I flinched. She knew what the guards were for. Hearing her say it out loud didn’t make it feel any better, but it had to be done.
“Gregor got some stomach bug and couldn’t get more than a foot away from the toilet so you're stuck with me today.”
Sophie giggled. She giggled. For him. I was fucking pissed. My hand clenched into a fist on my lap, while my other hand gripped the phone tighter.
“I bet he’s grateful for the break, even if he does have a bug. Poor guy got the crappy job. Not sure what he did to piss off Dominic.”
I clenched my jaw.
Marco laughed. “It’s considered an honor to guard the Boss’ wife.”
In some families that was true.
Sophie snorted. “Not his wife. I’m just a fake wife. But I understand having to put on pretenses for the other families.” She was very matter-of-fact about it which rubbed me the wrong way.
Marco’s voice softened. “You could try to get to know him. Actually have a decent conversation with him.”
My fist clenched tighter, my knuckles hurting. The asshole knew I was listening.
She sighed. And it made my cock hard.
“What’s the point? This is temporary. Whenever he’s done with me, for whatever reason he has me as his wife, it won’t make a difference. If Serena hadn’t been such a slut, I wouldn’t even be in the situation.”
Marco’s voice came quieter. “No. You would probably have been paired with someone worse.”
That made me hold my breath. The thought of Sophie with another man. Any other man.
Her voice was quieter now too. “True.” I could tell they were walking outside now. “I guess it could be a blessing that we won’t have to be together permanently. Maybe Dominic will divorce me and allow me to go live my life somewhere else.”
That thought made my chest tighten. What was wrong with me? Once I got what I wanted, I was going to let her go. But why does that thought make me angry?
I had to shake it off. Focus on the plan. Find out what she’s after.
Suddenly there was noise, a vehicle speeding towards them, Marco yelling, “Get behind me!”
Screeching tires, shouting, “Get the bitch! Make sure you get him tied and gagged real good too. Demon’s gonna want him unharmed.” A thump, and shuffling.
A deep gravelly voice, “What’s the matter, little bitch? Cat got your tongue? Aren’t you supposed to be screaming, shouting for help, asking what we want from you?” His voice was laced with sarcasm.
In a strained, but controlled tone, Sophie said, a bit farther off, “Would that make a difference?”
Deep voice growled out, “Fuckin’ bitch. Get her in the car. Let’s go! We got what we came for.”
For the first time in a long time, I was second guessing what I had done. What if she was innocent? I possibly put her directly in harm’s way.
What the fuck had I done?
I began barking out orders to my men, to trail them, but keep a safe distance. Luckily, all of my higher ranked men had a tracking chip inserted in their skin on the heel of their foot. I was ready to move as soon as I had to.
I could hear the conversation among Demon’s men, and it made my stomach clench.
“Why’d we take the bitch? She’s useless. Could just get rid of her?”
The deep voice man said, “Nah she could come in handy.” I felt a bit of relief from that, but it wasn’t much to sustain the growing fear and agitation I was feeling. “Her daddy is that bitch Don Sanchez. If Dom doesn’t sit pretty for Demon, we could use her to get to daddy to get to Dom. Pretty sure he doesn’t wanna rock that bread and butter boat.” The asshole laughed loud and hard.“Too bad it wasn’t the other sister. I hear she gets around and knows how to throw a party.”
The first guy sounded disgusted. “Are you fuckin’ kidding me? That bitch gave one of their men chlamydia. Apparently she’s had a round with most of the men. Even the older fellas. Fuckin’ disgusting.”
Damn, Sophie had been right. Something to remember moving forward.
