Page 13 of Marrying the Underboss

Holding her face in the palm of my hand, I shake my head and rub my thumb across her cheek. “No Angel, not a dream. I’ve had that dream for many years and it did not compare to the real thing in the slightest. Your cream is like the sweetest honey. Tasting your pussy for the first time is something I’ll never be able to forget.”

“Oh.”

I smirk. ‘Oh’ is an understatement; she knows it just as much as I do. “We have a long drive ahead of us and need to get going.” I look to the foot of the bed and gesture to the things I grabbed for her out of her bag. “I’ll give you a few minutes to shower and get ready, but don’t take too long. I want to be on the road in fifteen minutes.”

She nods. “Got it.”

Leaning down, I kiss her forehead then walk to the bedroom door. “See you soon,” I say before closing the door behind me. I walk across the hall to my office and triple-check to make sure I have everything I need and there’s nothing left behind that will lead anyone to where we’re going. Maybe I’m overreacting, and Marino is long gone, but I’ve got a feeling this isn’t over by a long shot. He’s up to something, I just don’t know what yet.

About ten minutes later I hear the bedroom door open and her feet pad across the hall.

“I’m ready,” Jennifer says, leaning in the doorway to my office.

I look up and find my angel dressed in the clothes I picked out for her. She’s wearing a pair of dark skintight jeans, a cream sweater, and a pair of black leather knee-high boots. Her hair is wet from a quick shower and piled high on the top of her head in a bun. She’s mouthwatering.

“Let’s go.”

We’ve been drivingfor over an hour and she has sat in her seat staring out the window, not saying a word.

“Why haven’t you asked me where we’re going yet?”

She shrugs. “Last night you told me no questions. So, no questions have been asked.”

“That’s it? I tell you no questions, and you just listen to me?” I smile.

She rolls her eyes at me and then looks out the window. “I’ve known you for a long time, Kane. I trust you. My dad trusts you. I’m sure you know what you’re doing and have a good reason for it.”

“You knew Marino for a long time and look what he did.” I scoff. I don’t know why I say it, it’s a fucked up thing to say, but I need to know.

“Shit!” She gasps, flinging her arm against my chest. “You’re right. I don’t know what I was thinking. Turn around and take me back home!”

When she looks over at me she’s smiling. “I’m just messing with you, Kane.”

“Brat.”

She sticks her tongue out at me and then smiles. “You kind of deserve it, though. You practically kidnapped me.”

I grab her hand that’s resting between us and kiss the top of it, then place it on my thigh, covering her hand with mine. “I wouldn’t say you were an unwilling participant, Angel.”

She bites her bottom lip and shrugs one of her shoulders. “True.”

I could drive like this for hours, but my Angel is getting restless in the seat next to me. “We’ve got a long drive ahead of us. I packed some things to keep you busy so you don’t get bored.” Dropping her hand, I reach in the back seat and grab a backpack I stuffed with a few of the books from her duffel bag and some other things I think she might like.

When I hand it to her, she looks upset. “What’s wrong?”

“We’re not going to be back in time for me to go back to work on Monday, are we?” She asks, sounding like she’s about to cry. She’s finally realizing this isn’t just a quick trip out of town.

“No, we won’t,” I sigh, knowing she won’t like my answer.

She keeps it together though. “Do you know how long we’ll be gone?”

“It all depends on how long it takes for me to track down Marino anddealwith him.”

“You mean kill him?”

I give her a quick nod. “I’m not a good man, Jennifer. You know that.”

“Yeah, I know.” she says. She puts the bag I handed her on the floorboard next to her feet then leans her body against the passenger door, getting about as far away from me as she can get.

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