She raised a brow at me. “And where are we?”
I sat up higher in the bed and winced as I still felt stiff. “This is what I propose. We partner up. You and I will go and retrieve the kids. Then take them to Gabby.”
“Then after that?” she asked.
“That will be up to you, but I would prefer if everyone believed I was dead.” I raised my hand at her and added, “I saidbelieve, ok?” I smirked at her.
“You trust me to help with that without unaliving you?”
“Si, I am hoping that you will not unalive me.”
She crossed her arms over her chest. “I don’t know. Like you said before I am a cutthroat female and have done in quite a few men.”
“But not in cold blood. You always armed them in some way.”
“Did your research tell you that?” She smirked at me.
“In a way. One of our contacts had witnessed a face-off you had, as we call it. You tossed a knife to your opponent. He of course grabbed it up and came after you. Then you raised your blade and tossed it at him. Needless to say, he went down and did not get back up.” I shrugged. “But let’s do this together and afterwards if you decide to fight me…”
She cocked her head at my pause.
“…I will just beg for mercy and refuse to fight back.”
Staring at me her eyes actually twinkled, then she leaned her head back and laughed.
I watched her with total captivation. God damnit, her laugh and the way she looked when she dropped that ice queen act…it made me hard as fuck. I winced as my body had been slowly waking up and then this happened. It was more than a wakeup physically it was a shock to my mind as well. Not many women had caused this in me even before my coma. Sex was something I would have to build up to. Not because I had an issue physically. I just didn’t trust many people, even females. I didn’t care for ladies of the night either, like most of the soldiers in my organization. So sex was few and far between. In my business, it wasn’t like you could date someone safely. Not that I would have ever dragged anyone into my lie that my father could use against me.
Her laughter had stopped and she stared at me. “So, we go together.”
“Yes, that is what I mean. Although we should have some extra protection.”
“Like what? We cannot travel by plane and take machine guns, Carlos.”
“Like a couple of guards,” I clarified.
“Guards?”
“Yes and they have to be men we trust absolutely.”
Selena looked thoughtful and said, “I do not have um… well, anyone that…” She looked over at me.
I understood this difficulty. “The cartel is not full of honor and trust. I should know. I was born into it.”
“So what do you suggest?” she asked.
“Not what butwho,” I corrected her assumption.
Chapter Five:The Roses
Selena
“Who?” I asked him.
“I cannot speak their names. Not unless I have their permission.”
I shook my head. “Mierda…That doesn’t help me to know if they are good or bad. Trustable or creeps.”
“They do have code names,” he said.
