“You don’t have to say it just…”
“Man, take your ass to sleep. You already know I ain’t with that shit.”
I kissed her neck again and closed my eyes. The second I’d laid eyes on her, I’d known she was the one who would make me sign on the dotted line.
Chapter 59
Sophie
Ilifted Trooper’s arm and climbed out of bed after trying my best to hold out, but this baby was seriously affecting my bladder control ability.
He didn’t even move in the slightest, which I figured he wouldn’t because it hadn’t been long since we’d both crashed.
My baby was exhausted. I saw it all over his body the second he’d arrived earlier. It made me smile when he confessed that he really hadn’t been sleeping much since I wasn’t there with him. It was hard to believe how quickly we’d both fallen, dependent on each other.
As my hand moved across my stomach, I glanced over my shoulder just before I entered the bathroom, carefully shutting the door so I could turn on the light.
I still wasn’t familiar with this place like I was with Trooper’s apartment and I didn’t want to run into something or fall. Once I peed, I worked my panties back up and washed my hands before drying them on the hand towel on the counter.
When I entered the room again, it took a minute for my eyes to adjust after having the lights on in the bathroom, so I stood still for a second, trying to give myself time before I headed backto the bed. However, a feminine voice I knew for sure didn’t belong to my mother or Maddie stopped me dead in my tracks.
“Isn’t this cute? I bet you guys did some real intense fucking to knock him out like that. Is that why he’s out cold?”
I turned toward the bed, my eyes still trying to adjust to the darkness, but I clearly saw a figure standing over Trooper as he slept with a gun aimed at his head. But who was this woman?
“Who are you?” I questioned, trying my best to stay calm. As far as I knew, no one knew where we were.
“Oh, he didn’t tell you? Let’s wake him up so we can all have a little chat.”
My eyes finally adjusted to the light and I saw her face. She was a pretty woman, but dressed like a man in dark pants, a polo, and a jacket. The thing I focused on the most was the metal badge around her neck.
“You’re a cop?” I asked, not really meaning for the words to come out of my mouth.
She released a muffled laugh before she used her free hand to hit Trooper hard in the jaw. The punch she delivered caused him to jump up and reach for the gun which had been sitting on the table next to the bed but was now gone.
“What the fuck?” he groaned as his eyes moved from the woman to me. “Shit,” was the next thing out of his mouth, and again, his eyes were on me.
“Shit is right. I bet you weren’t expecting to see me here. Or maybe you were?” I heard amusement in her voice as she spoke.
“Turn on the lights, Sophie, let’s get acquainted,” she then said to me.
I didn’t move, which apparently pissed her off because she yelled this time.
“Turn the gotdamn light on.”
“Sophie, it’s okay, turn the light on, baby girl.” Trooper’s voice was calm, which was good because I was freaking out. I moved to the wall by the door and hit the switch.
Whoever this woman was smiled at me. “You’re even prettier in person. No wonder he wouldn’t fuck me. Why would he when he has you?” she snarled at Trooper then looked back at me.
His eyes were on me too, but I couldn’t read his expression and that worried me.
“So let’s get down to business,” she said, looking at Trooper again.
“Rogers and Allen are both dead, so I’m sure you know the whole story by now. Oh, and by the way, thank you for taking care of them for me. It probably wouldn’t have been a good idea for me to kill them, but I would have.”
“I ain’t do shit for you, I did it for her,” Trooper said, quickly moving his eyes from her to me, then focusing on her again. “Why the fuck are you even here?” he questioned.
“Wait, are you surprised?” she asked with a smug grin. “I hope you didn’t think giving you a little head would somehow make me fall hopelessly in love with you. I’m here because I can’t allow you to kill Harold. I need him alive in order to take him to prison. He’s my fast track case to becoming director, so here’s what I need from you. Get your sexy ass out of bed and come with me.” She turned toward me with a smile on her face. “Get dressed, sweetheart. We have a flight to catch.”
