“Max found me in the shower basically in the middle of an episode. Seeing the porch caused a flashback. I thought I hid it well, but apparently not. He actually got into the shower, held me and spoke to me as he washed my hair. He dried me off and put my night shirt on and put me to bed. When he left, he asked him to stay. He curled up in bed with me and held me as I slept. When I woke up, he was still there. He’d slept beside me too. I asked him why he was so nice to me all of the sudden when he fucking hated my guts while I was with Bradley. He told me his true feelings, which was he actually liked me and wanted a shot. A real relationship with me.” Desiree finally caved, leaving out the part about their kissing.
“Okay, but why does that have you in a foul mood like you’re ready to beat the shit out of everyone?” Angela “Angel” Heavenly questioned, crossing her arms across her chest and leaning back against the wall.
“I kissed him. Fuck can the man kiss. Then things got a little hot and heavy until fucking Teddy banged on the door. Then the asshole had the nerve to tell me he wouldn’t finish me off unlessI gave him an answer. Saying he wasn’t a hit it and quit it kind of guy. Haven’t seen hide nor hair of him sense.”
When the three women started laughing, Desiree glared at both of them determining how much prison time she would get if she killed all three of them and hid the body. Then decided that Jose had the hots for Andrea and that would probably start a fight between her and her brother so that was off the table.
Then she wondered how pissed he would be if she just maimed the bitch. Maybe he wouldn’t be that pissed if he found out why she maimed her.
Nah, she couldn’t do that because if he found out about Max, that would cause problems between Max and Teddy and possibly Tiny and Jose. She was fucked without the good time right now.
“Glad you bitches think that shit is funny.” Desiree threw her last three pens at the women.
“We’re laughing because apparently you didn’t know. Every freaking night that one of us has been there, Max is the one patrolling the grounds at night. He’s been there at your place every night since then. He checks in a few times a night to make sure you’re okay and haven’t had any more nightmares. It’s been driving Jose and Teddy fucking nuts because they can’t understand why he’s been doing it.” Andrea told Desiree, reaching for her hand.
“Give the man a shot. He obviously cares about you. At least then, if it doesn’t work out, you can say you gave it a shot. But something tells me that isn’t going to happen. I think he’s your one. Only you can determine that.” Julie softly told Desiree, which had the other two agreed with her.
“What about Jose and Teddy? You know those two are going to start shit if I admit I want to date him.” Desiree sighed heavily as she leaned back in her seat.
“Remind the oldest asshat about his obsession with me. The youngest, I can understand since that’s his team leader, but I’m with Julie, I think you two are it for each other. Once Teddy sees that he truly cares about you, then he’ll calm his virgin balls down.” Andrea shrugged, leaning back in her seat.
Desiree thought about everything the three women had said to her. She had to admit that she felt safer whenever Max was around.
Maybe that’s why she had been able to sleep better the last couple of nights. Her body knew that he was near, even if she didn’t really know it.
“I’ll think about it. Once we do this extraction, I’ll talk to him.”
“Good girl.” Andrea got up and patted Desiree on the head.
“You’re lucky I can’t make your scrawny ass disappear. If I didn’t love my brother so much, I probably would have buried your ass in the woods by now.” Desiree swatted Andrea’s hand away with a laugh.
Chapter
Ten
Max packed his go bag and walked out of the apartment with Teddy in tow. They were being called up for a mission, and he wasn’t too happy about it.
For the last week and a half, he’d been monitoring Desiree’s property, purposely staying away from her. He knew if he saw her, he would be thinking about her breathy moans, her taste, her smell and the way she gripped his hair as he devoured her pussy.
Shit, he needed to focus on this mission. He had to admit to himself though he was worried about her, even though there hadn’t been any more attempts on her life.
Soon as word came in that they were shipping out, he reached out to his brother about taking his watch on Desiree’s property so that she wasn’t left alone. He knew that Jose or the women from her club would be there inside the house and make arrangements for someone else to do the property while he and Teddy were gone, but he would feel better knowing that his older brother was there as well.
“Any idea how long we will be gone on this one?” Teddy broke into his thoughts.
“Hopefully only a week. From what I understand, it’s a recon mission only. Some senator lost his party going daughter again and supposedly the ransom note he got said this group was the one responsible. If we can verify that she’s there, then it’s a rescue op, if we can’t, it’s just recon. Maybe we’ll get lucky and snag one of their assholes and interrogate the fucker to get more information.” Max shrugged as he parked his truck.
The men were gone for nearly two weeks on their mission before they hit the airstrip back at Ft. Bragg. They were exhausted, grungy and stunk to high heaven, but the whole team made it back safe and sound with minor injuries.
The senator’s daughter at first wasn’t at the location they had been sent to. They were getting ready to pack up and head to their LZ when movement caught their eye.
When they watched the scene unfold in the compound, they knew shit was about to go down. Turned out the kidnappers didn’t stay in one place for long periods of time.
They kept moving her around to different locations to keep a rescue operation from happening. They were able to offer a nice surprise when they invaded and rescued the package.
Now they were back on US soil, the daughter handed off to the senator and his people, and he was headed home to get a nice hot shower and a fresh change of clothes. Once he’d done all that, he will check on Desiree and what all had been going on while he was gone.
Max turned his phone on at the same time Teddy did as he got into the passenger seat of his truck. Soon as their phones powered up, both started pinging like crazy with all of the notifications popping up on their phones.
