bury me so fucking far underground with all the shit he has on me, but he’s my lawyer. That shit stays confidential. All of the dirt he’s been involved in though… there’s nothing that keeps me fromrevealing anything.”

“From the farm?” Dahlia asks quietly.

I nod. No other words are needed, we both know more than enough to be able to take him down because of that place.

Standing up, I kick off my shoes and step out of my pants before pulling my shirt over my head. Dahlia watches me as I strip down to my boxers.

Moving in front of her, I slowly part her legs as I lean down and grab the hem of her shirt. She lifts her arms up as I pull it up over her head, leaving her in just her bra. Lightly pushing her back on the bed, I grab her waistband and pull her shorts down her lean legs and drop them onto the floor.

Climbing over her, I lie down on the bed and pull her close to me. With my arm around her, she rests her head on my chest as I lazily drag my fingers across her naked back.

“Who else is left?” she asks quietly as she wraps her arm around my waist.

Taking a deep breath, I breathe in her scent, mixed with dirt and blood, before exhaling lightly. “Cade took the fall for them and another inmate killed him. They don’t seem to be too fond of men who condone the shit he did in his life.

There’re only three people left who were involved. Dex, Anthony, and Luca.”

“And we need Anthony to get to them too?”

I nod lightly against her head.

“Sleep,bambolina,” I whisper into her hair. “We’ll figure out all of the specifics tomorrow. For right now, we sleep.”

She nods against my chest and nuzzles in closer. Dahlia lies silently against me, lost in her own thoughts, as I am in mine. Her breathing slowly evens out and I press my lips gently against the top of her head.

“I love you, Kai,” she whispers against my skin. “No matter what happens, I always have and always will.”

“Shh,” I shush her. “Nothing will ever happen to make me love you any less. You got me, and I got you. Remember? Fuck the rest of the world. I dare any motherfucker who wants to try to come between us.”

“No one can keep us apart anymore.” She smiles.

Nuzzling the top of her head, I breathe in and kiss her again. “No one.”

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