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“Do we know who it is?”

“I had to work it out on my own as Sal isn’t here. He’s another one of Dino’s. Do you want me to take him to the safe house like the others?”

“Yes. This makes it even more imperative that we deal with Devlin.”

Edric sighed and turned away from the body.

“How would you like to play that? A meeting perhaps?”

“No. We need to watch him to see what he’s up to before we approach him.” I waved at the body. “Get the men from last night to help you with this guy. They’ll keep their mouths shut.”

He inclined his head and glanced at Theia.

“Do you also want them on her?”

“Yes. We can discuss it when you get back. I’m going to take her upstairs now.”

He gave me a knowing look. I ignored him. There was no fucking way I would be doing anything inappropriate with her in my office today. Didn’t need my men having any more shit to talk about. I’d already set tongues wagging by bringing her in the first place. As far as I was concerned, they were going to have to get used to seeing her around. She might be afraid of this thing between us, but I was going to make sure I made it safe for us even if I had to fight tooth and nail to discover who the fuck was trying to mess with us.

It was time I showed everyone I was capable of being the boss. I was going to defend my own, no matter what it took.

Twenty Nine

Theia

After spending the day with Gil, meeting my new bodyguards and working in the evening, I wasn’t feeling any less overwhelmed with all the craziness of the past twenty-four hours. Gil had been quiet on the way to his after he’d picked me up from the club. I imagined it wasn’t unusual for him not to be talkative, but I wasn’t used to it. Besides, I could feel the tension rolling off him. Now I understood what was going on in his world, I could see the pressure he was under. And the fact he had me to protect as well was likely making it worse.

I hadn’t asked Gil to do any of this for me, but I wasn’t going to argue with him over it again. Not after this morning. If it made him feel better to have me protected by his men, I’d put up with it. It made me feel warm and fuzzy inside when he told me I was his equal. It wasn’t as if I didn’t know that, but it was nice to hear all the same. However, I was pretty sure he was getting a little sick of reassuring me my job wasn’t an issue. I never thought I’d ever meet a man who would be okay with it. Gil had his faults, but in that respect, he was a unicorn as far as I was concerned.

When we got into his penthouse, he walked over to his sofa and sunk into it, rubbing his hands across his face in a rather defeated manner. My heart lurched. I was walking over to him without thinking a moment later and sinking to my knees on the rug by his feet. My hands curled around his knees and pushed them open so I could fit myself between his legs. He dropped his hands and stared down at me with no emotion on his face.

“Why are you down there?”

I ran my hands up his thighs. I could feel the tension in his muscles, but it didn’t stop me. The words I wanted to speak were on the tip of my tongue. There were still a million things we needed to discuss, but I wanted to forget about them for the rest of the evening.

“Theia?”

“I want to make you feel good.”

He blinked. I had to press on. He wasn’t going to judge me for this, just like he hadn’t judged me or made me feel small for anything else I’d told him.

“And I have this fantasy about being on my knees for you with your fist buried in my hair while you tell me…” My eyes flicked down to his crotch, and I swallowed. “While you tell me to suck your cock with my dirty little slut mouth and stare at me with no emotion the way you’re doing now.”

I said the last part in an almost whisper. He knew I liked to be degraded, but I’m not sure he realised how far I wanted that degradation to go. This was actually the tamest of my fantasies when it came to him.

For a long moment he didn’t speak, merely regarded me with his dark eyes. His scrutiny made me shiver, but I didn’t press him. When he leaned closer and touched my cheek with his hand, I bit my lip.

“What am I going to do with you, hmm?” he murmured.

The next thing I knew, he’d gripped my hair tight in his fist and turned my face up towards him. With his other hand, he brushed his thumb over my lip, pulling it from my teeth.

“Is that what you thought about during our sessions at the club?”

“Yes.”

I wouldn’t lie to him about it. He knew about my hypersexuality. A part of it was these all thoughts and fantasies I had, but I’d always been too fucking terrified to carry them out… until him. Gil saw me for all that I was and wanted me anyway.

“I see.”

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