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“Not until you’re in my bed, baby.”

I keep my promise. I carry her all the way to the condo, into our room, and only put her down on the bed, her legs spread, her clothes peeled off, her body sweating and writhing under mine. I give myself to her, suck her nipples as I fuck her pussy with my fingers, make her come over and over, spend myself between her legs, and even then I still need more, like every second we spent apart magnified itself ten-fold, and now I’m in a horrible debt trying to make up for lost time.

But I’m happy to play catch up if it means tasting my wife.

Chapter40

Fallon

Istand in Adler’s office as the Don leans back in his chair. Jayson’s by my side, holding my hand, giving me strength.

It’s strange—Casey is so sweet and gentle, but Adler radiates danger. He’s darkness incarnate, just like Jayson, except Adler looks at me like I’m a landmine about to blow up his entire world.

“Alright, Adler, you called us in here. What’s going on?” Jayson starts the meeting, his tone light and carefree. We spent the better part of three days in and out of bed, never leaving the condo once, barely wearing clothes.

I’m sore in the best possible way imaginable.

Adler holds up a finger as he makes a call on speaker. It rings until my brother’s voice appears, sounding strained. “Evening, Adler.”

“Afternoon, Rian.”

They greet each other like old pals. How cute.

“Is my sister there?”

“She’s right here.” Adler gestures for me to speak.

“Hello, Chim.”

“Alright, Fallie? You good?”

“I’m good,” I confirm, glancing at Jayson.

“Hello, Rian,” he says. “I’m here too.”

“The whole happy family.” Rian sounds exhausted. “Go on then, Adler, tell them what we discussed.”

“Here’s the deal we made.” Adler stares at Jayson, ignoring me. “He admitted to everything. Didn’t try to hide the conversation he had about the documents. Which I appreciated.”

“Talked her out of doing something drastic,” Rian adds.

“That’s right, which is why we’re still having a discussion instead of shooting each other.” Adler’s smile is the smirk of a viper. “This is where we landed. There are three Grady men left in town. They’re from the war faction, just like we assumed. Jayson, if you can finish them off, I’d consider this matter settled.”

My eyebrows raise. Jayson leans forward, looking interested. “You’re good with that, Rian?” he asks.

“You’d be doing me a fucking favor,” my brother says. “They’ve been nothing but a pain in my ass, the goddamn war faction, and three less of them would be three less idiots I have to deal with.”

“Everything okay, Chim? You’re safe?” A sudden yearning to go home hits me. I don’t know what I’ve left behind, but it sounds like Rian’s been struggling to hold it all together.

“Yes, actually. Hasn’t been easy the last week or so but things came to a head and I think they’ll resolve nicely.” He takes a slow, deep breath, before blowing it out. “Fuckers needed more convincing than I expected.”

Relief seems thin and unsatisfying. “I’m glad.”

“Then all I have to do is finish what I started.” Jayson leans back in his seat, considering. I hate the thought of him going out there and fighting more. He was killing when he felt like there was nothing left, but now, we have everything we ever wanted.

We have each other.

“That’s right,” Adler says. “You can assign your men to take care of it?—”

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