Total pages in book: 149
Estimated words: 147967 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 740(@200wpm)___ 592(@250wpm)___ 493(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 147967 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 740(@200wpm)___ 592(@250wpm)___ 493(@300wpm)
“Cameras,” the Fox said. “Brody has still been monitoring the cameras here. And the ones at your father’s house.”
“There are cameras at my father’s?” she asked.
“Hmm. I put them there. I knew it was her. I did some questioning while I had Vince. You don’t think it took me that long to find him, do you? No, he was easy prey. But it wasn’t a simple job to question him without marking him. I didn’t want any evidence. That takes skill and a bit more time. I don’t have a lot of time now that I’m a family man.”
A family man? Holy heck. She couldn’t even see him and she was terrified by him.
“Vince thought he was keeping the truth from me, but I didn’t need him to blurt it out. I’m not stupid. I worked out that it was her pulling the ropes. So I decided to watch her. She drugged the officer guarding her before she snuck out to come here tonight. I don’t know how she knew you were here, but my guess would be that she probably bribed one of your neighbors to tell her if you returned. I also put a tracker on her car, but I’d already guessed she was coming here. So I decided I better follow. I have always had impeccable timing. Now, I’ve got to go home and play a celebratory game of hide the sausage. If you know what I mean.”
Did she? Maybe?
Lord, she was so confused.
“Um, okay, bye,” she called out.
There was no answer and Matthieu turned to her, pulling her close to him. He started speaking in rapid French and the only words that she could understand were the swear words.
So she just hugged him back, tight.
She understood the sentiment. She was glad that he was all right, too.
Finally, he lifted her and kissed her. Hard.
“Je t’aime, Bébé,” he said.
Yeah. She knew that one.
“I love you, too.”
EPILOGUE
“Bend over the back of the chair and show me your ass.”
A shiver ran through Maya at those words and she moved to the chair in a daze, positioning herself over the back of it.
She was wearing a pair of wide-legged black pants and a black sleeveless top. She was going to throw a lavender lace top over the top before they left.
But, apparently, Matthieu wanted to check her underwear situation first.
It felt like he’d been teasing her all morning as they’d gotten ready. Touches here and there. Looks. Suggestive comments.
And her pussy was wet, her clit throbbing.
Not great when they had to leave soon and she didn’t have panties on.
Although thank goodness she hadn’t put any on.
He stripped her pants down her thighs to her ankles.
“Spread your legs,” he commanded.
She moved her legs apart and he cupped her mound. A moan escaped her.
“Someone is all wet and needy, aren’t they?” he murmured, running a finger through her lips. “What is all this about?”
“You,” she moaned.
“Me?” he said with pretend surprise. He knew it was about him. It was always about him.
They’d been living together in the rental for a month now. Things weren’t always perfect. Living with her own caveman came with its challenges.
He was overprotective. Extremely so.
And surprisingly possessive. He didn’t like anyone else looking at her let alone touching her. Apparently, he’d shocked himself with how possessive he was.
But he also liked her to have whatever she desired. That was almost the hardest part to get used to.
Someone who put her before themselves.
It sounded like it should be easy. To let herself be spoiled and taken care of. But she still had moments of thinking he’d change his mind or that it would all disappear.
However, he was good at getting her past those moments.
The animals loved this new place. They also loved having her home more since she hadn’t found a new job yet. She’d been volunteering at a number of shelters in the city and she really wanted to go back to her idea of running her own rescue. But it would be expensive.
The other day, Matthieu had driven her past David’s yoga studio which now had a For Lease sign in the window. Apparently, people had heard that he’d been exploiting young animals for his own gain and quit using the studio in droves. And, Reeves had told them that a number of his clients had started coming forward with complaints about him touching them inappropriately. He’d been arrested and refused bail. She’d had no idea and it was scary to think that she’d often been alone with him.
Kathryn had been arrested and ended up entering a guilty plea once her own sons confessed that she was the kingpin of it all. Maya had expected to hear from her father, but it had been crickets from him and she couldn’t help but feel hurt.
Still, he had a lot going on considering he was still part of an ongoing investigation and had resigned.