Total pages in book: 103
Estimated words: 100090 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 500(@200wpm)___ 400(@250wpm)___ 334(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 100090 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 500(@200wpm)___ 400(@250wpm)___ 334(@300wpm)
That makes me pause. “Dirty sex?”
“I mean, it hasn’t been clean sex.”
I drag my thumb over her nipple, through her shirt and bra, and feel it pebble beneath my touch, making me grin in satisfaction. “We haven’t done one thing that was dirty. Hot. Fucking incredible. But not dirty.”
“You didn’t like that word.”
My gaze finds hers, and I hold it steady. “No. I didn’t. Because it implies that we did something wrong.”
“That’s not what I said,” she counters and drags her nails down my cheek. “It wasn’t wrong. Anything that feels that good can’t be wrong. It was…not the typical boring missionary sex.”
“We’ll do that,” I reply and kiss her lips. “Whenever you want. Now, I’m not going to push my luck and take you twice when my kid is downstairs. He claims he’s in for the night, but—”
“But you never know,” she agrees and pushes up to kiss me sweetly. “Tell me more about the sky. I want to learn everything that you know.”
“We’ll be here a while.”
“I have all night.”
Before I can reach for the iPad to change the direction of the telescope, my phone rings, and I frown.
“This is security,” I mutter and answer. “Wild.”
“We have a situation, sir.”
“Here, at the house?” I stand and look down at Polly, who’s watching me with wide eyes.
“Yes, sir. We just apprehended some kids who were trying to break into the premises. You’ll want to come down here.”
“Where are you?”
“We have them in the office,” Axel replies. “You might want to bring Jake with you.”
That gives me pause. “Why?”
“Because he knows these boys.”
I sigh and look back at Polly. “I’ll be there in ten.”
“What’s happening?” she asks.
“We have some kids that tried to trespass, and my security detail wants me to bring Jake.”
Polly’s eyes go sharp and hot with anger. “Why?”
“Because he knows them, apparently. You can wait—”
“I will not wait,” she insists, hot on my heels as I make my way to the door. “I’ll be going with you and Jake.”
“If that’s what you want, that’s fine with me.”
I knock on Jake’s door and relay the information.
“Russ, I gotta go, man. I’ll be back.” He shuts down his game, shoves his feet into some shoes, and hurries with us down the stairs and out to my truck.
The security base is on the other side of the property. It’s a nice building with two bedrooms, a full kitchen, and a big command center for monitors and computers, and when I walk inside, that’s where I find my two men and the two boys who have attitude written all over their faces.
“I’m gonna sue you,” the one says, his chin tilted up in defiance. “I’m gonna take everything you’ve got.”
“Okay,” I reply and turn to Axel. “What do we have here?”
“These two were caught cutting the fence about five hundred feet down from the main gate,” Axel begins, delivering the report as he would if he were still on the police force. “They trespassed onto the property, carrying bags that we now know are full of spray paint and grain filled with poison.”
“What the fuck?” Jake exclaims, eyeing the two boys about his age. “Are you kidding me?”
“Fuck you,” boy one sneers, as the other one, white as a ghost, looks like he’d love it if the floor opened up and swallowed him whole.
“What were you going to do with the poison?” I ask and cross my arms over my chest, eyeing them both with pure anger.
“None of your business.”
“What are your names?”
“None of your fucking business,” boy one repeats.
“Todd Wells,” Jake says, pointing to boy one, “and Steve Taylor.”
“You’re such a fucking rat,” Todd says, obviously pissed off.
“Hey!” I shout, getting his attention. “Eyes on me. What were you going to do with the poison? Kill my horses?”
“Like you’d miss them,” Todd replies. “You’re fucking rich; you can replace them.”
“These were the two boys caught shoplifting in my store last year,” Polly murmurs behind me. “Ex-associates of Jake’s.”
“Have the police been called?” I ask Axel, who nods.
“Affirmative, sir. They’re on their way.”
“Dude, this is stupid,” Todd says. “It’s just a little paint, and nobody got hurt. It was a prank.”
“You’re an idiot,” Jake shoots off.
“You’re a piece of fuck,” Todd fires back, using his obviously favorite word.
“Dude, just stop,” Steve mutters, but Todd doesn’t listen.
“You think that just because this asshole adopted you that you’re better than us? Bullshit. You’re nobody, who comes from shit people, and that makes you shit. You’re worthless.”
“Enough!” I yell and step forward. “You’ll keep your mouth shut. Do you hear me?”
“Whatever,” Todd snarls as we hear a car pull up outside, and for the first time, a little sliver of fear shows in his young eyes. “I don’t care about this. You’re all fucked.”
An hour later, after the boys have been cuffed and hauled off to jail for the night, I walk into the house with Polly and Jake and sigh.