“True. And if it were personal to him, he would wait.”
Ryder’s weary sigh filled the line. “There’s more. We’ve gotten word of an informant inside Del Marco’s crew. Someone close to his inner circle. All of the Intel has been delivered anonymously to the DEA and they’ve been collecting evidence for nearly five years now but none of it has been enough to take Del Marco down for good. Until now.”
“What do you have?”
“Audio tapes of Dante Karter and Del Marco negotiating deals, territory, and we have the location of their storage facility in San Diego. Enough to send them both away for life. Our plan is to take down Dante first. Then use him to flush out Del Marco.”
“When?”
“We’re putting together a team now. Twenty-four hours, maybe less.”
“I want to be there.”
“I figured you would. I’ll text you the information as soon as I have it.”
“Thanks, man. I appreciate it.”
“You got it.”
Cassidy was curled up in the bed, eyes swollen and red when I walked back into the room. I quickly pulled my T-shirt over my head and toed off my shoes before slipping off my jeans.
I climbed in beside her, pulling her into my arms. “What is it?” I asked, wiping away an escaping tear.
Her hand curled around my neck, pulling my forehead down to hers. “I’m scared.”
My heart twisted in my chest with the pained sound of her voice. “Don’t be. I’m not going to let anything happen to you.”
“I’m not afraid for me.” She sucked back a haggard breath. “I’m afraid for you. If something happened to you because of me…” Her lip trembled, body shaking with fear. The concern in her eyes leveled me and brought me down to a place I’d never known.
My hands cradled her damp face. “Listen to me. I take risks every single day. This is no different. Only with you, the stakes are higher. Much higher. You have to trust me, okay? Trust me to do my job and protect you.”
Her hand covered the back of mine. “I trust you.”
I took her mouth, the familiar, sweet taste sinking deep inside my bones.
She made me want so much more than I could ever hope to have. She made me dream. But the thing about dreams is, eventually, you have to wake up.
I moved my hands to her ass, cupping it and pulling her closer. My fingers teased between her legs, grazing her wet panties with every squeeze of her supple ass cheeks.
“Reid,” she whispered against my lips, the heat of her breath making my dick even harder.
“What do you want, baby?”
Dipping her hands between us, they slipped beneath the waistband of my briefs, wrapping her sure fingers around me. “You.”
I rolled her over, fitting myself between her welcoming thighs. Fuck, this woman owned me. The way her needy hands roamed my body.
Possessive.
Her knees bent, toes pushing my briefs down my legs. I pulled her tank top from her body then shifted up enough to slide her panties off. I bent down and placed a kiss on the inside of her thigh, then on her hipbone, running my tongue along her thin tan line before I positioned myself on top of her once more, sliding my dick between her slick heat. “I’d give anything to see you in a swimsuit. In the water. All fucking wet.”
“Reid,” she purred.
Lowering my head, I ran circles around her hard nipple with the tip of my tongue before I scraped it with my teeth, inhaling her addictive scent. Her hands drove through my hair, yanking me closer, arching her back and offering herself to me.
“Take me inside.”
With a slight shift of her hips I drove home, burying myself deep inside of her tight, wet pussy. I selfishly claimed the gasp that fled from her lips upon the invasion, savoring it on my tongue like it was my last fucking meal but my hunger only intensified with each thrust.
