Total pages in book: 35
Estimated words: 33235 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 166(@200wpm)___ 133(@250wpm)___ 111(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 33235 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 166(@200wpm)___ 133(@250wpm)___ 111(@300wpm)
Her.
She’s a wild card — a random factor that I never expected. But fuck am I glad she fell into my world. And now that she’s in it, I know one thing above all else: there’s no way I’m letting her go.
“Part of my acquisition of Bill’s firm involved a structured merge. Purposefully, I might add. Yes, Bill and his team were here, and working out of my offices, but they weren't Castle Capital employees — not officially yet.”
“Which clears you and your team.”
I nod, and Lyra smirks, her eyes flashing at me. “Not bad.” Her lips pull back in a grin, and I can see her about to move towards me, when she pauses, her face darkening.
“Wait, so, what you said before…” She glances back at Agent Hall. “About Damien, I mean.”
“He’s clean,” Agent Hall shrugs her shoulders, sighing. “Trust me, we’ve damn well looked.”
And trust me, they have.
I can see from Lyra’s face that Bill probably told her the same shit that most people who don’t know me think — that I’m the biggest crook of all. But the truth is? I’m not crook. I don’t cheat, and I don’t use insider trades, and I don’t “bend” the rules to my advantage.
The truth of it is, I’m just really fucking good at what I do.
“Anyways, if we have any other questions, we’ll direct them to your staff?”
I nod at Agent Hall, who glances at Lyra as she turns to the door.
“You’ve got a great boss here, Ms. Worthington. He’s one of the good ones.”
She nods formally at me before jerking her head to the rest of her team and heading out of my office. And then finally, I’m alone with my angel.
We stare at each other for all of half a second before she’s crashing into me, her arms flinging around my neck and her face buried in my chest. I hold her tightly, possessively, like she’s mine and like I’m never going to let her go. I tilt her head up, and then I’m kissing her fiercely, pouring everything into her lips to remind her who we are, together.
“So, you were working with them?” She says quietly, finally pulling away. “The FBI I mean?”
“No, not officially, but Agent Hall and her team tried to pin shit on me for years and never found a thing. I don’t blame them for it. In fact, I respect them for doing their diligence. And my books are always open to them, because I’m no thief.”
She smiles, biting her lip and shaking her head slowly. “So, you’re just really good at what you do, huh?”
I grin hungrily, my grip tightening on her. “You tell me, angel.”
She blushes fiercely, but she nods eagerly, her bright eyes shining.
“I knew Bill and Regent Capital were dirty as a garbage truck long before I ever approached him about the ‘merger.’ His books were littered with clues to his bullshit and his insider deals, and it’s why I bought out the company when I did. Now, I’ll help the FBI, but I’m no snitch. So it wasn’t me that tipped them off or anything, but his stuff was so dirty, I knew they weren’t even going to need a tip.”
I take her hand and move her to the sitting area across the room, to a small couch that looks out over the whole city through the glass.
“I knew he was going to get busted, which is why I structured the deal the way I did. I brought him into Castle Capital, I slowly took the best parts of Regent and bought out the contracts of his clean, non-criminal employees, and simply let the dirty ones dig their own graves. When his arrest hits the papers, and when his investors hear that the trusted employees and traders of his company now work for mine, I’ll have them too.”
I grin.
“Oh, and of course, I’m suing him for failure to disclose criminal activities before merger, so, that up-front money comes back too.”
Lyra shakes her head with this sort of proud amusement on her face before she leans in and kisses me softly.
“You always get what you want, don’t you?”
“Always,” I growl, grabbing her tight. She squeals, giggling as I pull her into my lap and settle her over my thickening cock. “I always get what I want, and angel?” I lean close, my lips brushing hers.
“You’re what I wanted more than anything in this world.”
Our lips crash together, and the kiss is hungry and heated. She moans, her hips rolling on my lap and her hands tugging at my shirt as I kiss her deeply. My hands grab her ass, and my tongue explores her as I swallow the moans from her lips.
Slowly though, I can feel her tensing up, and when she pulls away, I can see the shadow on her face.