“Your da is being an idiot.”Of this he had zero worries.Liam O’Donnell was scared of losing his daughter.He would figure this out.“And he’ll come around.He’s a smart man.Your mum is already cool with this.”
“My mum loves you,” she said quietly.
“I know it doesn’t seem like it, but your da does, too.Liamhas been a solid figure in my life since I was a baby.His world is gettingrocked right now, but he’ll see this is for the best in the end.”He breathedher in.There was such peace here.Daisy was a storm, but like a storm she wasnecessary, and the world felt fresh and new.“I promise you, this won’t last.He adores you, but change is hard.Aidan’s already on board.There’s no wayyour father doesn’t see this relationship is good for both of us.Until then,we should enjoy being alone.How many new couples get this kind of timetogether?”
She turned her head up, her lips curling in a sexy smile.“So what you’re saying is me getting on an assassin’s hit list is actually agood thing.”
His girl could turn a frown upside down.“My dick thinksso.”
That smile turned brilliant.“So you’re all in?”
In the end it was the easiest decision he’d ever made.“I’mall in, love.”
“And you’re okay with what it means for me to be all in.”
Oh, she could bring it on.Being with Daisy would meandanger at every corner.Or at least mischief.But then he’d complained aboutlife being boring.“I told you.I love your winds, Typhoon.I guess I shouldcall you a hurricane since I’m here now.”
She sat up, throwing a leg over his waist and sliding hercore right over his cock.“Then you should know, I have some making up to do.Saint Daisy needs to get a little dirty, baby.”
He held on as the storm started all over again.
Chapter Ten
Nate woke the second his phone buzzed.He’d connected it tothe security system the night before.Any disruption would send an alert.
Someone had turned off the alarm and then reset the suckerin under thirty seconds.
He’d been plain.Anyone coming in or out of Sanctum when theclub wasn’t open was supposed to send him notification.There had been nonotifications.
So either the elders were testing him or they had anassassin who happened to know the ever-changing code to the security system atSanctum.One of those was hard to believe, and the other not at all surprising.
He should have expected it.He’d heard rumors about all thebodyguards getting wild tests of their skills when they signed on atMcKay-Taggart.He was literally guarding one of the founder’s beloveddaughters.There was zero chance they wouldn’t try to fuck with him and provehe couldn’t do it.
Daisy shifted in bed when he moved away from her, like shewas a heat-seeking missile.It was dark without the light from his phone, butthe illumination coming from the jukebox gave everything a low glow.Yeah,there was an old-school jukebox.He hadn’t played anything off of it because itwas all old stuff, but it had been exactly the right height to fuck Daisyagainst.
“Wake up, love.We’ve got incoming.”
She shot up in bed, her hair wild around her shoulders.“Holy shit.You think the bad guys are here?”
Damn, but she looked good enough to eat.He eased out ofbed, reaching for his boxers.If he knew Taggart and the crew, they would movequickly in the hopes of catching him in bed.Unfortunately, catching him in bedmeant catching Daisy, and he didn’t want her embarrassed.“Nah.”He grabbed hisSIG.“I think this is more about me than you.Your da is testing me.Lockyourself in the bathroom just in case, and call the MT building.Let them knowsomeone used the security code to enter Sanctum unauthorized.”
Daisy moved swiftly, dragging the sheet around her.“You’resure it’s Da?”
“Whoever it was, they knew the alarm code,” he replied.“Itruns on a constantly shifting algorithm Hutch created.As it can only beaccessed by a few phones, I doubt it’s our bad guys.Now hurry because they’lltry the apartment first, but they’ll figure out quickly we’re not there.Ifthey catch me, your da will try to get me replaced.”
She held the sheet around her with one hand and her phone inthe other.“Just remember he has a bad back.They all do, and they all thinkthey’re still twenty-five and in perfect military condition.Be nice.”
She kissed him and moved to the bathroom, already on thephone.“Hey, I needed to let you guys know we’re apparently being invaded bycartel members down at Sanctum.It’s okay.Nate is taking care of them.I’mpretty sure he’s already taken most of them out.It was a lot of blood.I washoping Aunt Charlotte would give me some cleaning tips.”
He loved her.
Damn, he loved her.There was no real time to deal with therevelation because if he got caught, there would be all kinds of hell to pay.
Or he could be dealing with a very well-prepared assassin.
The minute he eased out of the privacy room, he realized hewas definitely dealing with the big bosses, and they didn’t even respect him.
“How long should we wait?”Devi Taggart was in the loungebelow, standing with Brianna Dean-Miles and… Damn, they’d brought Avery withthem.
