“Can I touch you?” she asked unsure.
It hit me, I’d touched every inch of her body, but she’d always been bound.
“You may.” I couldn’t help the smile on my lips.
She cupped my face in her hands, leaning in, her breath mingling with mine. I couldn’t remember the last time someone touched me intimately.
“Don’t ever do that again, do you understand?”
I did my best to maintain my composure because I knew if I laughed right now it was going to hurt like hell.
“Anything else, Pet?”
I didn’t miss her sharp intake of breath.
“We’re going to need new rules.”
“Noted.”
I barely got the words out before her soft lips touched mine, my arms automatically going around her, the pain so worth it to have her in my arms. It was not our steamiest kiss, it was pretty chaste by anyone’s standards, but one of the best in my life, and when she curled into my non-injured side, her head in the crock of my arm, I felt whole. As we both drifted off to sleep, I knew I could rebuild my company, I’d deal with the pissed off clients, but life without her wasn’t a life I wanted.
Chapter 35
Sebastian
6months later…
“Don’t drop that,” Mira hurried and swiped the box straight out of Ethan’s arms.
“I’m just trying to help.” He turned to me. “Movers. You make enough to hire movers.”
“Don’t look at me, she wouldn’t let me.”
I stood in the middle of the foyer watching her direct Victor, Ethan, Micah, and Noah, pointing boxes toward their assigned rooms. We’d actually talked at length about what went where. Color-coded lists. Diagrams. My girl did nothing halfway.
Something jabbed me in the side, making me jump.
I turned to find Mira glaring up at me. “I thought I was supervising today.”
The guys filed past us, each carrying a box, all of them shooting me identicalyou’re deadlooks.
“Looks like they might be throwing you into the pool if you don’t start pulling your weight.”
I threw my hands up in the air and headed out to the moving truck. My Mira was a force to be reckoned with.
She’d stayed by my side for the four days I was in the hospital and had insisted on taking me home herself. Ethan hadn’t argued. He’d had his hands full dealing with the FBI.
Thanks to Mira’s quick thinking and terrifyingly good hacking skills, Sentinel Tech got all our money back—and then some. The excess was turned over to the authorities so it could be returned to its rightful owners.
The accounts hadn’t belonged to Stan.
They belonged to someone he owed alotof money.
Elisa had been planted to keep an eye on him when things hadn’t progressed fast enough for his boss. Unfortunately, she’d filled in for various employees across several departments, giving her access she never should’ve had.
Her background check had been doctored and was fake. She’d stolen Victor’s laptop and security key before skipping town. We caught it all on camera after the fact. Her attempting to flirt with Victor and failing, but still lifting his security key and swiping his laptop from his office.
Micah had been promoted and now oversaw all of the analysts, while still keeping his own team at his request.
