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I cuddled against his chest, absorbing his warmth and strength. “I know. I love you, too.”

CHAPTER 53

RYAN

“You’re sure about this?” My wife stared at me from the doorway of Grandpa’s office with those wide blue eyes, and all I wanted to do was drag her back to the cottage we’d holed up in for twenty-four hours and fuck her again.

My cock jerked against the zipper of my jeans, because my wife’s pussy was my favorite addiction.

I barely tamped down the giddy-as-fuck smile that threatened whenever I thought those words.

My wife.

I’d always been a possessive asshole, but now that I was married to Maddie, it was like a switch had been flipped. I hadn’t known how possessive I could be until I slipped that band onto her finger.

Maddie was mine. All fucking mine. And now we were making plans that would keep her safe.

“I’m sure, Mads,” I promised, holding out my hand.

Still looking doubtful, she handed me the listening device her father had ordered her to hide. If Gary wanted to hear something, then I’d let him hear the fucking truth. Every single word of it.

Well, mostly.

Grandpa craned his neck to see the device from where he sat on the other side of his desk. “Hard to believe how far technology has come since I was your age. My first computer was half the size of this room.”

I shook my head. “And you still use tech from the stone age.”

“He might be onto something,” Ash muttered, looking up from his laptop. “Grandpa’s computer predates the internet. It can’t be hacked.”

Grandpa smirked at me. “See?”

Maddie stepped back from the doorway to allow Linc and Court to enter. Her eyes found mine, worried and soft. “I’ll go hang out with Bex and Cori until you’re done.”

I nodded. I knew she wanted to be here, but Gary needed to think she was his good little spy. That she’d been able to infiltrate our group, and my trust, so that he didn’t see what was right in front of him.

Court and Grandpa had come through; we’d met with the attorneys a few hours ago and set in motion what needed to happen for Maddie’s inheritance to be unlocked. It would take a few days, but the money would be in her account by the end of the week. After that, she and Ash would have it moved to an offshore account that Gary wouldn’t be able to hack.

I crossed the room and kissed her, loving the way she tasted. “I’ll come get you when we’re done.”

She sighed a little but let me go, and I went back into the office and closed the door.

Grandpa leveled a look at each of us. “We’re sure about this?”

“Yes,” I answered without hesitation, smiling grimly when my friends nodded in agreement.

Linc leaned forward, rubbing his hands together as he studied Ash. “Everything set up?”

Ash tapped a few keys on the laptop and then smiled. “Yup.” His eyes found mine. “Go time.”

Taking a deep breath, I peeled the backing from the device and stuck it under the lip of Grandpa’s desk.

Court held up a hand for silence, silently counting us down to a believable amount of time that Maddie could have hidden the device and left the office. After nearly two minutes, Court opened the door and then slammed it closed. He nodded at me to start.

“You’re out of your fucking mind,” Linc started, his tone cold and detached.

Just the way we’d planned it.

“Must be some epic pussy,” Court groused, going over to sit next to Linc.

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